Zephaniah Trust
"taking light into dark corners"
Upside Down
The values of the kingdom and the zeitgeist will always be at odds as they are now : “he turns the world upside down”. Born into a world of hate,
Upside Down
This baby is the King of Love;
Rags of poverty replace
The rich robes of his throne above.
Wise men look for foolishness,
The King of Heaven born on earth;
Wealthy men mid homelessness
To celebrate a baby’s birth.
Upside down, upside down,
He turns the world upside down;
All the values of this world out the door,
Since Jesus was born they don’t matter no more.
Shepherds leave their flocks alone,
At the mercy of the night,
Find a shepherd of their own,
Darkness brings the King of Light.
The poor are made rich, the hungry are fed,
The wealthy are sent empty away;
The weak are made strong, the humble are raised
By the child who was born on that day.
To the helpless child, God’s Son,
Our wise men’s foolish gifts we give.
Despised, rejected, crucified,
Now risen by his death we live.
John Froud
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