Friday, October 11, 2013

When We Come – v3


When we come, open
petitions, prayers to God
not understanding
asking why, how
for God’s mercy

Humbly coming
on our knees
because we are of clay
the stuff of the earth
made by God’s loving hands

Not worthy on our own
by our works made right
no, never enough,
coming because of the Christ
who living and died for us

Saved only by grace
by the sacrifice of Christ
the love of God for man
not by our piety, our works
only by the blood of the lamb


Edited October 11, 2013
When We Come – v3
Edited September 28, 2013
When We Come – v2
May 29, 2010
When We Come
struggling with questions of life and death
the book of Job, prayer, the nature of
righteousness and God’s timing
&
reading the first part of
the book of Job, including
Job 1:1-5:16
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 23, 2010, read May 24, 2010
Job 1:21
Job 2:10
and
Job 5:17-8:22
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 24, 2010, read May 25, 2010
and
Job 9:1-12:12
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 25, 2010, read May 26, 2010
and
Job 12:13-16:10 
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 26, 2010, read May 27, 2010
and
Job 16:11-20:11 
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 27, 2010, read May 27, 2010 and May 28, 2010
and
Job 20:12 – 24:12
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 28, 2010, read May 28, 2010
and
Job 24:13-29:13
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 29, 2010, read May 29, 2010
and
the later part of the Book, and
the following poems, “Answering the Clay” and
“His Comeuppance”, posted
to www.christianpoetry.org  5/26/2010,
&
both based in part on
October 18, 2009
Job 38:1-7 (34-41)
&
Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35b
Job 38:1-7, 16-18, 34-38 & 40:3-5
and sermon, “Father Knows Best”,
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
October 18, 2009

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