I have eternal life – v4

A hollow statement,

“I have eternal life”, as if that is the end,

for we are saved for a purpose

to sing Christ’s glory in this life.

His glory echoed on high

with all of creation.

A future in heaven

at the end of this walk.

Raised from the earth

on wings like eagles

we will fly to heaven

to sing Christ’s praises.

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edited May 2, 2015

I have eternal life – v4

(editing version 2)

edited May 2, 2015

I have eternal life – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/i-have-eternal-life-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited January 4, 2014

I have eternal life – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/i-have-eternal-life-v2.html

July 18, 2012

I have eternal life

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/i-have-eternal-life.html
further poems in this series:
“to glorify Christ – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/to-glorify-christ-v2.html
“to glorify Christ”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/to-glorify-christ.html
“I have eternal life”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/i-have-eternal-life.html
“The victory of Jesus”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-victory-of-jesus.html
“For the praise of His glory”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/for-praise-of-his-glory.html
“Celebrate Jesus”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/celebrate-jesus.html

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July 17, 2012
series of poems around the reading on July 14 (see below) on the idea that our salvation isn’t about us being saved, not really. It gives a strong indictment of the way we keep using I statements to talk about salvation – me, my, I. Our salvation is more about what we do with that joy, that healing, that spark of God that is now within us. How do we live differently? How do we tell others? We are saved for a purpose, to move from being seeds to fruit, to vessels that are emptied and poured. How do we witness authentically, without it just being about us? That too was something I was conscious of as I was drafting my sermon of 7/1/2012, “What Jesus Means to Me”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/sermon-what-jesus-means-to-me-suncook.html
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“God Saved Me”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/god-saved-me.html
“Our salvation story”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/our-salvation-story.html
July 16, 2012
“the pungent air of self”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/pungent-air-of-self-in-our-language-our.html
July 16, 2012
“every I statement”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/every-i-statement.html
&
Ephesians 1:11-14
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm
July 9, 2012 to July 15, 2012
“Responding to God’s Holiness”
by David Grebert
for July 14, 2012, 
read July 15, 2012
&
Ephesians 1:3-10
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm
July 9, 2012 to July 15, 2012
“Responding to God’s Holiness”
by David Grebert
for July 13, 2012, 
read July 15, 2012

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