[Oe List ...] Help with a Song

[Joyce Sloan]

Karen you must have read my mind. Because I want to share the imagery of
this song with someone who is struggling with the loss of a loved one, I
had started to work on revisions. Love what you have done! For the last
sentence "It is God who gives every one a life and God who takes* that *life
away," works better for me. Try it and see what you think.


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Karenbueno <karenbueno at aol.com> wrote:

> I think we could clear up the male gender language by using "us" and "we"
> and "one's" and "our" and a verb tense.  See my revision, and the original,
> below.  Karen Bueno
>
>  *GOD*
> *Tune: Blowing in the Wind*
>
> It is God that is always driving us to care about the coming day.
> And yet God is the mystery who takes each one's security away.
> It is God that makes us seek happiness. but does not allow our joy to stay.
> It is God who gives every one a life, and God who takes our life away.
>
> It is God that drives us to search for love, and yet we are constantly
> pursued.
> By that force which finally casts each one out into loneliness and
> solitude.
> It is God that drives us to knowledge and truth, but always denies us
> certitude.
> It is God who drives every one a life, and God who takes our life away.
>
> It is God that gives the desire to achieve, and yet death leaves our work
> undone.
> It is God that summons us to do good, and neglect our duty to none.
> And yet God is the voice that pronounces guilt, for our war with self is
> never won.
> It is God who gives every one a life, and God who takes our life away.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marge Philbrook <msphilbrook at gmail.com>
> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 13, 2013 8:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Help with a Song
>
>  *GOD*
> *Tune: Blowing in the Wind *
>
> It is God that is always driving man to care about the coming day.
> And yet God is the mystery who takes each man's security away.
> It is God that makes man seek happiness. but does not allow his joy to
> stay.
> It is God who gives every man his life, and God who takes his life away.
>
> It is God that drives man to search for love, and yet man is constantly
> pursued.
> By that force which finally casts each one out into loneliness and
> solitude.
> It is God that drives man to knowledge and truth, but always denies him
> certitude.
> It is God who drives every man his life, and God who takes his life away.
>
> It is God that gives the desire to achieve, and yet death leaves man's
> work undone.
> It is God that summons man to do good, and neglect his duty to none.
> And yet God is the voice that pronounces guilt, for man's war with self is
> never won.
> It is God who gives every man his life, and God who takes his life away.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Joyce Sloan <jsloan45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   Hello Colleagues,
>>
>> I am trying to find the words to the song with the line "It is God who
>> gives every man his life and God who takes his life away"
>>
>>  I checked the only songbook I have titled "Songs For Those Who Care" and
>> that song is not in it.
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>  Joyce
>>
>>
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