One: We are empty, fill us up, to make noise, plant seeds, take what seems to be empty and fill it with sounds, praise, shouts, beats, joy, lament, growth, God.
Many: Sun, song, story and sling
Beats, bands, bops and brings
Feed, free, fill and fling!
Sound, slam, sowers and seed
Plant, pray, preach and plead
Root, reach, roar and read!
All: CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING! HEAR US NOW AS WE SING!
Creator God, who grows and nurtures all living things, we cry out to you with faces hidden, eyes lowered and voices softened. We have seen what has been done. We have heard what has been said. But we put on repeat what should not be repeated, we turn away instead of speaking truth. We throw away precious life, treat your creation like garbage and scatter hurtful words like ash. And yet we hold on to things that if let go of would free us all into more joy, more hope and more calm. Give us clear eyes and honest tongues that witness to your coming kingdom. You are our greatest hope in life and in death. Amen.
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