May this new year bring many blessings from
Our Lord to you and all you love. LOVE ONE ANOTHER
AS I HAVE LOVED YOU
by HELEN STEINER RICE "LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU"
MAY SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TO DO-
BUT IF YOU WILL TRY TO TRUST AND BELIEVE
GREAT ARE THE JOYS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE...
FOR LOVE MAKES US PATIENT, UNDERSTANDING AND KIND,
AND WE JUDGE WITH OUR HEARTS AND NOT WITH OUR MIND...
FOR AS SOON AS LOVE ENTERS THE HEART'S OPEN
DOOR, THE FAULTS WE ONCE SAW ARE NOT
THERE ANYMORE,
AND THE THINGS THAT SEEMED WRONG BEGIN TO LOOK RIGHT
WHEN VIEWED IN THE SOFTNESS OF LOVE'S GENTLE LIGHT...
FOR LOVE WORKS IN WAYS THAT ARE WONDROUS AND STRANGE,
AND THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE THAT LOVE CANNOT CHANGE,
AND ALL THAT GOD PROMISED WILL SOME DAY COME TRUE
WHEN YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER THE WAY HE LOVES YOU. I WILL GO IN THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD GOD;
I WILL MAKE MENTION OF YOUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS, OF YOURS ONLY.
O GOD, YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME FROM MY YOUTH;
AND TO THIS DAY I DECLARE YOUR WONDROUS WORKS. PSALM 71:16-17
NKJV