Love Is Never Wasted - John Lucas

Build a home

Though it seems the world’s all sinking sand these days

Your foundation is the faith

That love endures always

Show forgiveness

When the world’s bitterly unkind

This clothes the naked

And clears the eyes of the blind

Love, love is never wasted

It never stays in the ground

Show mercy to the outlaw

The stranger and the thief

For God came as an outlaw

To share our cup of grief

Love your enemy

And you will raise the dead

Feed the poor

And you’ll taste heaven’s bread

Love, love is never wasted

It never stays in the ground

Love, love is never wasted

It never stays in the ground

Show your children

How to love when they are young

A seed will plant a forest

Before your days are done

Trade not your hope

To claim your scrap of earth

For the kingdom is a mystery

Of death and then rebirth