I wrote this poem which is based on John 13:34-35, our Gospel Lesson for this coming Sunday. I hope it challenges you as much as it challenges me!
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Love One Another?
Love one another as I have loved you
It seems so simple, so straightforward
But...love the "bleeding heart" liberal?
Love the "family values" conservative?
Love the Muslim? The Jew? The Buddhist? The Wiccan?
Love the illegal immigrant? The person of privilege?
Love the gay? The lesbian? The transgendered?
Love the peace protester? The warmonger?
Love the Iraqui? The Palestinian? The North Korean?
Love the Republican? The Democrat?
Love the homeless? The beggar? The AIDS patient? The death row inmate?
We tend to love with our fingers crossed
Looking for a loophole
Looking for a way to limit those whom we choose to love
Like the religious scholar who once asked Jesus
"And who is my neighbor?"
We love selectively, conditionally
We love those who look like us
Think like us, believe like us
Who would Jesus hate?
No one!
The only thing Jesus got angry about
Was spiritual hypocrisy
Those who claimed to love God
But could not bring themselves
To love all of their neighbors
Those who believed they were God's chosen ones
While treating others as if they were evil personified
Love one another as I have loved you
Maybe it's not so simple after all
But it is the mark
By which others will know
That we are disciples of Jesus
Permission to share this poem is granted as along as the following copyright notice appears along with it:
Written by David Eck, copyright © 2010. http://jesuslovesgays.blogspot.com. Used by pemission of the author.
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