Hymn for the baptism or baptismal renewal/new-naming of trans persons 

8.8.8.8.

DISTRESS (William Walker, Southern Harmony)

If you’ve been shamed and cast aside,

if you’ve been suffering to stay true,

in waters deeper than your pain

enfolding Mercy waits for you.

If you’ve been wounded and reviled,

if you know beauty lies within, 

in waters strong as any death

the sweetest Life waits to begin.

If you believed you’d never hear

your worth and miracle proclaimed,

in waters newer than the dawn

Love waits to speak your truest name.

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If God made everything and loves 

the lovely flesh that Jesus knew,

in waters wide as God’s own heart

the loveliness God loves is you.