Lord God, Your love has called us here,
As
we, by love, for love were made.
Your
living likeness still we bear
Tho’
marred, dishonored, disobeyed.
We
come, with all our heart and mind
Your
call to hear, Your love to find.
2
We
come with self inflicted pains
Of
broken trust and chosen wrong,
Half-free,
half-bound by inner chains,
By
social forces swept along,
By
powers and systems close confined,
Yet
seeking hope for human kind.
3
Lord
God, in Christ You call our name,
And
then receive us as Your own,
Not
thro' some merit, right, or claim,
But
by Your gracious love alone.
We
strain to glimpse Your mercy seat,
And
find You kneeling at our feet.
4
Then
take the towel, and break the bread,
And
humble us, and call us friends.
Suffer
and serve till all are fed
And
show how grandly love intends
To
work till all creation sings,
To
fill all worlds, to crown all things.
5
Lord
God, in Christ You set us free
Your
life to live, Your joy to share.
Give
us Your Spirit’s liberty
To
turn from guilt and dull despair
And
offer all that faith can do,
While
love is making all things new.