Everything God gives is good, every place and time.
We’re the ones who wall things off, drawing sandy lines.
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“This for now” and “then for that”, who can marry whom.
If somebody breaks our rules, we’ll pronounce the doom.
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Ev’ry day at morn and eve, light’s not bright or dim.
Mixture is creation’s way. Sometimes “she” is “him”.
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Anna may well have an Eve, Adam know a Steve.
God created us in love. It’s a complex weave.
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Lines we draw and sides we take, oft’ profane God’s name.
Children also pay the cost of our pointless game.
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What’s it mean to cross a line; what to be defiled.
Learn the ways of God that leave space for what is wild.
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Image: by Steve Johnson on Unsplash
Source: Leviticus 18:19-23
Text: David Alexander, 2021 CC BY-SA 4.0
Tune: Land of Rest, (American Folk Melody), Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/Score_PDF-2010/TakeThisMoment-LandOfRest.pdf
Audio: www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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