Ginny Owens - 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