Tending the Garden – v2

For God’s love raised Christ

from the depths of death,

for the forgiveness of our sins,

redeeming our lives;

We are called to work, not to earn the gifts;

but to show the reverent praise

so richly deserved for such a gift as this

Within creation, we alone understand,

we are called to the Father through the gift of the Son,

out in the fields, into God’s garden,

to spread the Good News

to seek the reconciliation of ourselves

to God, fulfilling the Great Commission

in our own ways, with our own gifts

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edited September 9, 2015

Tending the Garden – v2

edited September 9, 2015

Stewards of the Garden – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/stewards-of-garden-v2.html

September 21, 2007

Tending the Garden

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/09/tending-garden.html

August 26, 2007 13:26

Stewards of the Garden

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/stewards-of-garden.html

Inspired by the sermon

“Regenerating the Human Spirit”

on Colossians 1:9-20

by Rev. Lori Eldredge

Wesley United Methodist Church

www.concordwumc.org

Concord, NH

Colossians 1:9-20

&

Earlier poem on same sermon:

Stewards of the Garden

We are called to maintain,

to protect, to tend

the garden, to weed, to water,

to prune, to care, to plant,

to harvest, to till, to feed

to respect the garden,

to leave the garden

for others to enjoy

August 26, 2007 13:26

Stewards of the Garden

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/stewards-of-garden.html

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