Loving and Giving

A brand new piece inspired by John 3: 16, John 1: 16 and Philippians 2: 6 written specifically for last night's superb event at the 4 Corners Festival, with Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin (pictured with planning team member Iona Holt) speaking powerfully about "The Journey So Far" in St. Brigid's Catholic Parish Church on St. Brigid's Day.

For God so loved the world that he gave...

For God so loved this city that he gave...

For God so loved you, and even me, that he gave...

And he gave, and he gave, and he gave,

And he gives and he gives, and he gives,

Grace piled upon grace already given.

For we so lusted after everything that we grasped...

We so lusted after forbidden fruit that we grasped...

So lusted after wealth and power that we grasped...

So lusted after our neighbour’s land that we grasped...

So lusted after our neighbour’s ass and wife that we grasped and groped,

Gracelessly grasping from the beginning.

But God still loved the world so much that he gave...

God loves this city so much that he still gives...

For God still loves us, and those whom we find hard to love

So much, that he gives, and he gives, and he gives,

And calls on us who have received his grace

To give, as we have been given.

Selah

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