Wednesday, February 27, 2013

we journey in the wilderness


our own stories, our testing
our trials of struggle, of doubt
maybe not something to write about
for pages of scripture to be written
about our struggles, our trials
for we are not Christ
but we all sojourn, we all journey,
in the wilderness at times
caught in the snare of the Tempter
seeking to separate us from God
to give us rewards in this life
to deny us eternal life
to separate us from the vine
the source of our strength

our wilderness, our time of testing
in the presence of the Tempter,
in those thin places
when the road seems hard
and we struggle, deep within
our time in the wilderness
away from our God
we journey in the wilderness
lost, in the world,
when life seems barren
when we can’t go on
we are in wilderness
struggling in this life
when we are in chains, lost
out in this world


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February 27, 2013
“we journey in the wilderness”
union of poems:
February 24, 2013
“we all sojourn in the wilderness at times”
“when life seems barren”
“the road seems hard”
&
page 36
Mark 1:9-13
Chapter 1,
“Baptism and Temptation
The Jordan River and the Wilderness”
third book in a series of books -
“The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus”
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read 2/23/2012
&        
“Final Words from the Cross”
&
24 Hours That Changed the World
&           
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH              
Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH              
February 17, 2013
Lent


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