A Vessel Empty (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
No more pretence stripped bare on my knees as I am, naked a vessel empty my past poured out open, ...
No more pretence stripped bare on my knees as I am, naked a vessel empty my past poured out open, ...
When we sorrow when we rail the yoke of our walk our struggles heavy sometimes seeming unjust yet God is ...
Our lives, our bodies like the glove on his hand when we are poured out following our master becoming the ...
Becoming a servant your vessel mad empty turning from the world emptying myself made ready for the outpouring of your ...
Like the rock, buoyed on the waves on the waters of life leaving the boat our comfort, our pews the ...
Sometimes hesitant sitting fitfully hesitant to come not yet ready that moment too some called to come, forward falling at ...
How briefly the candle burned only a whisper time fleetingly revealed, praised jeered, tortured our savior going, though willingly at ...
In a state of love, of grace joining the Spirit, our brother following the call of our creator shepherded, guided ...
Each of the trinity one being, one God the father, the son, the spirit each calling to us to join ...
My hands cupped waiting, in my stillness silently waiting for the bread, the offering his life for me, that I ...
Oh Lord, we tremble, solemn with joy, yet feeling unworthy something about the truth of our earthly nature hearing your ...
The crushed rose gathered yet so much living yet resting on the sleeve of my jacket taken off for the ...
Serving because we want to going out into the world Joyfully in service for Christ going out into the world ...
Maybe this is the best summary the sin that Job carried righteous in his own eyes - by his works ...
When we come petitions, prayers to God not understanding asking why Humbly coming because we are of clay the stuff ...
Calling himself righteous a little too confident that he was blessed by his walk not by the grace of God ...
Not that he tried to live right claiming his righteousness not letting others be the judge confidently assessing himself In ...
His story so familiar in trying to live in piety when we fall into the trap of judging ourselves Forgetting ...
Thinking about the words of his friends arguing with Job about God telling him to be humble not to come ...
Through the eyes of a believer someone righteous before God and yet still struggling to understand pain in the world ...
Maybe not the scripture the layers of God but understanding his struggles with trial on this earth Sometimes so daunting ...
When we come to God petitioning our of our pain our lack of understanding the whys of life with no ...
The story of so many who try to be faithful yet staring at calamity capricious and cruel in reading Job ...
Even when we are distant questioning the nature of our creator unable to fathom the world the suffering of this ...
Little comfort in the scriptures except in the abstract the real-world issues staring us in the face Trial in the ...
Not in capriciousness the randomness of fate but when why has no answer how we all can truly relate Wondering ...
Toiling with Job walking on the earth searching for the answer to why yet nothing there sufficient in my mortal ...
In so many ways, trying to be faithful living a devoted life grateful for God's grace Struggling as Job did ...
In this journey the walk on this earth wanting answers for questions great and small Many times, however, there are ...
His grace alone sufficient our only hope in him otherwise the struggles more than we can handle walking here on ...
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