God, How Can We Comprehend?

God

how can we com­pre­hend—though we’ve seen them times be­fore—

Lines of peo­ple with­out end flee­ing dan­ger

want

and war?

They seek safe­ty any­where

hop­ing for a wel­come hand!

Can we know the pain they bear? Help us

Lord

to un­der­stand!

You put mu­sic in their souls; now they strug­gle to sur­vive.

You gave each one gifts and goals; now they flee to stay al­ive.

God of out­casts

may we see how you val­ue ev­ery­one

For each home­less re­fu­gee is your daugh­ter or your son.

Lord

your lov­ing knows no bounds; you have con­quered death for all.

May we hear be­yond our towns to our dist­ant neigh­bors’ call.

Spirit

may our love in­crease; may we reach to all your earth

Till your whole world lives in peace; till we see each per­son’s worth.