Shine where we are planted

Wherever we are in the world

stuck in the muck, the mire

held in the miry clay

lost in the world’s calling

God finds us here

right where we are

lifting us up from the dust

changing our life’s journey

Shine where we are planted

God’s light to the world

offer grace to all you meet

until the whole world is restored

Bear God to the world

the hands and feet of Christ

giving all you can

holding nothing back

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Edited January 13, 2013

“Shine where we are planted”

Edited January 13, 2013

“Watered where we are stuck”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/watered-where-we-are-stuck.html

January 12, 2013

Edited, new poem

“When we are stuck, in the mud”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/when-we-are-stuck-in-mud-when-we-are.html

January 12, 2013

“Growth where we are planted”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/growth-where-we-are-planted.html

my response

“God waters us where we are planted”

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/290170845245079552

to twitter posting

“Growth starts when you are stuck”

https://twitter.com/MaxLucado/status/290169397891436544

by Max Lucado

https://twitter.com/MaxLucado

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