Words ….

 

God in His love lent us this planet,

Gave it a purpose in time and space:

Small as a spark from the fire of creation

Cradle of life and the home of our race.

 

Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty,

Life that sustains us in body and mind:

Plenty for all, if we learn how to share it

Riches undreamed of to fathom and find.

 

Long have our human wars ruined its harvest;

Long has earth bowed to the terror and force;

Long have we wasted what others have need of,

Poisoned the fountain of life at its source.

 

Earth is the Lords: it is ours to enjoy it

Ours as His stewards, to farm and defend,

From its pollution, misuse and destruction,

Good Lord deliver us, world without end !

 

“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all its people belong to Him”

Psalm 24:1