Tag: diversity

So What?

by Lucy M. Young
A fine young man admits to being gay -
He's fired from his job;
Another, not allowed to serve his country,
Is beaten, tortured, killed.
So what if they were gay?
It only means God made them just a little different.

God gave me brown eyes.
Maybe yours are blue -
Does that mean that I should punish you
Because your eyes are not like mine?

Maybe you like apple pie with cheese -
I like it plain;
Your hair may be curly, mine is straight;
Your skin is brown or black or yellow,
Mine is white -
How does that make either one of us superior?

God made us as we are -
We are His children.
He has good reasons for the differences.
As yet we know not why,
But some day we will know and understand.

Why should we hate and crucify each other
Because we are not all alike?
What a dull world this would be
If we were all the same, clones of each other,
In color, gender, creed, and preferences.
Would we not then abuse and curse each other
Because we were so bored with all the sameness?

Dark or light, tall or short,
Gay or straight -
God made us, every one.
He loves us all just as we are.
Who are we to question his omnipotence?



photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

We Are All His Own

by Lucy M. Young

We all have the same loving Father in Heaven
Be we black, white, red, yellow or brown;
If we love Him and serve Him faithfully
We'll meet when our sun goes down
On the life we know in this "vale of tears"
And we leave for our Heavenly rest,
We'll see for ourselves we are all the same
In His eyes, and we all are blessed.
We are all the same color beneath the skin,
Red blood flows through every vein;
We all reach out for friendship and love,
Our hearts beat to the same refrain.

So why do we quarrel, mistrust and hate,
We the sons and daughters of God?
We are brothers and sisters, He loves us all,
Let's spread understanding abroad.
Let's look at each other with friendship and trust
Ignoring the color of skin;
With wide-open minds and loving hearts
Let us see all the goodness within;
And go to our Maker, hand in hand,
Black, white, red, yellow and brown;
With our hearts serene and our souls at peace,
He will know we are truly His own.