Friday, November 21, 2014

the stone a stumbling block – v2

after awareness, rebuke
feeling the sting of judgment
Peter who has named Christ
the living Son of God
charged with a crime, an impediment

“Get behind me, Satan!”,
what that must have felt like
to hear the Son of God
his Lord and Master
cut him with these words

No rebuke greater
uttered by Jesus
Peter who would lead the church
cut by Christ’s words
to chasten, to change him

The stone a stumbling block
on the path of Jesus
told to get away
to move out of Christ’s way
what that must have felt like

I can hardly imagine
the Christ, the Messiah
these words of judgment
a reminder, of focus
cutting him to the quick.

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edited November 21, 2014
the stone a stumbling block – v2

August 25, 2014 and August 26, 2014
the stone a stumbling block
Matthew 16:21-23
Matthew 16:21-28
Upper Room Disciplines for 2014
for August 25, 2014
read August 25, 2014
&
August 25, 2014 to August 31, 2014
“Setting Our Minds”
by Michelle M. Hargrave
Centenary United Methodist Church, Mankato
at the time of writing the week she was at
Fairmount Avenue United Methodist Church
&
overview page
Matthew 16:21-28
“Jesus Says that He Must Die” (NCV)
Exodus 3:1-15
Burning Bush
Romans 12:9-21
(part of Romans 12:1-21
“Give Your Lives to God (NCV))
Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c
Moses and Aaron

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