The horrific events that unfolded in Norway
Andrew Pratt, a contemporary hymn writer from United Kingdom, wrote this hymn text for the senseless shootings that took place in Cumbria 2 01 0Norway
God would not will what we have seen,
the terror, horror, death;
for God is love, the source of life,
the essence of our breath.
God would not break the damaged reed,
the smold’ring wick is fanned;
yet human power, our want and greed
can counter what God planned.
Our will is free, our way we choose,
to act for good or ill,
to offer love, to calm or heal,
to damage or to kill.
God give us courage in the face
of carnage that we see,
to work for life, to live for love,
to set your people free.
© Andrew E. Pratt, from his website Hymns and Books.
the terror, horror, death;
for God is love, the source of life,
the essence of our breath.
God would not break the damaged reed,
the smold’ring wick is fanned;
yet human power, our want and greed
can counter what God planned.
Our will is free, our way we choose,
to act for good or ill,
to offer love, to calm or heal,
to damage or to kill.
God give us courage in the face
of carnage that we see,
to work for life, to live for love,
to set your people free.
© Andrew E. Pratt, from his website Hymns and Books.
Text is in Common Meter (CM): 8.6 .8.6
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