Washing the Sand

From our clay
from our bodies
the baskets of our spirits
washed with living water
Slowly, with a purpose
immersed in Your Word
the sin of our rebellion
washed from our lives
renewed in the waters
the love of Your sacrifice

April 11, 2011
Walk to Emmaus
http://www.upperroom.org/emmaus/
Luke 24:13-35
and story on pages 100-102
about sand, water, and the basket
in the book, “Keepers of the Story: Oral Traditions in Religion”,
by Megan McKenna
from Chapter 5, “The Word Made Flesh”
http://www.amazon.com/Keepers-Story-Oral-Traditions-Religion/dp/1596270063
shared by Reverend Sharon Miesel
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/Bourne/pastor.html
April 9, 2011



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