God walked

by Grant Thorpe

God walked

In the cool of day

To visit Eve and Adam

And found them

Hiding

Pride of rivaling God

And knowing good and evil,

When God drew near,

Had made them

Tremble

God came, and comes, to prideful us

Seeking out our hiding places

To honour us with his word

Of death to pride and birth of

Promise

So when God's Son was born

To Mary

The proud rose up with fearful rage

But the lowly found

A Saviour

Could they then see

The awful battle God had joined?

This Son would wear our pride

And tremble in our place to bring

Redemption

Pride is not what ‘others’ have

It is our own

But do not fear God's trespass on our world

The mighty will fall; the meek find

Resurrection

Grant Thorpe, Christmas 2001