Why is it Lord, that we love to hate?
With incredible acts that cause pain,
We strike out at others with hardly a thought
And allow all the hate to remain.
It’s nation ‘gainst nation and foe against foe,
And anger unbridled and deep.
We call them indignantly “subhuman groups”
Allowing our hatred to creep
Into the core of our being, our heart and our soul
Yet part of the whole human race.
Willing to fight, to kill and to maim,
As though they things we embrace.
Afraid of the stranger, the group up the street,
They threaten our safety and home.
We’re sure if we let them, they’d kill and they’d maim,
If they once get a chance just to roam.
Civil war, revolution, ethnic cleansing, the terms
That we use to describe what we do,
We act ‘cause we’re threatened. We’re prone to strike out
Be they Christian, or Arab or Jew.
They’re brothers and sister. They’re young and their old.
They usually just want to live,
But when we feel threatened, afraid of their dreams,
We’ll hit them with all we can give.
Why can’t we be civil? Why must we react
With violence, war and mistrust?
Why do we feel threatened by things we don’t know
When we know that we all turn to dust
At the end of our journey on this tiny globe?
We all share this planet. It’s our only home.
There’s more than enough that we share.
If we’d only stop fighting and try to relate
We might find there’s a reason to care
For our neighbors, to give to the poor
To cause all our hatred to cease.
We just might encourage a change in our foes
And together enjoy life in…
Peace,
Pastor Alex
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