Monday, June 30, 2014

Balancing Worship – revised – v2

To love Jesus, His call,
to really love His ministry, His message
We need to see Him, as He was,
as He was seen in the world
in His travels in the land
To see Him as homeless,
wandering untethered,
outside the Law, the Black Letter,
claiming deity, fulfillment
Speaking in paradox, in parable
messianic and servant
God and Man
pauper and king

To see Him as holy, divine,
to see Him as man, as carpenter,
as teacher, as prophet, as God here with us;
complicated beyond our comprehension,
human as the moment in the Temple,
tipping the tables of the money-changers,
the moments, the many times,
reflection, centering, time away,
up on the mountain, by the sea,
communing with God
in humble prayer

To worship our brother, our Savior, our King
we must spent time with Him, in His service
being His hands, His feet,
His pen, writing His words,
to be His voice, in the world,
in the marketplace of ideas
spreading justice, His message, His love
reaching out to our brothers, our sisters,
all around this earth,
other denominations, religions as well,
all of us struggling, hoping
longing for the day, that glorious day
of His coming again


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edited June 30, 2014
Balancing Worship – revised – v2
Revised October 23, 2008
Balancing Worship – revised
February 17, 2008
Balancing Worship
Based on Colossians 1:11-20
and the sermon,“Imaging Jesus”,
by the Reverend Lori Eldredge,
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
November 25, 2007

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