Comfort in His Story (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
If we slow our reading and treasure all the words learning from a righteous man who stumbled before God Taking ...
If we slow our reading and treasure all the words learning from a righteous man who stumbled before God Taking ...
Those whom society would reject the poor, the lost, the sick seeing Christ in the face of all of them ...
Christ risen from the dead appearing to them the assurance of his promise to rise and come again Our hope ...
Coming as a servant in the clothing of man the flesh alone, as of clay his deity left at home ...
Like the cost last at home the story of the older brother never leaving home but lost nonetheless Like the ...
Away from the flock missing while still at home in a far away land lost, away from our master our ...
In the reading, the story of his ministry how he came to return to the home of his youth Going ...
Waiting with other strangers for the word to come The doctor's face her smile, telling me all had gone well ...
Watching the weather checking the gear loading the car for the ski trip nothing to fear Down in the shop ...
The world, all that I see in winter's grip, held tight the howling winds, the blowing snow all I see ...
The Christ, coming into the world a stranger in his homeland unseen, unheralded by the people of God a stranger, ...
A prayer this afternoon, on the changing of our days that the language would evolve speaking of our home, not ...
a humble king in a manger bed not a king upon a throne so entered our savior into the world ...
His hand, his heart outstretched offering welcome, friendship to each one of us walking the new neighborhood the main street ...
In this season of harvest as the bounty of your creation presenting itself anew reminding us of your love, your ...
In the offering, the words shared that day hearing Christ speak to me the stories of our king and how ...
So much like the prodigal, our whole society, that foreign land away from the loving father seeking other gods, false, ...
Waiting, with wonder how they must have been even in the struggles the journey they were on going to the ...
Our dwelling place, our fortress, our refuge so is our God. As he was for the people wandering in the ...
The potter spoke out of the whirlwind answering the claim rebuking his claims the demands he dared to speak A ...
A message in the words chosen the way the story unfolds the journey, the dusty road the stranger, awareness coming ...
We are there, walking with Christ with Cleopas unnamed disciples walking our path our journey to Emmaus to that moment ...
We are called, our lives revealed our days written in this story in this journey of faith leading home Into ...
Like the unnamed disciple like them on the Emmaus road leaving the sanctuary the safe place of community going home, ...
Only one of them on that dusty Emmaus road given a name, identity we are able, led, to put ourselves ...
The fields of heaven those green pastures, still waters mansions in the fields our home, our place of rest through ...
Still waters, a place of rest a meadow green given by the king to sit at our shepherd's feet a ...
Resting in faith at the master's feet not miles to go, sleep at the creator's command Already home, in communion ...
This people, this nation broken and scattered their home, their land taken faith remaining, deep within them the power of ...
Praying to the Spirit for guidance, for illumination for the Spirit's presence with us choosing the word, sojourn, a brief ...
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