Tag: bruised reed

We stand to sing – a hymn inspired by Luke12: 32-40

We stand to sing, the fearful lose their chains inspired by Luke 12: 32-40

1           We stand to sing, the fearful lose their chains,
              the key might change, yet harmony remains,
              for here is love and loving grace will blend
              with grace to comfort, strengthen and to mend.

2           What once we were, now damaged and worn down,
              contains the essence of a seed once sown,
              a seed, that nurtured, still might rise to life
              beyond this hurt and harrowed, faulted strife.

3           God values every bruised and bending reed;
              God sees a nascent flower and not a weed;
              and so will raise us up from where we are,
              the faintest, feeble spark becomes a star.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2017 Stainer and Bell Ltd. London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd

Metre: 10 10 10 10
Tune: HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL

Great prophet of pity – A hymn inspired by Romans 12: 1-8

Great prophet of pity - A hymn inspired by Romans 12: 1-8

Great prophet of pity, subversive in love,
unsettle our comfort, divert and reprove;
that, moved from self-interest, and shielded from pride,
we might yet embody the gifts of your bride.

O raise up your people and fit them to care
for all who are lonely or lost in despair.
The reed that is bending, the wick that burns low,
through grace and persistence, God, help them to grow.

From each generation, race, colour or creed,
Christ, gather together, united by need,
the ones that you value, and God, may we find,
in spite of ourselves that your welcome is kind.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2003  Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 11 11 11 11
Tune: ST DEINIO