Text:

Love can be a cup of water,
meal that's brought, or whispered prayer.
Love can be a given hour,
or a single blessing, shared.
Christ will help us start—He tells how
faith as small as mustard seeds,
in the strength of God, achieves!
Love's conveyed from homes, devices,
many kinds of meeting space....
Jesus worked in any place!

Love can be a note, donation,
quiet list'ning, life consoled.
We respond to Christ's compassion,
and his caring, outward, flows.
So we all—as Church together—
lifted by what Jesus brings,
spread that God-sent leavening….
From the Son of God as center,
yet expanding, near to far,
Love From God, be where we are.

 

 

This hymn came out of the COVID pandemic, when very visible church ministries often had to be scaled back. The text has had several versions, but remains relevant as God's people continue to spread Christ's love through "little" things they do.