Completing Their Journey – v2

Not yet truly finished

but completing their journey

from slavery in Egypt

to a free people

wandering in the desert

suddenly placed

a new people,

living in the promised land

Joshua leading

a new generation

the Moses for a people

a new chapter of their life

food from the land,

not manna from heaven

a new generation

of God’s people

Edited August 31, 2013

“Completing Their Journey – v2”

March 8, 2010

“Completing Their Journey”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/03/completing-their-journey.html

Joshua 5:9-12

&

Alive Now Daily Reflections

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for March 8, 2010 to March 14, 2010

by Nancy Fergusons (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)

for March 8, 2009, Joshua 5:9-12

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in our wandering

God with us, his people

like the Israelites, wandering

in our own deserts, struggles

needing his presence

We receive forgiveness

God’s hand resting upon us

His presence alive

with us in our struggles

to the land he has promised

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March 6, 2013 and March 8, 2013

Joshua 5:9-12

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March 4, 2013 to March 10, 2013

“A Forgiving Spirit”

by Dan Moseley

for March 5, 2013

read March 6, 2013

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in this new land

God’s chosen people

in the land which he promised

the work to their hands

fruits of the harvest

in this new land

no more manna from heaven

God’s people in their home

the land which he promised

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March 6, 2013 and March 8, 2013

Joshua 5:9-12

Upper Room Disciplines for 2013

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17963.htm

March 4, 2013 to March 10, 2013

“A Forgiving Spirit”

by Dan Moseley

for March 5, 2013

read March 6, 2013

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fruit of that land

the Lord provided

as they wandered in the desert

the manna and quail

feeding God’s people

moving into that land

planted, for a harvest

that land now providing

food for God’s people

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March 6, 2013 and March 8, 2013

Joshua 5:9-12

Upper Room Disciplines for 2013

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17963.htm

March 4, 2013 to March 10, 2013

“A Forgiving Spirit”

by Dan Moseley

for March 5, 2013

read March 6, 2013

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Completing Their Journey

Not yet truly finished
but completing their journey
from slavery in Egypt
a new people,
living in the promised land

Joshua leading
a new generation
the Moses for a people
a new chapter of their life
food from the land,
not manna from heaven
a new generation
to be circumcised


March 8, 2010
Joshua 5:9-12
&
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-March-8-14/
for March 8, 2010 to March 14, 2010
by Nancy Fergusons (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for March 8, 2009, Joshua 5:9-12



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The Land Providing

Not manna from heaven
standing in the promised land
the land providing
all of their needs

God’s blessing
in the Passover
the people faithful
remembering his grace

No longer wandering
no fields did they tend
alone in the desert
relying on God alone

Come into the land
flowing with milk and honey
reaping its bounty
as the Lord had promised


March 8, 2010
Joshua 5:9-12



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Barefoot on Holy Ground

Can you picture the scene –
a bush with living fire
dancing on the skin of the leaves
A fire without loss
Part of the miraculous,
the possible for the eternal I am.

A trembling servant
following the call from the flames
to shed his sandals
to touch holy ground.

A precious act of reverence and awe
seeing the presence of God
in power and authority
Knowing the chasm between us
Acting Accordingly.


Exodus 3:1-6
Command of God, the I am, to Moses to remove his sandals before the burning bush. See also Joshua 5:15.


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