ev’ry time

the Spirit of God moved
and there was
water
then a world

and God lives in each one
of
us
as we allow

fearful
creator God
yet also living inside
in
intimacy

which is the part of God
that should amaze
and
does sometimes in songs and
testimony

many and great
O God
are thy works
as
in the hand
that
planetwide presses out plains and
valleys with mountain ranges
rising
between fingers

and yet
God indwells
all
who want
and closely forever

which must be one of those
many
and great works

and is

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“Many and Great” is a hymn based on Dakota tribal understanding and language

the title is taken from the hymn “Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit”

photograph by Nick Moore at Unsplash