1 Infectious faith we demonstrate by action,
when words are lived and people feel God's grace,
when platitudes are kept in quiet abeyance,
and love expressed through every human face.
2 This is the witness we are called to offer:
the smile of welcome and the touch of care,
when every neighbour frames the Christ we honour,
the angel that we're greeting unaware.
3 My friend, we cannot claim to grace the Godhead
when those who stand in tatters at our door
are turned away without a moment's notice,
while others sleep upon a stone cold floor.
4 Our faith and love are nothing, simply empty,
just words we fling against a cloud filled sky,
when those we see derided, disregarded,
are left, without our protest, just to die.
5 Are we to be just noisy, clanging cymbals,
or signs of hope upon this cold, dark earth?
Ours is the calling now to re-imagine
the love of God, to sign each person's worth.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948) Words © 2016 © 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 10 11 10
Tune: INTERCESSOR
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