It's a beautiful dream beckoning
where the poor and the hungry-
fed, clothed, filled
find favor, inheritance
Where justice pours out like mighty water
we drink- and grace- our cup runs over
This beautiful dream
where righteousness-
like air
hunger and thirst satisfied
The lamb and lion together lie down-
this beautiful dream-
all swords beat into plowshares-
nations and nations together in peace
It's a beautiful dream
And the earth is covered
covered
with the glory of God-
that's the dream
a revolution
It's beckoning-
this sleeping age
is being called,
oh open your eyes!
This dream, this revolution
is at hand
It's a beautiful dream beckoning
the earth covered-
with the glory of God
A voice in the desert cries out again-
the revolution is at hand
this beautiful
revolution
©2006 by Brittany Hogan
That is increadable. What a choice of words. I can't even explain what that means to me except to try to understand God's glory and ultimate power. Beauty, awe. What other words are there?
ReplyDelete... and what spins my little mind is that God chooses to use us in this beautiful dream to bring about this revolution. That was the essence of Christ, he understood why he was sent- to bring this beautiful dream to reality on this broken earth. And now God is using us to go forward in this revolution...
ReplyDelete. . .yes, I see God's use for me in this. To be given the honor of helping to usher in such things is profound. There is satisfaction in that, purpose to be found. Life is worth living because of God's choice of including me(us) in this grand scheme of His, this grand design of life. This is our transformation that God brings forth. A promise, a purpose to pursue and to let oneself fall into . . .
ReplyDeleteThanks Brittany, I so wish I could be in Washington but I'm a student right now and just skipped a few days last week for the Africa Faith and Justice Network conference. I'm going to be organizing things on campus for the lobby day though. I do believe Peace is in Reach. Many blessings to you, keep praying for peace,
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