Inspired by lyrics from “Love for All We’re Worth” by Tom Kimmel and Sue Riley:
Just as we know the stars are still shining even when we cannot see them, we know that God finds us worthy and deserving of unconditional love and we can love others no matter how they seem. “That’s love for all we’re worth. And when we learn to let it in, that’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”
Love is the light that shines in our eyes as we behold the light in one another. “That’s love for all we’re worth. And when we learn to let it in, that’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”
This love is like fire in the winter cold that we treasure more than any gold. Divine love is love for all we’re worth. “And when we learn to let it in, it’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”
This love is ever-living and everlasting. “It’s everything, it’s me and you. It drifts away and comes around to stay. Love for all we’re worth and faith, the heart comes first. And when we learn to let it in, it’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”
Responsive Reading for February 7
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?’” (Mt. 5:43-6).
Just as we know the stars are still shining even when we cannot see them, we know that God finds us worthy and deserving of unconditional love and we can love others no matter how they seem. “That’s love for all we’re worth. And when we learn to let it in, that’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”
“I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (Jn. 14: 34-5).
Love is the light that shines in our eyes as we behold the light in one another. “That’s love for all we’re worth. And when we learn to let it in, that’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”
A scholar of the law asked Jesus: “‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments” (Mt. 22:35-40).
This love is like fire in the winter cold that we treasure more than any gold. Divine love is love for all we’re worth. “And when we learn to let it in, it’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”
“As the Father loves me, so also I love you . . . . If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love . . . . No one has greater love than this, to lay down ones life for ones friends . . . . This I command you: love one another” (Jn. 15:9-17).
This love is ever-living and never ending. “It’s everything, it’s me and you. It drifts away and comes around to stay. Love for all we’re worth and faith, the heart comes first. And when we learn to let it in, it’s heaven here on earth, this love for all we’re worth.”