his face contorted, ashen
a mask of pain frozen
his sweat like blood
smeared upon his face
our Master, Jesus
waking from our tired
our bodies weak, now in
shock
at what had happened to
Jesus
praying in the garden,
Gethsemane,
our cup to his lips, our
sin,
the sweat of blood flowing
foreshadowing his torture
the crown of thorns, the
whip
his body broken for us
dying on the cross
to save humanity
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Edited October 14, 2013
“waking the disciples – v2”
new poem February 27, 2013
“waking the disciples”
new poem February 27, 2013
“sweat of blood”
new poem February 27, 2013
Luke 22:44
“tears of blood”
Edited February 27, 2013
“The Cup of Our Vomit – v3”
Edited September 6, 2012
“The Cup of Our Vomit – v2”
Edited September 6, 2012
new poem title, “The Cup of Our Vomit”
Mark
7:21-23 (NIV)
Mark
7:20-23 (The Message)
‘He (Christ) went on: "It's what comes out
of a person that pollutes:
obscenities, lusts, thefts, murders, adulteries,
greed, depravity,
deceptive dealings, carousing, mean looks,
slander, arrogance,
foolishness—all these are vomit from the heart.
There is the source of your pollution."’
Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing
Group.
Mark
7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
(Revised
Common Lectionary, Year C)
Upper
Room Disciplines for 2012
August
27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True
Worship”
by
Jerry Kearney
for
August 29, 2012,
read August 30, 2012
&
Spirit
Study
led
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United
Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
September 2, 2012
&
earlier poem of
February 8, 2010
“The Cup of Our Sin”
John 14:1-3, 12-18, 25-27
Psalm 46 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 23
and sermon, “When Your World Come Crashing Down”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
February 7, 2010,
based in part on article,
"Trauma and Theology",
by Professor Shelly Rambo,
Boston University School of Theology,
Focus Magazine, Winter 2009
&
Matthew 26:17-30;
Mark 14:12-25;
Luke 22:7-20.
&
Luke 22:39-46
Matthew 26:35-45
Matthew 26:39
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,
but as thou wilt”. (KJV)
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poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me
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