Choosing to become clay – v3

Giving up His clothes, His body,
of shimmering light, of heaven,
Letting go of eternity, immortality;
Donning the flesh of humanity,
Choosing to become mortal clay.
 
Christ descending to life, a baby,
to the lowly manger, to the stable,
Walking these dusty streets with us;
Leaving the courts of heaven
for the earth here below.
 
Though Christ is God, the Word,
He emptied Himself, in love,
Feeling our pain, our mortality;
Walking as a Servant of God
humbly to earth He came…
 
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Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
 
edited January 26, 2016
Choosing to become clay – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v2.html
edited/renamed October 14, 2015
Choosing to become clay
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/choosing-to-become-clay.html
(editing version 2)
edited August 4, 2014
Choosing Clay – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/choosing-clay-v2.html
June 21, 2010
Choosing Clay
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/choosing-clay.html
Philippians 2:4-11
Hebrews 2:9
&
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=5&day=27&year=2010
for May 29, 2010, read June 20, 2010
“Better than We Deserve”,
by Trudy Chun
read June 20, 2010
 
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