Love One Another (Angry Words) ~ hymn

Ephesians 4: 29-32
²⁹ Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. ³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹ Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. ³² Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Philippians 2:14-15
¹⁴ Do everything without grumbling or arguing, ¹⁵ so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”^[c] Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky ¹⁶ as you hold firmly to the word of life.

I tire of reminding my children to use kind words only to find that I myself have lost the kindness. How often does that happen? Too often. Many times, this is the hymn that comes to mind when I am striving to be kind yet am tired. Kindness is wrapped up in love and I often forget that they are intertwined and cannot be separated.

This is another hymn that I have known forever, it seems, that speaks directly to my heart. It has been in every songbook that I have known. It reminds me of what I should be doing because of how Christ lived and died. His example… His words… they should be my lifeline when I struggle. This hymn can help with that focus.

Blessings,
Lori, At Home.

Love One Another

lyrics: Sunday School Teacher (1867)
music: H. R. Palmer (1867)

1 Angry words! O let them never
From my tongue unbridled slip;
May the heart’s best impulse ever
Check them ere they soil the lip. Refrain.

Refrain:
“Love one another,” thus saith the Savior;
Children, obey the Father’s blest command.
“Love one another,” thus saith the Savior;
Children, obey the blest command.

2 Love is much too pure and holy,
Friendship is too sacred far,
For a moment’s reckless folly
Thus to desolate and mar. Refrain.

3 Let our words be sweetly spoken,
Let kind tho’ts be greatly stirred;
Show our love to one another
With abundance of kind words. Refrain.

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