Monday, March 23, 2020

Our salvation story – v2

If this is the ending, the end
every I statement about me,
of the world, not of the holy
not worthy of a follower of Christ

Our focus is selfish, self-centered,
if our conversion, our saving is about us -
I am redeemed, God died for me,
Christ has saved me from death

God still not at the center
when we focus on ourselves
our salvation story should be
a gift to the world, the flesh

Only if the beginning is
not the end to itself, finished;
our saving is for a purpose
to share God, the good news

Our lives are to be a vessel
to be filled, to be poured,
sharing as we are given
to others, life forevermore

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edited March 23, 2020
Our salvation story – v2

edited July 17, 2012
Our salvation story
earlier poems:
July 16, 2012
“the pungent air of self”
July 16, 2012
“every I statement”
&
Ephesians 1:11-14
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
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
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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