Stay firm, alert
ready when we are called
to bear witness
obedient, faithful servant
doing the master’s will
carrying on the work
the sowing, the watering
pruning and weeding
each in their season
counting on God for the growth
faithfulness enough
all of our days
September 21, 2009
1 Samuel 3:9
“Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening”
and Day 38, “When God Calls”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
and
1 Corinthians 16:13
book, “Walking with Christ Everyday:
365 daily devotions for men”,
Day 264, “Standing Up for Your Faith”
(Raymond A. Foss)
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