Tuesday, March 04, 2014

they dug their own cisterns

from the limestone, the mud,
from the dust of the earth
the people choosing
to dig their own cisterns
turning their back
on the spring of living water
thirsty for something
but denying the Father
drinking from the sludge
the cisterns of their making


March 4, 2014
Jeremiah 2:13
“My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
    the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” (NIV)
Jeremiah’s Corner
Jeremiah 29:11
led by Ellen Alward Dickinson
presentation:
"I know I trust Jesus, so why am I anxious"? An ongoing journey of putting trust into practice(and a little bit about Celebrate Recovery)
presented by Rev. Travis Glatter,
Assoc. Pastor of Military Street Baptist Church
and ministry leader of Celebrate Recovery (in Houlton)
Music & Worship led by Mari & Travis Glatter
&
opening prayer by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March 3, 2014

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