Sunday, December 08, 2013

familiar chains

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
Patten, ME

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