I’m reblogging this hymn by Kim Fabricius for Holocaust Memorial Day
Children die from drought and earthquake,
children die by hand of man.
What on earth, and what for God’s sake,
can be made of such a plan?
Nothing - no such plan’s been plotted;
nothing - no such plan exists:
if such suffering were allotted,
God would be an atheist.
Into ovens men drive brothers,
into buildings men fly planes;
history’s losers are the mothers,
history’s winners are the Cains.
Asking where was God in Auschwitz,
or among the Taliban:
God himself was on the gibbets -
thus the question: Where was man?
God of love and God of power -
attributes in Christ are squared.
Faith can face the final hour,
doubt and anger can be aired.
Answers aren’t in explanation,
answers come at quite a cost:
only wonder at creation,
and the practice of the cross
(Suggested Tune: Scarlet Ribbons)
Kim Fabricius
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Jen 01.27.10 at 12:53 pm
Only Kim could ever write a hymn like that. You’ve gotta love it.