Our Children
God of justice,
You rule with grace and forgiveness.
We have blood on our hands,
our palms a valley of dripping blood.
Murders,
Look! Murderers.
Their eyes are windows open to love; open to us,
but we are blind with indifference and do not see them.
They are still watching us though we have yet to give.
Protect them Abba Father!
Guard them from lashings, torment and sorrow.
Let them play and sing in freedom!
Let them be shielded from unkindness,
let their feet leap for joy from ravines of hopelessness.
Extend Your perfect love and embrace them -
curse those who harm them and whose hands strike at their wounds.
We do not wake from our slumber,
we do not open our eyes when You call us by name, we only stir in our sleep.
When will we go with You? You are always with us.
You have long saved us our battles, when will we fight for Your truth?
Why do we settle for ourselves?
We have crowned our lowly wisdom,
we have blood on our hands.
God of mercy,
You call us Your own.
You rule with grace and forgiveness.
We have blood on our hands,
our palms a valley of dripping blood.
Murders,
Look! Murderers.
Their eyes are windows open to love; open to us,
but we are blind with indifference and do not see them.
They are still watching us though we have yet to give.
Protect them Abba Father!
Guard them from lashings, torment and sorrow.
Let them play and sing in freedom!
Let them be shielded from unkindness,
let their feet leap for joy from ravines of hopelessness.
Extend Your perfect love and embrace them -
curse those who harm them and whose hands strike at their wounds.
We do not wake from our slumber,
we do not open our eyes when You call us by name, we only stir in our sleep.
When will we go with You? You are always with us.
You have long saved us our battles, when will we fight for Your truth?
Why do we settle for ourselves?
We have crowned our lowly wisdom,
we have blood on our hands.
God of mercy,
You call us Your own.


