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Welcome the foreigner. Show love to strangers.

We are all nomads in this world.

We are all reaching out for a better place.

So make known the true God to an unknown face

With a smile, a touch, a kindly deed.

You can meet them at their need.

You can awe them with His Grace,

If you'll greet guests in His place.

Reach out to others. Call all men brothers.

We are all family in this world.

There's not one heart that does not long to be free.

Entwine all mankind with His majesty,

Through a message that's full of hope and cheer.

Reveal God's love is here.

You can melt their cold facade,

If you show the warmth of God.

Oh, show the love of God!

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THE HOPE FILLED LASSIE MADE A QUERY

TO A THREE SCORE GRAYING GRACEFUL DEARIE.

FOR A CLUE AS TO HOW DREAMS CAN COME TRUE,

IMAGINING WHAT SWEET WISDOM MIGHT RELINQUISH,

COULD SHE  TWITCH HER NOSE, OR MAYBE WINK-A-WISH?

OR IS THAT SOMETHING MERE MORTALS CANT DO?

PRIED SHE ," lF THREE WISHES YOU COULD CATCH 

AND  HOLD FAST UNTIL DEATH.

SPEAK THEM NOW, TELL ME QUICKLY, WHILE YOU'RE NOT SHORT OF BREATH."

SPOKE MRS. SILVERCOEUR. "I WILL TELL YOU THREE, AND THREE MORE HENCE:

THREE FROM NAIVE MEMORY, THEN THREE MORE,,,...

FROM REALITY'S SIDE OF THE FENCE,

WHILE STILL YOUNG AND WISTFUL I YEARNED FOR JUST THIS:

KIND WORDS. SWEET PRAYERS, AND A ONCE A DAY KISS.

BUT FATE MUST HAVE THOUGHT ME GREEDY,. AND WITHDREW HER GRACE,

SO I SETTLED FOR WARM SHOWERS. A WEE CUP'O TEA.

AND A TEAR STAINED PILLOW FOR MY FACE,

BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG. I WOULDN'T LET MALICE STEAL SERENITY'S  SONG,

NO. I NEVER GAVE IN  TO BITTERNESS. FOR LOVE COUPLED WITH KINDNESS

CAN MAKE A BLESSING......................  OUT OF A MESS SING!

CAN TURN A MESS AROUND.................. INTO A BLESSING FOUND.

SEP YOUR GOALS ON THE STARS,. MY DEAR,............ SO FAR OUT OF SIGHT.

BUT IF IN TIME YOU DON'T REACH THEM , 

 THEN ENJOY THEIR SWEET TWILIGHT