WILKES, Tom

What Color is God’s Skin?

“Good-night”, I said to my little son

So tired out when the day was done.

Then he said as I tucked him in

“Tell me Daddy, what color’s God’s skin?”

What color is God’s skin?

I said it’s black brown it’s yellow

It is red, it is white.

Ev’ry man’s the same in the good Lord’s sight.”

He looked at me with his shining eyes

I knew I could tell no lies

When he said “Daddy why do the diff’rent races fight

If we’re the same in the good Lord’s sight?”

What color is God’s skin?

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Son, that’s part of our suffering past

But the whole human family is learning at last

That the thing we missed on the road we trod

Is to walk as the daughters and the sons of God.

What color is God’s skin?

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