Washed in the Jordan

We are all, washed in the Jordan,
joining Christ in the waters
dying to the old, to sin
washed clean, rising with him
to the anointing of the Spirit
hearing, as him, for the first time
the stirring of the voice of God
The voice growing forever within us
guiding our feet and our steps
washed in the Jordan
forevermore a child of God

January 12, 2009
Mark 1:4-11
Acts 19:1-7
and sermon, “Child of God”,
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, January 11, 2009
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
and sermon title, Beginning, by Reverend Peter Hey,
Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH