Hymn 1

Lately I have been intrigued by hymns. I have decided to write one. Here it is;

We are without words,
Within the presence of your patience
For your patience has taught us to wait within our despair.
To find the hope within our own moments,
Rather to dream and grasp for hope within our own care.

For our future is determined by Christ alone.
For our present is found within our defection.
As our past was determined by Christ atoned.
As our present is cleansed by the Spirit’s direction.

As we pour out our being
To understand each other
We grasp for the false tenderness of our world
to determine our love for one another.

For our future is determined by Christ alone.
For our present is found within our defection.
As our past was determined by Christ atoned.
As our present is cleansed by the Spirit’s direction.

We need the tenderness and the violence of Christ
To rip away the veil from our hearts
So that we may seek ourselves as whole
Rather than in separate and conflicted parts.

Bridge:
Through our human toil
we find our humanity soiled
And we long to find the wholeness
In our broken united closeness