The road that stretches before our feet is a challenge to the heart
long before it tests the strength of our legs. Our destiny is to run to
the edge of the world and beyond, off into the darkness;

sure, for all our blindness;
secure, for all our helplessness;
strong, for all our weakness;
gaily in love, for all the pressures on our hearts.

In that darkness beyond the world, we can begin to know the world and
ourselves. We begin to understand that we are not made to pace our
lives behind prison walls, but to walk into the arms of God!

Reddened evening sky, candle flickering gently, it is the hour of prayer
and in the stillness a great pain wells up -

Mothers stoned and burned alive, children beaten and trained to kill -
and God cries...

In the stillness, shrill terror breaks the air, distress invades my heart
the crush of hopeless despair is upon me

“Disappearing” husbands and children, a human shield bulldozed
and God cries...

Will the killing never stop? Families fleeing, cramped in tents, deprived of hope;
“bunker busters” causing the Earth to quake

Each tear, each cry held precious by a God who loves with passion
and God cries…..

Gently the suffering with their compassionate brothers and sisters are consoled
How sweet the healing presence

Cradled in God’s arms the broken and terrorized are calmed and the pain leaves
and God cries…..

Into my heart comes the pain as global tensions ease, and I too am calmed
and God cries with joy.