Tuesday, March 04, 2014

cisterns of my own making

brackish waters, not safe to drink
cisterns of my own making
dry, full of waste, runoff
not living waters
the spring of God
drinking from polluted cisterns
which my hands have wrought


March 4, 2014
Jeremiah 2:13
“My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
    the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” (NIV)
Jeremiah’s Corner
Jeremiah 29:11
led by Ellen Alward Dickinson
presentation:
"I know I trust Jesus, so why am I anxious"? An ongoing journey of putting trust into practice(and a little bit about Celebrate Recovery)
presented by Rev. Travis Glatter,
Assoc. Pastor of Military Street Baptist Church
and ministry leader of Celebrate Recovery (in Houlton)
Music & Worship led by Mari & Travis Glatter
&
opening prayer by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March 3, 2014

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