1 God loves a scandal, look at Christ,
his crying indignation
will turn our tables round again,
infect our generation.
2 And those of us who hold some power,
our influence diluted,
will sense the end of all we love,
our treasured schemes uprooted.
3 What will we do? What can we say?
Bow down in adoration?
Or rage with words, then crucify
the ground of our creation?
4 The crisis looms, the choice remains:
the cross or selfish grasping;
the denigration of the poor
or love that can be lasting?
5 God give us strength that we might take
the risk of Christ-like living,
this gracious way of selfless love,
of sacrificial giving.
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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