Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Balancing Worship – revised – v3

To love Jesus, to love Him
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,
claiming deity, fulfillment
Speaking in paradox, in parable
messianic and servant
pauper and king

To see Him as holy, divine,
to see Him as man, as carpenter,
as teacher, as prophet, as God
complicated beyond our comprehension,
as the One God Incarnate, alive

To see Him as human
as at the moment in 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

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

To share Christ in the marketplace of ideas
spreading justice, His message, His love
reaching out to our brothers, our sisters,
all around this earth,
all of us struggling, hoping
longing for the day, that glorious day
of His coming again


edited November 25, 2014
Balancing Worship – revised – v3

(editing revised version again)
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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