Our Tragedy Too (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the common humanity in the charge from the Christ the test of our faith how we treated the least ...
In the common humanity in the charge from the Christ the test of our faith how we treated the least ...
Watched over by the animals in the stable, his manger bed love came into the world born to save us ...
In the fields in the night the shepherds keeping watch over their sheep, alone, in the darkness under the stars ...
In the telling in Luke the list of the powerful the important and of John long going into the wilderness ...
Hearing the words of the first church, of God's infinite love, continuing but also, hearing the harder words of Deuteronomy, ...
drinking the opiate of wealth the self-made man philosophy Horatio Alger story of our age a lie, a false idol, ...
If we continue, following the world off the cliff, into the abyss oblivion, away from the covenant, the commandments, the ...
Each of us complicit part of the problem growing an army of shoppers mercenaries versed, well armed and trainer, in ...
A state of mind a place in the sun thanksgiving, planted deep in my heart a spring overflowing abundance beyond ...
The love of self, of our earthly wealth a lie upon the earth creating a distance from the Lord veiled ...
true understanding, the messages of the scripture what we must give up, more than our excess from the story of ...
in our world, the nation in our society, our hearts the possessions we own the things of this earth like ...
our possessions, our chains the shackles that we carry choices we have made within the lies of our society a ...
The challenge to the rich man to all of us, in this society greed, consumption the lust, the idolatry of ...
My trust, my joy all that I am, my treasure my joy is in Christ in his loving gift in ...
At our core, in our hearts our actions, our worries telling the truth of our faith in sabbath rest coming ...
In his heart of hearts the holy of holies of his soul he did not trust the Lord; in himself ...
The rich man blind, unable to see the world through the eyes of the psalmist trusting instead the things of ...
unlike the rich man who trusted in himself his ability to store for a rainy day gathering in things of ...
standing when we should the world in the breach confronting the giant with our lives much that we can teach ...
The assurance of God contentment sublime all contained in these psalm of old So much we forget of his faithfulness ...
Wondering for a moment the opposite of our current, our driven world, what it would be like to be satisfied, ...
Honest words, with power calling him up short testing his mettle, his faith Words of love, out of the savior's ...
Like manna, provided in the desert the people instructed, told to get just enough When they hoarded, more than was ...
More than tow, but breaking two commandments how unlike the three who stood up to the king Showering ourselves, our ...
An unholy altar, an idol of rust craven gods, that will turn to dust worshipping our possessions fealty to our ...
The forest, wet fall afternoon reclaiming the tree into its own the bright moss nourished by the rich food of ...
Barns, full, bursting the rich man's treasure stored for a lifetime no cares, yet not enough wanting more, bigger barns ...
unlike the rich man unable to be satisfied needing more in his barns never enough for him Godly discontent in ...
our lives pulled, stretched too far beyond our breaking, the shine of contentment gone driven by earthly desires Like the ...
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