"Holy, holy, holy, holy Lord, the Earth is Yours
and singing."
I am weeping. I am sitting in my bedroom and I am weeping because this song has brought such an overwhelming emotion to my heart. Gungor has created such a simple song, simply repetitive, and outstandingly moving in it's truth. The Earth is the Lord's, and it's singing. Literally the Earth sings at every moment. The birds sing, the wind blows, and trees clap their leaves and it is all a melody. This place we live in and are surrounded by is one of the GREATEST works of art of the God. He has woven together the branches of the trees and packed the dirt in it's place. He molded rocks and carved out canyons. He raised mountains and made them beautiful. He made them so beautiful, in fact, that we go to the great lengths to see the beauty of the world because it takes our breath away. That melody that the earth sings to the Lord strikes a chord in our own hearts.
I am weeping, though, not just because of this beauty and greatness, but because of the utter destruction that is happening to such a delicate work of art. I close my eyes and see mountain tops blown to smithereens for coal. Trees cut down to make way for miles of concrete whether it be a city foundation or more roads. I cry for these things. I cry for God's creation.
Yes, there is an environmentalist in me raging because of these things, but this is not why I'm writing about it. I am not writing to go on a tangent and try to get you all to sign a petition to stop mountain top removal mining (although that would give me great joy). That is not totally why this emotion takes me over. Simply put, I weep for all the things that have covered over His creation.
I sat here and cried sorrowfully to God for raping the Earth when actually we are supposed to steward the Earth.
And yet, the Earth is still singing. THAT is how big He is.
The canyons being blocked and filled with dams, and the mountains being blown to bits. The plains being covered with concrete, and the shores lined with skyscrapers. Yet, and YET!
Holy holy holy Lord. The Earth is Yours.... and singing. Still.
This is the song with lyrics. I really encourage you to listen. Click me.
