Happy Valentines Day

Your love, O God is broad like beach and meadow,
wide as the wind, and an eternal home.
You leave us free to seek you or reject you,
you give us room to answer 'yes' or 'no'.

Chorus: The love of God is broad like beach and meadow,
wide as the wind, and an eternal home.

We long for freedom where our truest being
is given hope and courage to unfold.
We seek in freedom space and scope for dreaming,
and look for ground where trees and plants can grow.

Chorus: The love of God is broad like beach and meadow,
Wide as the wind, and an eternal home.

But there are walls that keep us all divided;
We fence each other in with hate and war.
Fear is the bricks-and-mortar of our prison,
Our pride of self the prison coat we wear.

Chorus: The love of God is broad like beach and meadow,
Wide as the wind, and an eternal home.

We long for freedom where our truest being
Is given hope and courage to unfold.
We seek in freedom space and scope for dreaming,
And look for ground where trees and plants may grow.

Chorus: The love of God is broad like beach and meadow,
Wide as the wind, and an eternal home.

Text: Anders Frostenson (1968) Translator: Fred Kaan (1972)