God of Grace and God of Glory ~ take two
Krista Tippet once said, "Hymns are the way good church people walk around poetry not calling it that." Listen once again to the hymn, reading or singing, the third and four verses. 3 Cure your children's warring madness; bend our pride to your control; shame our wanton, selfish gladness, rich in things and poor in soul. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, lest we miss your kingdom's goal, lest we miss your kingdom's goal. 4 Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore; let the gift of your salvation be our glory evermore. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, serving you whom we adore, serving you whom we adore. These two verses land with a thud in my lap. These two verses make me mumble and mutter to myself, "Yeah...I resemble that remark." These two verses offer both a moment of confession and assurance. The third verse starts with shining a light the fact that the violence we do to ourselves and others is an illness ~ f