Oh, if we could
but follow these simple words,
to love our
neighbor, to love our God,
so much more
promise than order
a cry of our God,
our Father,
wanting what is
best for us
These are the
words of the ancient Law,
the rules of the
covenant written on tablets of stone
words boiled down to
their essence, not a numbered list;
but two golden rules,
echoed by the living God, the Christ,
God here with us,
in the flesh, teaching on the mountain,
in the Temple, by
the sea, going to the people
to impart the Spirit,
not merely the letter of the Law,
to give meaning,
life to the words chiseled by God
inscribing them in
the Good News of the Savior
walking with the
disciples here on earth
connecting us with
the divine
leaving lessons of
simple truth;
We struggle to
live each day
so we aspire, out
of love, out of recognition,
in the gifts God
bestowed on us
to change, to
grow, to preach,
to reach to the
ends of the earth
to change the
world, for God’s glory and love.
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edited November 24, 2014
More Promise than Order – v2
March
16, 2008
More
Promise than Order
Walk
to Emmaus
Sanctifying
Grace
Deuteronomy
6:5, Leviticus 19:18,
Luke
10:25-37
&
Prayers for the Women’s Walk to Emmaus
Crossroads Walk to Emmaus of New England
Walk to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35
grace
love
Luke 15:11-32
Prodigal Son
Mark 10:17-31
The Parable of the Rich Man
(same template from 11/4/2012)
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