Don’t you understand?

I have to love you.

Though you left a baby to look for a father, I have to love you.

Though you betrayed my trust before I could spell it, I have to love you.

Though you preyed on my youth and proved yourself a monster, I have to love you.

Though you used my love as a weapon to make me walk paths I didn’t want to, I have to love you.

Though you left me and came back and left me, I have to love you.

Whether I agree with you are disagree with you, I have to love you. Whether you love me or hate me, I have to love you.

Even if you shoot an emotion (or physical) bullet through my heart, I have to love you.

Maybe I don’t want to.

Maybe I don’t feel it.

Maybe I don’t like you.

It doesn’t matter. I can’t let it matter.

I have to love you.

Because love is of God.

Because love never fails.

Because love covers a multitude of sins and I have a multitude of sins.

Because people won’t believe I’m a Christian if I don’t love.

Because God is love.

Because love isn’t just a feeling.

Love is a choice.