All the loves

All the loves
by Roddy Cowie

Love your God, and love his people
Surely, love your mother;
Love your father, love your sister,
Truly, love your brother;
Love your husband, love your wife
And love your son and daughter;
Love through all your life on Earth
And then for ever after.

Love your friends, and fellow Christians
Love your kindly neighbour;
Love the ones you hardly know
Who share your daily labour;
Love the ones who do you wrong,
And those who hate you dearly;
Try to love as God loves you
And don't pretend that's easy.

Love the stars that God threw out
Across the face of nothing;
Love the rocky world he made
It oceans and its mountains;
Love the clouds and sweeping rains
That water grass and forest
And the lovely living things
His loving eye holds dearest.

Love is pointing all you are
Towards the one you cherish,
Never counting what it costs
To let your loved one flourish;
Looking up with wonder
That the world contains such glory;
Love directs the Universe
And makes creation holy.
 
Love your God, and love his people
Surely, love your mother;
Love your father, love your sister,
Truly, love your brother;
Love your husband, love your wife
And love your son and daughter;
Love through all your life on Earth
And then for ever after.