That 2020 Feeling
If I'm being honest
Things seem a bit hopeless
Been locked up in quarantine
Due to coronavirus
Riots break out in the once vacant streets
Over discriminatory acts
That seek to divide us
But what if we could learn to
Lay our weapons down
Lay our weapons down
Would this bring healing to our cities
And hope into our towns?
Seems like an issue of the heart
Born of tribalistic mentality
Where it's us versus them
But aren't we all just human?
I thought we could do better
But day in and day out
Tearful voices are asking
Questions left unanswered
And it makes me wonder
Are there any answers?
Will things finally get better?
Will God set us free?
If we claim to know Christ
Then we are free indeed,
So this healing begins
When we're God's hands and feet.
The Spirit of God is the breath of Life
Uplifting the hopeless
And breaking down pride
And leading us gently
Out of our graves--
Onto the streets where broken the hearts wander
Meeting questions with prayers
For humility, mercy, and justice.
There’s no time like the present
to start living on mission
to seek reconciliation—
so let us begin because
healing starts here with
our thoughts, words, and actions.
Keep breaking the silence
Loose the chains of oppression
Set free the captives
and with every step may we be the Peacemakers.