How God Answers the Soul
It is my nature that makes me love you often,
For I am love itself.
It is my longing that makes my love you intensely,
For I yearn to be loved from the heart.
It is my eternity that makes me love you long,
For I have no end.
Mechtild of Madgeburg, "How God Answers the Soul" from Beguine Spirituality. Copyright © 1989 by Mechtild of Madgeburg. Reprinted by permission of The Crossroad Publishing Company, Inc..
Source: Beguine Spirituality (The Crossroad Publishing Company, Inc., 1989)