“Kill your own child” God seemed to say with firmness,
“For children satisfy a god’s desire.”
So Abraham brought Isaac in obedience
To sacrifice upon the altar’s fire.
But as he held the knife above his offspring
Ready to plunge it in his promised son
His inner angel said with love and wisdom
“Put down that blade, Isaac and you are one”.
When institutions sever ties that bind us
May we, instead, affirm what lies within,
The threads that link all human life together
Through God who comes as stranger and as kin.
O God, you are the love beyond the structures,
The silent space behind each strident word,
The courage which creates exceptions’ pathways,
The liberty which makes all chains absurd.
Genesis 22:1-14
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Text and Music © William Livingstone Wallace.
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