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How easy it all seems to be

Love God above all things

And offer His love to others

With all the grace that brings.

 

It’s easier to say than do,

Loving my fellow man.

There have been days patience was done

Before the day began.

 

I have to bid myself refrain

From words that are unkind,

And try to find myself in those

Who aren’t of a like mind.

 

When I see my own weaknesses

Reflected in each face,

I find I’ve more strength for patience,

And much more room for grace.

 

Loving God with all my heart is

Easy enough to do,

But loving others as myself,

Means loving myself, too.

 

Matthew 22:36-39

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.