“The Jordan River is muddy and cold,
chills the body but not the soul”,
or so said our songs in our youth;
but more, it was the right place
the right place in the wilderness
for John’s strong voice,
for the chosen people,
for the fulfillment,
the passage,
the beginning of the journey
of our Savior
in ministry
to this broken world
It was the place for the people
the bridge, the passageway
from Exodus to the promised land
from the ways of their past
to new life after the cleansing,
the washing away of the old
the infusing of the spirit
The turning from doubt,
that kept them in the wilderness
that brought them home
that brings us home still
through the water
January 14, 2007 14:09
Luke 3:15-22
Inspired by the sermon, “The Jordan is More Than Water”, by The Reverend Peter A. Hey, Wesley United Methodist Church, 1/14/07
(Raymond A. Foss)
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