Read the Lyrics to "Always Love" (click the song title for a link to a Youtube video)

Always Love by Nada Surf (2005, from The Weight is a Gift)

To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me
Always love  Hate will get you every time
Always love  Don't wait ‘til the finish line

Slow demands come 'round
Squeeze the air and keep the rest out
It helps to write it down
Even when you then cross it out

But always love Hate will get you every time
Always love Even when you wanna fight

Self-directed lives
I want to know what it’d be like to
Aim so high above
Any card that you've been dealt, you...

Always Love Hate will get you every time
Always Love Hate will get you

And I've been held back by something, yeah
You said to me quietly on the stairs,
I've been held back by something, yeah
You said to me quietly on the stairs.
You said  Hey, you good ones.

• Think about how these ideas relate to Jesus' thoughts on love and forgiveness.

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked," Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"  Jesus answered,"I tell you, not seven times, but seventy times seven."             (Matthew 18:21-22)

A new command I give you: Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.     (John 13:34)

• Are YOU able to 'always love' or does hate and resentment get in the way?
• Ask God to help you find your way to true forgiveness.