Tuesday, January 08, 2013

At the tit of Gomer


God loved us
God sent his son
we didn’t even join the Magi
going to find our king
the one foretold
to be born in Bethlehem
we stayed behind
in our power
in Jerusalem, sinning
at the tit of Gomer
unfaithful wives
of the bridegroom
wallowing in our sin
unrepentant, yet forgiven


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January 8, 2013
2 Kings 14
Book of Hosea
Hosea 3:1
Hosea and Gomer
God and Man
Spirit Study,
around session 3,
“Scandalous Love”
of video series:
“A Different Kind of Christmas: Living and Giving Like Jesus”
by Reverend Mike Slaughter
and companion book,
“Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living and Giving like Jesus”,
also by Reverend Mike Slaughter,
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December 30, 2012
First Sunday after Christmas


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