Poetry Where You Live Poetry and photo site with over 1,650 poems and 660 pictures, along with many links. At least 500 of my poems are faith based. Member of United Methodist Church. Statistics Unique Visitors: Total Unique Visitors: Outgoing: Total Outgoing: 0 0 0 2591

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Vessels of God 2007-12-23 14:54:00 They were eachvessels of Godhuman means for the will of Godagents for all time of the workthe mission, the destinyof the creator, the saviorThey, the father and the mother,too young, perhaps, but ableto step from their worldtake on the mantle of Godheed His call,and do His willto be vessels of God,agents of His loveDecember 23, 2007 3:54pmMatthew 1:18-25Luke 1:26-38 ...

Finding Our Niche 2007-12-23 14:42:00 What would be said, if we were to close;who would know, who would care?What is our niche, our cause, our calling?So has been part of our discerning for a number of years,so we have wandered in the desert, the mahogany church,the wilderness of complacency.But we are different now,different somehow.Using that time, that fallow time,pruning, changing, fertilizing, studying,growing within the chrysalis,what a wonderful butterfly we may yet beif we can break through the skin,the walls of the churchstep beyond the comfortable, the familiar.We are poised, not dying, not yet; but pensive, furtive,needing to find a new niche, a special placebecome Christians, out beyond the walls,lifting our feet, turning outwardDoing the work of the gospel,the work of the churchout in the worldwhen the call comeswe have longed to hearDecember 23, 2007 3:41pm ...

Opening Devotion - Wesley United Methodist Church, Church Conference, December 23, 2007 2007-12-23 14:19:00 The Lord's PrayerOur Father who art in heaven,Hallowed be Thy name.Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,On earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread;And forgive us our trespasses,As we also have forgiven those who trespass against us;And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever.Amen.Matthew 6:9-13---Thy WillThy Will be donehere, now, in this placethis creation, this earthThis place where you have birthed mewhere we share this space togethermembers of your body hereSo is the prayer, within the prayeryou taught us Lordthat the Father's willwill be donehere, on earthSo we pray each time we joininto one voice, echoingup to the raftersor down to the floor, heads bowedin prayerThat we would do your willand trust in youfor our Daily BreadDecember 13, 2007Matthew 6:9-13---Daily Bread – 1Lord, we bow in prayer, the prayer you taught ustaught the disciples, so long agoand we affirm the faith we sharewit ...

Up between the Dormers 2007-12-23 14:17:00 High up the brick old mill buildingup above the brick, the granite,between the clapboard window dormershanging on the slate roof shingles, the metal flashing,giant, dripping icicles, adorning the buildinglike so much candy coatingthe white snow like taffy,stretched between the dormersoozing down into the spiky icicleshanging down, many feet belowsoftening the edges of the old buildingsin the cold fog on the gray winter’s dayDripping down on the blanket below,mottled snow, graying too,at the fall of the dropsbefore another snowfallbuilds the bank on the roof againDecember 23, 2007 3:17pm ...

In a Dream Foretold 2007-12-22 07:08:00 It was in a dream foretoldthe miracle of the birthof the baby boy, the kingborn humbly, in suspicious ways,assurance in a dream, covenant in the whispersin the dark, to him, to her,of their baby boy, and his missionhere on this earth, fulfilling allsaving all, in a dream foretoldDecember 22, 2007Matthew 1:18-25Luke 1:26-38Matthew 2:13-23Based in part on the sermon,“Shaping Our Dreams”, bythe Reverend Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, December 21, 2007as part of our Blue Christmas service ...

Born to Save 2007-12-20 19:41:00 His very name, the name chosen by angelsgiven by the father, the branch of Jessegiven to the son, conceived by spirit,born of the virgin, named Joshua,Jesus, to save his people,like the Joshua of olda continuum in the name,Emmanuel, with us stilla God of the living, born againafter the cross, the graveBorn in a manger, and in gloryhumbled and now on highDecember 20, 2007Matthew 1:18-25 ...

An Earthly Father 2007-12-20 19:17:00 He was the earthly father,the adoptive dad, of the son of another,the one who claimed him as his own,named him, for the saving he would do,the fulfilling of the promise Isaiah foretoldthe earthy father of a heavenly childimprinted for glory, before he was bornDecember 20, 2007Matthew 1:18-25 ...

Epiphany – Acrostic 2007-12-19 12:33:00 Emmanuel was the goal, the end of their journeyPursuing the baby’s star, seen from its risingIn Bethlehem, in Judah they went to find himPraying, bowing down before the infant king, they gave him giftsHerod feared him, for he knew the scripture tooA baby, born of the virgin, a new shoot from the stump of JesseNever would the world be the same, from this birth, this epiphanyYear upon year, generation to generation, we celebrate stillDecember 19, 2007Matthew 2:1-12 ...

Always 2007-12-16 07:43:00 Three years, since that snow covered morningwhen you warmed my heart, filling me with joySaying the words of scripture, of devotion, of hopeon the bridge, our daughters beside usSmiling, crying, laughing, at our new beginningin our love for one another,the promise of a future togetherThree princesses and one beautiful queenentered my world, changing me forevermoreA prayer I add, for this day,this new year beginning,here in the midst of adventthat the love we have knownthe joy in the days we have sharedwill be with us alwaysuntil the end of the ageDecember 17, 2007(written 12/16/07) ...

Thy Will be Done 2007-12-15 19:59:00 We pray that Thy will, oh Lordwill be done, a prayer for the worldfor the world for all time,to be the heaven on earthThy kingdom here on eartha safe place for man and Goda holy place, without war, with peacethat peaceable kingdoma reality, if there were only Your willin force, subsuming, replacing the will of manof each one of us, flawed human choicesthat created the schismbetween man and Godat the very beginning.As the Son said,in the moment of crisis.Thy will be done, FatherMatthew 6:9-13Isaiah 11:1-10 ...

Hallowed be Thy name 2007-12-15 18:55:00 Hallowed be Thy name,Father God, author of allthat was and is and will beof the here and now, of the futurethat is yet to beauthor, creator, imaginer ofworlds too great for us to fathomfor truths to deep to perceiveHallowed by Thy namefor the love you have heapedon your creation, the things in iteach one of us, blessed by the breath of lifeyour breath, giving us breath, air to breathHallowed by Thy namefor the wonders of relationshipfor trials and tribulationsfor happiness and sorrowfor beginnings and endingsHallowed by Thy namefor your desire to be with usto walk with us as in the gardento bring us back to youfor this and so much moreHallowed by Thy nameDecember 15, 2007Matthew 6:9-13 ...

A Flotilla of Notes in a Bottle 2007-12-15 11:07:00 Each poem, each post, each emailsend out into the ether, the internet,the realm of cyberspace, each onea note, a prayer, a question, a thoughtscratched, written, rolled and placedpurposely, gently into, a clear bottlesent into the ocean, the stream, the unknownhoping to find a welcoming shoreDecember 15, 2007 ...

Holy Prophets 2007-12-15 08:56:00 Like Isaiah, John in the river,Jesus, the Christ,we are to be holy prophetssharing the Good Newsto all the people, all the captives,all of us sinnersNot fortune tellers,not seers of the future,the future none of us has seenWe are to be witness to the works,to be workers in the worldmissionaries of our Father, our Brothergiving hope, comfort, assuranceof that future,that steadfast love of Godpresent since the creationpresent still, all around usin every means of gracewe seeDecember 15, 2007Psalm 146:5-10, Isaiah 61:1-2, Luke 4:18-19,Matthew 28:18-20 ...

Snow Colored 2007-12-13 11:52:00 The sky, the air, everything, everywhere I looknot a fog, a filter, a screen, a white veneerlowering, darkening, all before the first flakemingles with the air, tumbles and falls to the grounda palpable film over my visionas the storm approachesDecember 13, 2007 ...

Daily Bread – 1 2007-12-13 07:38:00 Lord, we bow in prayer, the prayer you taught ustaught the disciples, so long agoand we affirm the faith we sharewith those peoples in the desertwho grumbled and feared,regretting the comfort of their oppressionthe security of their imprisonmentwho feared the unknownmore than the Pharaoh’s whipHow you gave them just enougheach day, for year on year, day on dayto sustain them in their journeytheir journey to regain their faithHow much we too,comfortable in our spaceneed to remember your provision,your providence, oh Lord, Almighty GodCount on you to provideso long as we do your willin this placeas we discern your willthrough bowing in prayerto hear your voice, your callfor this generationDecember 13, 2007Matthew 6:9-13 ...