I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.  
						Isaiah 45:7 (NRSV)

Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is, 
	Seen and unseen
Is seen 
	In the faces of flowers
	In music and musings
	In galaxies beyond	
	And tender love

Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is, 
	Seen and unseen
Is seen 
	In grand vistas and small details
	In cobalt blue skies
	In nourishing rain
	And life itself
	
Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is, 
	Seen and Unseen
Is seen
	In genocide
	In war
	In fires and floods
	And suffering
	
Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is, 
	Seen and Unseen
Is 
	Not stepping in. 
	People are off the rails
	The earth burns
	And people die

Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is, 
	Seen and Unseen
Is 
	The miracle of life, 
	The suffering of death
	Neither benevolent nor malicious
	The indifference of physics
	And the passage of time.
	The awe of a universe that simply IS

Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is,
	Seen and unseen,
		Will not rescue us
		Will not save us

		Be kind anyway
		Love anyway
		Help anyway
		In all ways
				Seen and unseen.

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