Comfort Your People, Lord A Hymn for Blue Christmas Services (Tune: “The Coventry Carol”) Text by Carlos E. Wilton, 2011 O Lord, we bring to you, this day, Hearts that are raw with pain: For sorrow has companioned us, And in our lives does reign. You promise to make all things new: Comfort your people, Lord. Would that we could turn back the clock And for one precious hour Reach out, clasp hands, and touch again Love’s fragile, with’ring flower! You cherish all times in your hands: Comfort your people, Lord. All through our lives we’ve trusted you To be most fair and kind: Though, in the dark night of the soul, Anger enthralls our minds. For freedom you have set us free: Comfort your people, Lord. We have not always trusted that Fairness has been your way. Too soon it’s seemed to watch our dreams Float up and fly away. For good, all things together work: Comfort your people, Lord. My soul, why are you so downcast: Caught up in grief’s malaise? We trust the day will soon arrive When we will sing God’s praise! Not Yuletide mirth, but Easter joy: We ask this gift, O Lord. Copyright © 2011, by Carlos E. Wilton. All rights reserved. Permission is given for congregations to reproduce the text of this hymn in worship bulletins, as long as the copyright information is included. |