© 2007-2008 John Thornburg
In honor of the ministry of Beth Newman
She Was So Young
CM
Suggested tune: MORNING SONG
She was so young, not yet mature,
an undistinguished youth;
yet from her mouth came poetry
with life-reversing truth.
“My soul is bursting!” she exclaimed.
“The Lord of heaven and earth
has looked with favor on a girl
of common, humble birth.”
She said, “The proud have had their day!
The mighty are undone.
The poor and hungry eat like kings.
The rich are on the run.”
They might have scoffed in her own day:
“Who cares what you believe?
You’re no one, just a troubled teen,
as mutable as Eve.”
Will we allow this youthful voice
to penetrate our core?
May Mary’s brilliant freedom song
inspire our faith to soar.