Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Tending the Garden – v2

For God’s love raised Christ
from the depths of death,
for the forgiveness of our sins,
redeeming our lives;
We are called to work, not to earn the gifts;
but to show the reverent praise
so richly deserved for such a gift as this

Within creation, we alone understand,
we are called to the Father through the gift of the Son,
out in the fields, into God’s garden,
to spread the Good News
to seek the reconciliation of ourselves
to God, fulfilling the Great Commission
in our own ways, with our own gifts

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edited September 9, 2015
Tending the Garden – v2

edited September 9, 2015
Stewards of the Garden – v2
September 21, 2007
Tending the Garden
August 26, 2007 13:26
Stewards of the Garden
Inspired by the sermon
“Regenerating the Human Spirit”
on Colossians 1:9-20
by Rev. Lori Eldredge
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
Colossians 1:9-20
&
Earlier poem on same sermon:
Stewards of the Garden

We are called to maintain,
to protect, to tend
the garden, to weed, to water,
to prune, to care, to plant,
to harvest, to till, to feed
to respect the garden,
to leave the garden
for others to enjoy

August 26, 2007 13:26
Stewards of the Garden

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