We who follow Christ,
Who reverence the Name
Can't afford the shame
Of feeling unloving
Toward our fellowman.
I hope this traveler
Is learning when
Loving starts to slip,
It's more than a blip,
On the divine screen.
It's deadly serious
And needs to be
Corrected quickly.
Those times I haven't
Done this I regret.
And yet
There is always another day
When we can get ourselves
Safely back in the Way.
The worse thing about not loving
Is blatant disobedience to God,
Not that He ever stops loving us.
But our Father Who is all Love
Is not going to follow us
Out the door while we
Indulge in a little hate!
Do we want to lose the
Look of approval on His face?
As to Christly love being essential --
Our great Master puts it clearly:
"A new commanndment I give you,
That ye love one another,
As I have loved you.
That ye love one another."
