Finally, A Hymn That Begins With X

[I do meditations by starting with any letter of the alphabet and singing a hymn, what I can remember of it, that starts with that letter, and working all the way through the alphabet that way. I have never been able to find a hymn that begins with X, though, so I decided to write one. Feel free to sing it if you have a tune…]

[Refrain]
X marks the spot
of the greatest treasure yet,
buried ‘neath the sand of sin and pain.
X marks the spot
where the treasure was revealed,
where the tears of the sinners fell like rain.

[Verse 1]
God is Alpha and Omega,
X reveals the in-between,
the simple mark upon the page or soul.
God is the complex One in Three,
X is the Story heard,
the simple One that makes the broken whole.

[Refrain]

[Verse 2]
God is Holy and Transcendent,
X walks with us all the way,
making holy every foot of land.
God is Creator and Provider,
X is a nail-pierced hand in mine,
the one who with me always takes his stand.

[Refrain]

[Verse3]
God is Sovreign of the Kingdom,
X is of a peasant born,
hallowing the body and the blood.
God is the mighty hand of judgment,
X is a shelter in the storm,
the one who pulls us from the ‘whelming flood.

[Refrain]