Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

©copy written jmoore 7.22.11

How do I call you brother when I don’t even know your name

How can I say I love you and not shelter you from the rain

How can I say “God bless you” then I hold back what you need

How can we say we are one, yet stand and watch one bleed

A new command He gave to us “As I have loved you so

Reach out and show love to each other wherever you may go

By this all men will look and see… and know that you are mine

Disciples taught and learned of me… men after my own kind”  (john 13:35)

And as we sacrifice our time, our money and our goods

We lay down our lives for those, as Jesus said we should (John 3:16)

Therefore as we yet have chance to see, let us to all do good

Especially to those of whom we know… belong to the family of God (Gal 3:10)

Let us come to realize… though many… we are one

Each belonging to the rest, from one body we all come (Rom 12:5)

Yes we are Christ’s body… and each of us “a part” (1 Cor 12:27)

The eye can never tell the hand “I don’t need you, depart!

(1Cor 12:21a)

The feet will never hear the head say “Feet I need you not”

(1Cor 12:21b)

Without the feet what would we do, except sit down and rut

We read how all did congregate, all things they had in common

Sharing all the goods they had… to meets the needs of each other (Acts 2:44-45)

Every day they did meet as one… in the temple’s courts

Breaking bread and eating together… with glad and sincere hearts

Praising God, partaking of the favour of all the people

As God multiplied and added to those He called His Redeemed (Acts 2:48)

So you see my brother, in love I’ll seek to know your name

I’ll look to give you shelter, to come in from the rain

Next time I say “God bless you” I’ll obey His lead

And do my very best to find a way to meet your need

When you’re down I’ll build you up with nuggets from God’s word

I’ll make the time to pray for you, to see you undergird

I’ll show you love and give you hugs and listen to your woes

Together we’ll allow the Lord to lead us as He goes

Together we will build up the foundation that He lays

Together we will show the world His love as we obey

Together we will grow in grace… God let your Kingdom come

Manifest your glory Lord, bring us together as one..

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. Eph 4:15-16NAS