Inspired by lyrics to “My Religion Is Kindness” by Melinda Wood Allen:My religion is kindness. My creed is forgiveness.
I live in a house of glass. I cannot throw stones.
My prayer is for oneness. My sanctuary is music.
Love is my purpose. My heart is my home.
There’s a simple path and when I walk it, I am free: do for others as I’d have them do for me.
Tomorrow is a mystery and yesterday is gone.
The kindness that I give today lives on.
Responsive Reading for March 5
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets” (Mt. 7:12).
My religion is kindness. My creed is forgiveness. I live in a house of glass. I cannot throw stones.
“Do to others as you would have them do to you . . . . Love your enemies and do good to them . . . . and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful” (Lk. 6:31-).
My prayer is for oneness, my sanctuary is music.
Love is my purpose, my heart is my home.
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD” (Leviticus 19:18).
There’s a simple path and when I walk it, I am free.
Do for others as I’d have them do for me.
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: Judge with true justice, and show kindness and compassion toward each other” (Zech.7:9-10).
Tomorrow is a mystery and yesterday is gone.
The kindness that I give today lives on.