Open Your Heart

I wrote this song because I believe the greatest wealth we can offer one another isn’t measured in possessions, but in how willing we are to open our lives and make room for others. It was inspired by a conversation I had with my daughter this last few days before the Christmas Holiday.

This song is for family, friends and anyone who feels the song is speaking to them. It is my wish that as we go through this season and into the New Year that we continue to open our hearts to others who may need to be lifted up.

“The world is a home with a thousand doors, and mine is open wide to yours” grew from the simple idea that everyone deserves a place to belong. In a world that often chooses walls, I wanted to write something that chooses welcome, a reminder that hospitality is one of the oldest forms of human kindness.

We’re surrounded by messages urging us to chase success, but I’ve learned that real richness comes from love, generosity, and the grace we extend to each other every day. “It isn’t gold that makes us rich, but love and grace that help us grow” is my way of saying that our value is found in how we treat people, not in what we accumulate.

Another lesson for me with this song is the space we give each other, the room to make mistakes, to learn, to return, and to be welcomed without judgment. I’ve always been moved by the kind of love that waits with an open heart, the kind that says, “There’s still a place for you.” That’s the grace I want to capture.

“To give of ourselves is how we should live” is the heartbeat of this message. We discover who we are, not by holding tightly, but by giving freely of our time, our attention, our compassion, and our presence.

My hope is that when people hear this song, they don’t just hear the melody. I hope they feel an invitation to open their hearts a little wider, to make space for one another, and to let the season’s joy begin with simple human kindness that lasts throughout the year.

"Open Your Heart"

Musical tracks created using AI Song Generation
Lyrics written by Kimberly Prell Clark
Copyright © 2025 Kimberly Prell Clark. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without written permission.

Inspiration from these scriptures:

John 14:2 – "In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?"

Hebrews 13:2 – "Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it."

Matthew 6:19-21 – "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Luke 12:15 – "Then he said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.'"

Luke 15:20 – "So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him."

Ephesians 4:32 – "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."

Acts 20:35 – "In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’"

1 John 3:18 – "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."

Luke 2:14 – "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Matthew 5:9 – "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."


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