I Want to Be Amazed

Dear Lord:

I want to be amazed

I want to be shocked

I want to be stunned

Right from the start.

I want to stand wordless

I want to stand in awe

I want to feel overwhelmed

With what I just saw.

I want to be amazed

At acts of love

I want to be amazed

At justice found

I want to be amazed

At kindness from above

I want to be amazed

At simple things profound.

I want to be amazed

At kindness across the isle

I want to be amazed

At fidelity to your story

I want to be amazed

When the powerful hug a child

I want to be amazed

When we stand before your glory.

I want to be amazed

When stories of racism make us weep

I want to be amazed

When political views and love emerge

I want to be amazed

When the strong lift the weak

I want to be amazed

When repentance is in an upsurge.

I want to be amazed

When all of us are really equal

I want to be amazed

When LGBTQ people are fully embraced

I want to be amazed

When long after we’re gone, our stories demand a sequel

I want to be amazed

When with compassion our lives are traced.

I want to be amazed

When vitriol resides less and less in the public sphere

I want to be amazed

When monuments glorifying wrongs are no longer here. 

I want to be amazed
When we care for asylum seekers
I want to be amazed
When we see in their children brighter futures. 

I want to be amazed
When my granddaughters are honored for their gifts
I want to be amazed
When church does not leave women adrift. 

I want to be amazed

When people of color feel no fear

I want to be amazed

When the homeless are no more

I want to be amazed

When Jesus returns

I want to be amazed

When justice fills our core

I want to be amazed

Long before Jesus returns

I want to be amazed

When compassion within us burns

I want to be amazed

I want to be amazed

Yes, I want to stand amazed

I want to sit amazed

I want to walk amazed

I want to bow amazed

I want to weep amazed

I want to be amazed