A Calling to Write – v4

Not something oblique,

something unclear, ambiguous;

Not with words grandiose,

a calling to write clear and terse.

Called to share freely from God

to the ends of the earth;

Comfort, hope, one truth revealed,

the love of Christ complete.

Poetry, beauty, love

in a straightforward voice;

A message from God

the words I hear in my heart.

By God’s grace alone

we are made whole;

Our eternal lives restored

to wonders untold.

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edited January 13, 2016

A Calling to Write – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-calling-to-write-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-calling-to-write-v4_13.html

(editing version 3)

edited November 4, 2015

A Calling to Write – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-calling-to-write-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-calling-to-write-v3_4.html

(editing version 2)

July 6, 2015

A Calling to Write – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-calling-to-write-v2.html

August 30, 2011

Hearing Your Words

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/08/hearing-your-words.html

written after looking up the earlier poem,

“A Calling to Write”

February 4, 2010

A Calling to Write

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/calling-to-write.html

Habakkuk 2:2

Habakkuk 1

Habakkuk 2:1-3

and Day 138, “Write the Revelation”, in

 “Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,

by Henry Gariepy

http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false

read 2/4/10

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edited January 13, 2016

Inspiration Poetry – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/inspiration-poetry-v6.html

(merging edits to version 3, version 4, and version 5)

(I know, this is part of the craft thing…)

edited  November 17, 2015

Inspiration Poetry – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/inspiration-poetry-v5.html

(editing version 3)

edited  November 5, 2015

Inspiration Poetry – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/inspiration-poetry-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited November 4, 2015

Inspiration Poetry – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/inspiration-poetry-v3.html

(merging version 2 and original)

Edited September 4, 2012

“Inspiration Poetry – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/inspiration-poetry-v2.html

May 24, 2009

“Inspiration Poetry”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/inspiration-poetry.html

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