Lyrics from “Everything To Do with Love” by Jan Garrett,JD Martin,Harold Payne,& Freebo:
It’s got nothing to do with history, or which side has lost or won.
It’s got everything, everything to do with love.
It’s got nothing to do with boundaries, or thinking that you have to be tough.
It’s got everything, everything to do with love.
Something as simple as kindness can see us through.
It’s got everything to do with love.
There’s so much hope to hold onto, and so many songs to be sung,
It’s got everything, everything to do with love.
Responsive Reading for October 9
“One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied: ‘The first is this: ‘Hear O Israel! . . . You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself; there is no other commandment greater than these.’ (Mk. 12:28-34).
It’s got nothing to do with history, or which side has lost or won.
It’s got everything, everything to do with love.
Jesus said: “I will 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. 13:34-5)
It’s got nothing to do with boundaries, or thinking that you have to be tough.
It’s got everything, everything to do with love.
Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan. “Which of these three do you think was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?’ He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise’” (Lk. 10: 25-37).
Something as simple as kindness can see us through.
It’s got everything to do with love.
Jesus said: “. . . As the Father loves me; so I also love you. . . . I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this . . . . You are my friends if you do what I command you . . . . This I command you: love one another” (Jn. 15:9-18).
There’s so much hope to hold onto, and so many songs to be sung,
It’s got everything, everything to do with love.