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Beauty for Brokenness

Beauty for brokenness
Hope for despair
Lord in the suffering
This is our prayer.
Bread for the children,
Justice, joy, peace;
Sunrise to sunset
Your kingdom increase.

God of the poor,
Friend of the weak,
Give us compassion we pray;
Melt our cold hearts,
Let years fall like rain.
Come, change our love from a spark
To a flame

Shelter for fragile lives,
Cures for their ills,
Work for the craftsmen,
Trade for their skills;
Land for the dispossessed,
Rights for the weak,
Voices to plead the cause
Of those who can’t speak

Refuge from cruel wars,
Havens from fear,
Cities for sanctuary,
Freedoms to share;
Peace to the killing fields,
Scorched earth to green,
Christ for the bitterness,
His cross to the pain.

Rest for the ravaged earth,
Oceans and streams,
Plundered and poisoned,
Our future, our dreams.
Lord end our madness,
Carelessness greed;
Make us content with
The things that we need.

Lighten our darkness,
Breathe on this flame,
Until your justice burns
Brightly again;
Until the nations
Learn of your ways,
Seek your salvation,
And bring you their praise