If I do not love...

I could travel over oceans
Cross the deserts, climb the mountains
Just to share Your story
Bring You glory, and win souls for You

I could sing like an angel
Songs so humble and so thankful
Full of drama and emotion
So the world would know Your truth

I could give away my money
And my clothes and my food
To restore those people
Who are poor, and lost, and down-and-out

I could succeed at all these things
Find favour with peasants and kings...

But if I do not love, I am nothing

I could live a flawless life
Never cheat or steal or lie
And always speak so kindly
Smile so warmly, and go about doing good

I could dedicate myself to do
What everyone else wants me to
Listen to them, compliment them
Say the things I should

I could show up every Sunday
Lead the choir and Bible study
And they all might come to know me
As a leader and a friend

I could achieve success on earth
But success cannot define my worth
And all these actions, all these words
Will not matter in the end

'Cause songs will fade to silence
Stories -- they will cease
The dust will settle
Covering all my selfless deeds

So as I strive to serve You
Won't You make it clear to me...

If I do not love, I am nothing

If I cannot live my life loving my brother
Then how can I love The One who lived His life for me?

Sent to earth from heaven
Humble servant, Holy King
Come to share a story, get no glory
And save my searching soul

You knew that I'd deny You, crucify You
But nothing could stop You from
Living for me, dying for me, so that I would know

That songs will fade to silence
Stories will cease
The dust will settle
Covering these selfless deeds

But Your life here has made it
Clear enough for me to see...

That if I do not love, I am nothing

-- "I am Nothing" by Ginny Owens