Radical Grace...

Is every life not sacred?
Is there any soul so lost we should condemn it to Hell?
If you were to strip us all down naked,
Would we not all be deserving of condemning as well?

Is there such thing as a righteous kill?
A man so lost he needs to die.
Do we believe it is in His will,
To place a man in his death bed to quietly lie?

Is there any son whose death we hear
That shouldn't hurt at least a tad
A daughter who shouldn't shed a tear
For the loss of her dad?

It's easy to judge a "horrid" man
But are they evil to the core?
Think of the most demonic person you can
Is there a deep brokenness that we ignore?

We point the finger at lack of innocence,
But is innocent something any of us are?
Is there one of whom we should dispense,
What does it mean to have gone too far?

We sing these songs of infinite grace,
Grace which saves a "wretch like me."
But is there such an infamous face,
That grace is not great enough to cover he?

While justice is high in our list of desires,
Something we desperately want to see.
Will we let justice be a raging fire,
That burns away the chance for mercy?

These questions may be a little extreme
Challenging and difficult for sure.
There are people so twisted it seems,
That they are past the point of a cure.

But do we question the greatest power of all?
Stronger than our human flesh.
The one who turned the murderer into Paul,
Can take any life and start it fresh.

A place in Hell is for God to judge,
Are we to cause their judgement day?
Love we are rooted in, called not to budge,
Are we willing to radically live in this way?

I do not want to minimize deep pain and heavy strife,
To allow the guilty off the hook.
I just want to remind us the value of every life,
For everyone's a lost, beloved child
of the ultimate author of the Holy Book.