Liefde verander die wêreld

Liefde verander die wêreld

Ek onthou ’n liedjie van Michael W Smith uit my jong dae: Love one another. Kyk net hoe mooi is die lirieke:

I had a dream that I was speaking

With a prophet from the land of wise

In a crowd of people from the land of troubled hearts

I said we’ve come here for answers

A solution to our world’s demise

He said the journey would be long

But here’s where you start

 

Love one another

Love one another

Work it in to work it out

There could never be enough

Love one another

Love one another

Cause you know without a doubt

You can change your world with love

 

It was a simple conclusion

But I thought that it was rather profound

Just a fundamental law that we should all live by

I took it in to tomorrow

Yea, I walked the earth but I never found

Any corner of the world

Where this did not apply

 

And looking out I saw no method to the madness there

Like in a vision from the Isle of Patmos, I was scared

It was a revelation

Love is getting rare

 

The people of the land united

And in my dream we all agreed

That we should start again

And this would be our creed

 

Love one another

Love one another

Work it in to work it out

There could never be enough

Love one another

Love one another

Cause you know without a doubt

You can change your world with love

In Bybelse taal klink dit so: 12My gebed is dat die Here julle baie lief vir mekaar sal maak. En ook vir ander mense. Mag julle liefde net sterker en sterker word. Julle moet net so lief wees vir ander as wat ek nou vir julle is.

Ai, kan dit nie ook ons credo, ons lewensleuse wees nie!

Teks

1 Tessalonisense 3:11-13

Om oor na te dink

Hoe sterk loop jou liefde vir ander?

Wat is jou lewensleuse?

Hoe sterk staan jou eie ek nog?

Gebed

Vader, U gee vir ons die voorbeeld van liefde wat sterk loop vir ander. Gee my die krag om die eie ek te laat terugstaan. Gee my die krag om orals waar ek gaan U liefde te saai, want dan sal die wêreld anders lyk. Amen.