A DREAM OF FREEDOM

Meaning in Psalm 126

Alfred D. Byrd

SUFFERING chaining Children of God
Had ended at last, and joy began.
A dream of freedom had been fulfilled,
And laughter dispersed an age of grief.
The ones who'd labored for years as slaves
Expressed in dance their love for their God
As they sang, "Our God has come for us
And freed us from shame to walk in peace."
The nations, seeing freedom restored,
Called out, "Their God must love them greatly."

FREEDOM had come, but freedom can go
When we close our eyes to greed and hate.
Again, we're in chains; again, we grieve
And pray for our God to end our drought.
Our God remembers; our God will come
To make the desert blossom with life.
The ones who cry as they sow their seed
Will laugh and sing at the sight of grain,
A harvest too great for words to tell —
A blessing from God, the Source of love.

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