The heav’ns are proclaiming the glory of God,

This is a poem which encapsulates my feelings about our time last week in Puerto Rico.  It goes beyond the need for divestment; I wrote it at the end of Monday and hoped to have it ready before we left, but time ran out.

​The heav’ns are proclaiming the glory of God,
The earth is alive with God’s voice!
Creation is calling: salvation is now;
Our faith has commanded a choice.
We must decide what the future will be.
We must engage in the fight.
God is imploring – take care of this world;
We need to do what is right.
 
Glaciers are melting,
Species are dying,
Time slips away from our hands.
When will we see
How the world urgently
Needs the Spirit of love for God’s lands?
God’s love compels us –
Creation now tells us
The time to take action is now!
Repentance is needed
From warnings unheeded,
Our sinful desires disavow.
Materialism and selfish ambition
Are ruining our planet, our home;
The rich just get richer,
What’s wrong with this picture
While millions of poor have no home?
 
The heav’ns are proclaiming the glory of God,
The earth is alive with God’s voice!
Creation is calling: salvation is now;
Our faith has commanded a choice.
We must decide what the future will be.
We must engage in the fight.
God is imploring – take care of this world;
We need to do what is right.
 
While we do nothing
Pollution, disgusting,
Continues to choke life away.
What good is religion
If it has no vision
To call us to action today?
We must take measures
To preserve God’s treasures
And help ev’ry species survive.
If we do not choose this
The earth will refuse this
How long we be here alive?
We are the ones, God has
Put us in charge, and as
Agents of grace we resist
From using resources
In self-seeking ways
And from ruining the earth
We desist
 
The heav’ns are proclaiming the glory of God,
The earth is alive with God’s voice!
Creation is calling: salvation is now;
Our faith has commanded a choice.
We must decide what the future will be.
We must engage in the fight.
God is imploring – take care of this world;
We need to do what is right.
 
A new day is dawning
The people are caring
God’s kingdom is calling
We see
A new day of freedom
When all of God’s kingdom
Lives fully the life
Meant to be
Creation is cheering
God’s kingdom is nearing
The shackles unbounded
From all
We join with creation
In this celebration
We urge you to join –
Heed the call!
 
The heav’ns are proclaiming the glory of God,
The earth is alive with God’s voice!
Creation is calling: salvation is now;
Our faith has commanded a choice.
We must decide what the future will be.
We must engage in the fight.
God is imploring – take care of this world;
We need to do what is right.
 
 
Rev. Jeff Courter
2019