Listening to their grief (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The moment of service not seeking to fix things there in holy presence silent, with them listening to their grief ...
The moment of service not seeking to fix things there in holy presence silent, with them listening to their grief ...
With the prostitutes, the tax collectors with the unclean, the lepers Christ is the voice of inclusion showing us his ...
A prayer of each believer in service, in ministry that all would come before You falling to their knees aware ...
The stones of service gifts of God's love thrown into the waters as seeds on the wind forming concentric circles ...
God here with us standing, walking on this journey God's presence all around us yet we cannot see How blind ...
To live in mission humble toward our Maker giving all we are in the service of our Lord Strength through ...
To understand our journey Christ's struggle with the cup knowing his purpose but not wanting to suffer to trust in ...
Loved ever cleansed completely washed by our Savior cleaned by his blood A new heart in Jesus infused with love ...
Blind to who he was those who should know blind to the man standing before them the Son of the ...
Drops of blood like the pressed olives heavy, falling Gethsemane wet with the sweat the anguish the pain of Christ ...
The hired hands the thief on the cross those who could not see mocking our king the living God the ...
Like them so scared unwilling to stand up to stand out to hold fast to his name When we doubt ...
We run away just like them denying our King, our God too afraid to stand in the breach to trust ...
The hour has come the betrayer is at hand the journey has begun the descent to torture and death and ...
A concerted act of will the last candle burning needing to be extinguished yet laden with meaning rich, in remembrance ...
The world closing in gathered in silence in the gathering shadows we begin The day of his dying his sacrifice ...
unlike the others he had done no wrong faithful to God's calling to his law There on the cross the ...
The accusation foreshadowing foretelling betrayal So you say said the master to the statement of the denial of Judas sealing ...
Hard for them to fathom the transformation in him after the landing of the dove rising from the water The ...
In the Court of the Lord at our Savior's feet walking with Almighty God for days without end In the ...
Even those who have hurt us more like us than different our similarities our frailty these connect us hold us ...
Sometimes, in the scripture I hear the Prodigal the rest of the story written by Paul His need, his desire ...
Looking into the mirror beyond our differences all our similarities all of us of clay So far from the Word ...
Why I am here walking on this earth for God's purpose His hand on my life To use my gifts ...
Why I am here walking on this earth for God's purpose His hand on my life To use my gifts ...
To hear God's message to begin to know Christ to feel him with us on this walk of life To ...
We are to be light commissioned to witness to remain authentic to be salt of the earth The darkness around ...
Christ stopped kneeled down before them his robe cast off and a towel round his waist Humbly, as a servant ...
If we are true to the scriptures to truly love our neighbor fasting from our excesses focused on them Serving ...
Seek the quiet center in prayer listening hearing God's voice speaking, speaking to us Act for justice, seek his wisdom ...
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