So I don’t listen to music here but for whatever reason, the song “Hands” by Jewel from a few years back has come to me and become my self-proclaimed theme song for my time here. Jewel captures in tenderly in words what I’ve seen and felt throughout the months I’ve spent in Kamuli. May the words below speak to you and move you to loving action.
If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be we’re all okay
And not to worry because worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won’t be made useless,
I won’t be made idle with despair
I’ll gather around my faith
For light the darkness most fears
My hands are small I know
But they’re not yours
They are my own
And I am never broken
Poverty stole your golden shoes
But not your laughter
Then heartache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn’t ever after
We’ll fight but not out of spite
Someone must stand up for what’s right
Cause where there is a man who has no voice
There I shall go singing
In the end, only kindness matters
I will get down on my knees and I will pray
We are never broken
We are God’s eyes.
We are God’s hands.
