LORD....YOU ROCK US....stir us to rock our nations

                                          LORD....YOU* ROCK US

                           (Our God-Who 'Cradles' & 'makes us rocks')

                (i)

When measures of Faith, in us -Re-treat

Your cooling mercies; You Bespeak:

Lord...You Rock Us.

               (ii)

When life's encroaching din-

Seeks, to deafen, our world:

Lord...You Rock Us.

            (iii)

When families, doubting measures press-

And wounding hurts, send us sad duress:

Lord...Do Rock Us.

          (iv)

When rancid fears, dare-

To belittle and decimate:

Lord.. You Rock Us.

         (v)

When physical wants, and needs persist-

And worldly needs, on our souls sit:

Lord...You Rock Us. 

         (vi)

When dimming shadows, seek space-

To ride our minds.

Your Illuminating-Spirit God;Resets us ,in kind.

Lord...You Rock Us.

         (vii)

We sojourn then, on Hodu-Paths

Faith reveals; Pressing troubles,they pass.

Lord...Our Strength...Our Enriching God.. 'Tis You:

You Our God; Rock Us.

* (rock as a noun and a verb)

Michael W. Hepburn(c.)