Sung to the tune of How Great Thou Art
O Lord my God, when I, in awesome wonder
Consider all the beauty of your world
And yet look on, at all its splendor plundered
By those who hate and maim and bomb and kill
Then sings my soul
O God, how can this be?
God bring us peace. God bring us peace.
Then sings my soul
How long until we’re free?
God bring us peace. God bring us peace.
Around the world, I see the weapons of war
Wielded without a hesitating thought
As hell rains down on precious lives you died for
Who with your blood, salvation has been bought
Then sings my soul
O God, how can this be?
God bring us peace. God bring us peace.
Then sings my soul
How long until we’re free?
God brings us peace. God bring us peace.
And when I think of Jesus’ blunt refusal
To wield the sword against his fellow man
I wonder how his church gives her approval
To those who do; I cannot understand
Then sings my soul
O God, how can this be?
God bring us peace. God bring us peace.
Then sings my soul
How long until we’re free?
God bring us peace. God bring us peace.
As we await, the day of coming glory
When Christ shall come, and put an end to strife
We pledge ourselves to live a better story
To be the ones who treasure every life.
Still sings my soul
O God, how can this be?
God bring us peace. God bring us peace.
Still sings my soul
How long until we’re free?
God bring us peace. God bring us peace.
Under Christ’s Mercy,
Brent