When I sin – v7

A crushing weight

the truth of my failing

washing over me

my cheeks flushing

an ache deep inside

deep within me

when I sin, when I rebel,

denying the Spirit, selfish,

when I reject the word of God

turning from His path

the course for my life

spitting on my Savior’s face

as if driving in the nails

swinging the angry mallet

mired in my own clay

stuck in that mud

turning from His grace

wandering, I am lost

when I follow my own path

my back to the Lord

lost in this world

when I sin, selfish

lost in my clay

my desires only,

not following the way

Edited February 12, 2014

When I sin – v7

(editing version 5)

Edited October 12, 2013

When I sin – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/when-i-sin-v6.html

Edited October 6, 2013

When I sin – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/when-i-sin-v5.html

Edited September 29, 2013

When I sin – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/when-i-sin-v4.html

(editing original)

Edited September 19, 2013

When I sin – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/when-i-sin-v3.html

January 28, 2012

When I sin

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-i-sin.html

Mark 1:21-22 (The Message)

Mark 1:21-28

Upper Room Disciplines for 2012

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm

January 23, 2012 to January 29, 2012,

“Words of Authority”

by Nell Noonan              

scripture and meditation for January 28, 2012

read January 28, 2012

&

1 Corinthians 8:7-13

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Upper Room Disciplines for 2012

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm

January 23, 2012 to January 29, 2012,

“Words of Authority”

by Nell Noonan              

scripture and meditation for January 27, 2012

read January 27, 2012

&

1 Corinthians 8:1-6

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Upper Room Disciplines for 2012

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm

January 23, 2012 to January 29, 2012,

“Words of Authority”

by Nell Noonan              

scripture and meditation for January 26, 2012

read January 26, 2012

&

John 8:1-11

&

Samuel Thompson’s

http://www.facebook.com/#!/keleayon

Inclusion Essay

shared at the New England United Methodist Church

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195

in response to call by Reconciling Ministries Network

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

for essays describing, “My vision for an inclusive church”,

June 10, 2011

&

Love on Trial,

http://www.loveontrial.org/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-On-Trial/190582754298364

the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000572962166

which begins on June 20, 2011

http://www.rmnetwork.org/amy-delong/

&

in part inspired by conversations with

the Reverend John Makokha

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=556451505

Riruta UMC

http://rirutaumc.org

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

Other Sheep Afrika-Kenya http://www.othersheep.org/OSEA_CL_Other_Sheep_Kenya.html

Children of Africa Hope Mission Project in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. http://rirutaumc.homestead.com/children_of_africa.html

&

Matthew 25:31-46

The Sheep and the Goats

&
Matthew 28:18-20

Great Commission

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