Through the Cloud and Out of Chaos: A Hymn for a Hard Season
Disaster response hymn by by Rev. Laurie Ann Kraus, PDA National Response Team
Tune: Es Ist Ein' Ros' 7.6.7.6.7.6 (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming)
O, God of Hosts, restore us.
Turn toward us in your grace.
Stir up your might and save us,
Teach us to seek your face.
Your people cry in pain.
Bereft, adrift, and longing:
God, make us whole again.
Come, God of present danger,
Return, and guide us home.
Speak to us, Friend and Stranger:
We trust in you alone.
We watch and work and pray,
The Spirit's Life revealing
To wait the Coming Day.
Through cloud and out of chaos
Your people speak Your Name
In darkness, God will stay us,
In Christ, the winds and waves are tamed
Toward hope our hearts are drawn
Your healing Life abounding,
Your Love, our steadfast song.
This hymn is dedicated to survivors and disaster caregivers of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005, and was written for Worldwide Communion Sunday, October 2, 2005.