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As Countless As The Sands
As countless as the sands upon the mighty ocean's shore,
So many live on earth today, so many came before.
Each one was known to you, O Lord -- each face, each voice, each name --
And in your heart of hearts, O Lord, you loved each one the same.
Though there is found upon the earth none righteous -- no not one,
Though all have sinned and fallen short in all that we have done,
Yet in your tender mercy and your all-embracing love
You sent your Son, your only Son, to help us from above.
Behold, the Lamb sent forth by God to bear all sin and blame,
Whose sinless soul assumed the debt of every sinner's shame,
That all the world might be released from fear and death and hell
And have instead His righteousness and in His presence dwell.
What joy! To know that God in Christ declared all sinners free,
For with that blessed verdict comes great confidence for me;
Though great my guilt and weak my works, that verdict stands most sure --
In Jesus ALL are justified! In this I rest secure!
For all the world God's verdict stands -- for every tribe and clan,
For male and female, slave and free, for child and aged man,
For rich and poor, for black and white, for Gentile and for Jew --
God's "Innocent!" declares to all: the Savior died for you!
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Universalist Herald
GOD LOVES EVERYONEBy Ron Sexsmith
God loves everyone
Like a mother loves her son
No strings at all
Unconditional
Never one to judge
Would never hold a grudge
'Bout what's been done
God loves everyone
There are no gates in heaven
Everyone gets in
Queer or straight
Souls of every faith
Hell is in our minds
Hell is in this life
But when it's gone
God takes everyone
Its love is like a womb
It’s like the air from room to room
It surrounds us all
The living and the dead
May we never lose the thread
That bound us all
The killer in his cell
The atheist as well
The pure of heart
And the wild at heart
Are all worthy of its grace
It's written in the face
Of everyone
God loves everyone
There's no need to be saved
No need to be afraid
Cause when it’s done
God takes everyone
God loves everyone
(From the Nov./Dec. 2007
Issue of the UNIVERSALIST
HERALD, from Ron Sexsmith’s
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I attend a Unitarian Universalist Service:
I look around. Two members in two different areas of the church are drinking coffee out of Starbucks containers. This annoys me. I cannot say that they are being disrespectful, since no Divine Presence has been invoked, but it bothers me nonetheless. I begin to wonder if this is the beginning of a disturbing trend, and if churches, like bookstores, will one day serve only as mere excuses for a Starbucks. Will there be splinter groups? Will Lutherans go with Caribou Coffee in a show of nonconformity?
