Because He Gave Birth

So
precious
is a person’s faith in God,
so precious;
never should we harm
that.
Because
He gave birth
to all
religions.

Source: Love Poems of God. Daniel Ladinsky (at Poetseers.org).

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, let me sow pardon;
Where there is doubt, let me sow faith;
Where there is despair, let me sow hope;
Where there is discord, let me sow unity;
Where there is darkness, let me sow light, and
Where there is sadness, let me sow joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not seek so much
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying to the little self
that we are born to Eternal Life.

Source: Divine Grace (Divyakrupa). Divine Life Society, Ahmedabad.

I think God might be a little prejudiced.
For once He asked me to join Him on a walk through this world,
and we gazed into every heart on this earth,
and I noticed He lingered a bit longer
before any face that was weeping,
and before any eyes that were laughing.

And sometimes when we passed
a soul in worship God too would kneel down.

I have come to learn: God
adores His creation.

Source: Love Poems of God. Daniel Ladinsky (at Poetseers.org/francis of assisi).