Where is purpose? (Vol 1 No 55)
Lord our God we often ponder -
Where is meaning? What is life?
Anxious, troubled, stressed by living;
Is there any end to strife?
In the isolation crying,
Is there anyone who cares?
Is there life or only dying?
Can we challenge God? Who dares?
There is purpose in our wandering;
Found in others and their plight;
Found outside the limitations
Of our self and of our sight.
Found in pleasure and in sorrow;
Found by those who wish to seek;
Found today and found tomorrow;
Found by ‘strong’ and found by ‘weak’.
Open life to hidden beauty,
To the cosmos and its charm,
To the love and joy around us,
Giving us a sense of calm.
If we open all our windows
Loving breeze may softly blow;
Union with another’s caring
God’s own healing starts to flow.
As with nature and its vision,
Showing rainbows after rain.
Birth of babies of all species,
Wonderment replaces pain.
So the cross with all its cruelty,
Soaked in tragedy and crime,
Yet it marks God’s loving presence;
Brings new life for endless time.
Tune Austria AHHB 374(i),577 TiS 93,772
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