Grace

INTO A WORLD THAT CRIES FOR JUSTICE
BUT NEVER HEARS HIS VOICE
INTO A WORLD THAT DEMANDS MERCY
BUT FAILS TO MAKE THE CHOICE
INTO A WORLD THAT SPEAKS WITH WEAPONS
AND NEGOTIATES IN BLOOD
INTO A WORLD SUCH AS THIS
HE CAME TO SHOW US LOVE

TO LIFT IN ARMS OF TENDERNESS
AND IN THEIR NEED PROVIDE
THE ORPHANS AND THE WIDOWS
A VICTORY AT HIS SIDE
INTO A STABLE NOT A PALACE
TO WEEP WITH THOSE WHO MOURN
TO LOVE THE ONES WITH NOTHING
FOR THIS GOD’S GRACE WAS BORN