Streams of Living Justice

Sunday at church, we sang this hymn, which really resonated with me.  Hymns at one time used to seem boring, but now I see them as such beautiful poetry. I love singing them and learning from the wise words found within. This hymn mirrors what I believe an LVC year is designed to contemplate... and really what our lives should be about.

Let Streams of Living Justice

Let streams of living justice flow down upon the earth;
Give freedom's light to captives, let all the poor have worth.
The hungry's hands are pleading, the workers claim their rights;
The mourner's long for laughter, the blinded seek for sight.
Make liberty a beacon, strike down the iron power;
Abolish ancient vengeance, proclaim your people's hour.

For healing of the nations, for peace that will not end;
For love that makes us lovers, God grant us grace to mend.
Weave our varied gifts together, knit our lives as they are spun
On your loom of time enroll us, til our thread of life is run.
O great weaver of our fabric, bind church and world in one;
Dye our texture with your radiance, light our colors with your sun.

Your city's build to music, we are the stones you seek;
Your harmony is language, we are the words you speak.
Our faith we find in service, our hope in others' dreams;
Our love in hand of neighbor; our homeland brightly gleams.
Inscribe our hearts with justice, your way--the path untried;
Your truth--the heart of stranger, your life-- the crucified.