God, With Joy We Look Around Us

REGENT SQUARE "Angels, from the Realms of Glory"

God, with joy we look around us
At your world's diversity.
Folk of every kind surround us
And you call your church to see:
All are made in your own image!
All are people whom you love!

In the times we've hurt each other,
Lord, we've hurt the ones you bless.
Hating sister, cursing brother,
We've denied what you express:
All are made in your own image!
All are people whom you love!

God, you sent a Savior to us,
Breaking walls that would divide.
By your Spirit, now work through us
As we witness side by side:
All are made in your own image!
All are people whom you love!

Tune: Henry Thomas Smart, 1867
Biblical References: Genesis 1:26-27; Psalm 133; John 17:20-23; I Corinthians 12:12-13; Galatians 3:27-29; Ephesians 2:14-22
Text: Copyright © 2000 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette is the co-pastor of the Limestone Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware and author of Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today's Worship is a collection of 45 new hymns published by Geneva Press. A complete list of her hymns can be found at http://firstpresby.org/hymnlist.htm .
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