I have failed to trust
you,
to turn my fears, my
failures,
my struggles over to you.
I have held them, hoarding
them,
but addressing them.
Release me from these
familiar chains.
Help me shed them
once and for all.
Let me be but
the skin on your body,
acting in love
here in the world.
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December
8, 2013
Week
Eight -
pages
179-180
The Workbook on Virtues and the Fruit of the Spirit
by Maxie Dunnam and Kimberly Dunnam Reisman
&
Spirit
study led by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
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ME
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