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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