Before We can Celebrate

Before the rising of our savior
the joy of Easter morning
coming face to face
with the reality of his grace

Coming to the road,
the path Christ walked with the disciples
the way to Jerusalem
leading to the cross, the grave

Spending time with Jesus
the man and the son
learning the lessons of his life
before his work was done

Going with them in the land, into the temple
in the crowd with the Sanhedrin
before the judgment of Pilate
going to the cross for us

Giving up little things,
spending more time in worship
prayer and fasting,
living God’s holy word

Before we can celebrate
the bright morning of Easter
spending the forty days
leading to the cross, the grave


February 18, 2010
Luke 18:9-14,
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector,
Joel 2:12-17a
and Ash Wednesday Meditation
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 17, 2010
&
Joel 2:12-17a
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Ephesians 3:14-21
and Ash Wednesday Meditation
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 25, 2009

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