What it Means to Love Lyrics

They don't look like me, or sound like me, or act like me

I should probably keep my distance

'Cause anytime I start to think about reaching out

I'm overwhelmed with some resistance;

'Cause it's harder to engage

Than just smile and walk away

And leave behind my neighbor-

Show me what it means to love,

Not just tolerate or appreciate, but actually love;

Less a stranger, more a friend

Teach me how to walk with them –

The way you walk with me,

God, show me what it means to love.

I wanna do more than just offer them a listening ear-

To see myself inside their story;

And if I'm gonna go a mile or two inside their shoes,

I wanna ask them to come with me;

I'd love to know their heart

And to share the hardest parts

We find in being human-

God, show me what it means to love,

Not just tolerate or appreciate, but actually love;

Kind and compassionate,

Teach me how to walk with them –

The way you walk with me,

God, show me what it means

To lend a hand when I don't think I can;

To give away what I would rather keep;

To treat each life, like you treated mine

So that others might experience from me

What it means to love

Show me what it means to love,

Not just tolerate or appreciate, but actually love;

Less a stranger, more a friend

Teach me how to walk with them –

The way you walk with me,

God, show me what it means

They don't think like me, or pray like me, or vote like me;

Help me reach across the distance.