From Outcry to Amen

I've seen the mouning, I've heard the outcries

I've born witness to the anger from all sides

And while our particular wounds may originate from different places

The fact remains we've all been touched in tender heart spaces

Whether it's from recent and current events

Or hurts from a deep, hidden, past offense

Some silent, some quiet, some loud

Each one expressing an entrenched mourn

The entire world has been left groaning and forlorn

In the wake of the whizzing absurd

He joined us: The One, The Son, The Word

Made flesh to dwell among his design Entering into the trenches of sinful mankind

Not to condemn, but to save

All of us from our fits of rage

Lord, bind up and redeem your collective cursed creation

Rescue us from ourselves, so love and peace

Can be our daily proclamation.

Amen.

- Carrie Breedlove MS, LPC