We must live in harmony,
Good-hearted to each other;
Living as a symphony,
For loving one another.
Have compassion, be humble,
Sympathetic towards others;
Pick them up if they stumble,
Treating them as your brothers.
Pay back no one with evil,
No matter what they have done;
That is merely the devil,
Claiming that he has just won.
Ridicule not anyone,
As disrespectful to you;
Treat them the same as the Son,
Giving blessings to construe.
People who prefer to live,
A life to enjoy good days;
Must not allow tongues to give,
Speaking in deceitful ways.
Reject evil and do good,
Pursue only peace to seek;
Doing what God said you should,
As compassionate and meek.
The eyes of God are on those,
Who do what He does approve;
Blessings will easily flow,
From prayer that God will behoove.
Who will harm if devoted,
For doing what is upright;
The Lord has duly noted,
Rewarding with the insight.
But even if you suffer,
For doing what God supports;
Will have Christ as a buffer,
Against what our Lord thwarts.
Dedicate your life to Christ,
Proclaiming Him as your Lord;
Willing to be sacrificed,
Worshipping in one accord.
Copyright © 2017 Richard Newton Sherrer
