Creaturely Care-takers

orchidee



Tune: Golden Sheaves

('To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise')

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Help us trust you Lord, all you made

Is all of excellent grade

And still you create and sustain

Your works in truth and unfeign[ed]

You great Creator, Lord of all

Will hear who upon you call

'Jehovah Jireh', you provide

And in humble hearts reside

 

We give you thanks and praise again

Your provision to all men

And women, children, all that be

Inhabiting earth, sky, sea

Praise from all above, all below

E'en those that do dark paths know

Below the earth, all inclusive

Does you worthy honour give

 

For you have shown your faithfulness

Given us enough, we bless

you, and pray we may use wisely

What you give u to o'ersee

For gifts and graces, many skills

You give us, tasks we fulfil

By strength which you to each impart

And so display your fine art

 

Fields ripe for harvest, abundance

Give us wisdom and true sense

To not waste food, nor money, time

As we go on through life's rhyme

You our Creator, Father too

If we believe in you true

And in your Son whom you have sent

We forgiven penitents

 

And your Spirit who comes to dwell

Within us, let each tongue tell

He renews the face of the ground

Blessings of dew fall around

May our lives too be ground wherein

We washed and cleansed, freed from sin

So produce fruit, a harvest fair

And more of Christ's image bear

 

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 30th, 2018 01:36
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8787 8787 metre. We, including humans, are all 'creatures' (created beings), but not in the derogatory sense of 'that person, that wretch, that creature'! Even the bread and wine in some more formal Holy Communion services are called 'creatures'. Of course the bread and wine did not create themselves though.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments2

  • Goldfinch60

    I am going to the Harvest Fetival at Church today, it sounds as though it is going to be very complicated.

    • orchidee

      Thanks Gold. Well, we had Harvest, but we didn't 'plough any fields' nor see any 'golden sheaves'. We did 'come, ye thankful people, come' in person, but not in song. Ah well, that's what you get sometimes at too 'modern' services. There were the harvest offerings though. And the singing group was screechy. Rant over! lol. I may go to a traditional one next Sunday.
      I don't mind modern, but some of the choruses seem a bit naff to me. Not poetic, not rhyming. They don't have to though.

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks UNCLE STEVE its that time of YEAR again HARVEST FESTIVALS ! Except in the ANTIPODES (OZ & NZ) where we are in the Middle of Spring! Love the Tune and the Poem. God PROVIDES Rain & CO2 & Sun for PHOTOSYNTHESIS ~ all we do is Plough ~ Plant & Pray ~ AMEN. Blessings & Love : BRIAN & ANGELA ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿงก

      • orchidee

        Thanks B&A. You got that plough out?!



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