...but you shall

love your neighbor

           as yourself.

        Leviticus 19.18

(Not to earn God's love

but how we share

God's love with others,

those we know

    and don't know.

Not that we have to,

    but we get to.

Does anyone see

   anything different about us?

That would be hearts

        changed by Jesus.)

O LORD,

You love us

    because You love us.

Help us to love others

           like that.

Empower us to love others

   because we can't help

           but love them,

even those we do not know,

even those we do not like

      or who do not like us.

May we not just be aware

                   of need,

but respond to needs

  both visible and invisible,

a tangible task,

an unexpected word of kindness,

that others would know

they are heard,

they are seen,

they are loved by us

             and by You.

Fill our pockets with Your grace

      for the day ahead.