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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Feed My Sheep 2007-10-28 18:19:00 Follow me, and feed my sheepthe Master to the Rocka sheep made a shepherd, the seed plantedto germinate within himuntil the seed began to bear fruitafter the flames ignited his firegave him voice that Pentecostafter the cloistering, the separationof the apostles, the first on the wayThese were the words, affirming in threes,just as was his denial, that night after the gardenwhen the twelve followers, ranfell away from the MasterThese were the words,the admonition and responsefollow me, feed my sheepYes Lord, I willOctober 28, 2007 7:18pmJohn 21:1-22 & Acts 2:1-11 ...

Freedom to Choose 2007-10-28 16:19:00 Unique to man, alone in the animal worldthe freedom to choose, to make your own pathto set priorities, to chart what is importantwhere your time is, there is your heartwhere your treasure lies, what holds claimconsciously chosen, or by defaultwhat energizes you,motivates, gives you purposecenters and groundschoosing your courseOctober 27, 2007 ...

Chasing Emily 2007-10-28 15:14:00 When I started, a little more than a year ago,I had no idea, no thought, that I would be chasing Emilyhurtling inexplicably to the place I am now,having topped her count, her wealth of poems,her words, my words, the words given to mereaching a count greater than herssitting with more than the others haveshared on these pagesA strange place indeed, rarified airfor an unpublished poetOctober 28, 2007 4:12pmon reaching my 1,780th poem, and passingEmily Dickinson as the poet with the most poemson www.famouspoetsandpoems.com.When my name was added to their liston June 25, 2006, I had 527 poems. ...

Gaining Joy 2007-10-27 15:52:00 In the communion,the sharing in the chapelgiving our confession to God,our sin revealed, out loudconfessing to Godand, in so doing,feeling real forgivenessof God and ourselvesThe magnitude of the giftthe shedding of His blood,the breaking of His bodyrevealed againGaining joy in the sharing,in the humble sharingthe bread and the winegaining joy in our salvationour thanksbefore GodOctober 27, 2007 4:52pmWalk to Emmaus ...

Into the Chapel 2007-10-27 15:30:00 A bit of quiet timeme and God, away from the othersspending time, listening mostlyamidst the prayers and thoughtsswirling in my mindSlowing down and communingwith the Lord, to hear His voiceand His call to mein the chapelOctober 27, 2007 4:30pmWalk to Emmaus ...

A Seriously Wet Saturday 2007-10-27 15:26:00 Shy and Shane sat watching the raina duck waddled by our window paneThere was no sun, not anywhereThe fan and the rain,called us in time with each otherThick heavy drops fell on the oak leavesbringing them spiraling downthe wet splash of the cars in the alleya staccato of swirling leaves,in the damp, saturated airdrawing and coloring to pass the timeto while away the hoursa wet blanket covered the dayon a seriously wet SaturdayOctober 27, 2007 4:26pm ...

Hearts Burning 2007-10-27 15:21:00 On the walk, that ancient road,walking with our savior,I felt the same, as Cleopas and his companion,hearing His voice, in the words of my brothers,feeling the same burning of my heart,as I felt His presence, His nearness to meon the beginnings of this journeythe journey of faith,walking closer to Himfrom now onOctober 27, 2007 4:21pmWalk to Emmaus‘They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?"’ Luke 24:32 ...

Pastoral Spiritual Formation 2007-10-27 13:23:00 A deepening understanding, breathing in the wordlesson by lesson, example by example, in parableand in service. Showing all of the law, all of the prophets,the writings, through himself. Giving them reason,to believe in miracles, in His holinessGiving them words, teachings, interpretationsto guide their ministry, to embolden their workto lift them up, and change their livesover the long haul of seminary, the three yearswhen He walked with them, healed the sick,toppled the scales, and unraveled the mysteriesShowing God’s love in the law, and the truthof the prophets, for those who would seeand those who would hearbeing His sheep, and members of His flockOctober 27, 2007 2:22pma seminary class for the first 12 ...

Humbling Himself 2007-10-27 13:11:00 His head to the floor, his heart beggingfor forgiveness, fully aware of his sin,his need for God, becausehe could not make himself holyOf that much he was surehis prayer was in abject supplication,falling before GodPraying for mercy,as he was a sinnerSo must we pray,knowing we tooneed His graceas we are sinners tooOctober 27, 2007 2:11pmLuke 18:9-14 ...

Humble Before the Lord 2007-10-27 13:06:00 He bowed, weighed down by his breachhis sin, before God, bowing lowbegging the creator, for forgivenessof his sin, to be made cleanhimself a sacrifice, humbly bowingbefore the Lord. A lesson of the peoplein the depth of his pain, in knowingthe distance from God,his need for the Father’s loving graceOctober 27, 2007 2:06pmLuke 18:9-14 ...

Naked Before God 2007-10-27 13:02:00 We stand, we all stand,naked before God,exposed as surely as they werein the Garden, after the fallstanding before God, in our imperfection,every blemish seen, every sin knownOur hope, our need, for forgiving graceequal before God, because sin is sinand the breach is equalHis failing was in seeing a differencein his atoning through ritualswithout appropriate reverenceand bowing humbly before GodOctober 27, 2007 2:02pmLuke 18:9-14 ...

Like Job 2007-10-27 12:56:00 Like Job he stood, a man without blemishby the rules of the law, the law of the peopledoing what was asked of him, to stand righteousrighteous before GodBut he missed the point, the reason for the submissionthe acts of piety, a pious lifemade so by the spirit withinby the love he shared, poured outto God and man;For he judged othersand their walk,when he was like Joband needed to rememberhis need for grace tooOctober 27, 2007 1:56pmLuke 18:9-14 ...

Through the Motions 2007-10-27 12:52:00 Tithing, fasting, praying in the templeso were the steps of the sinnerbefore the altar, the throne of God;but he failed to see his sin,the failings of his walk,going through the motionsof the law before Godfinding himself bettermore worthy,than his fellow sinnereach unworthy of God’s graceby his deedsOctober 27, 2007 1:52pmLuke 18:9-14 ...

Naked in a Glass House 2007-10-27 12:32:00 His false piety, summed up in his certaintyof his own standing, earning a ticket to joyjudging others in the temple, in the courtsby the letter of the law, a righteous manby going through the motionsstepping the steps of the saintsmissing the point in the acts themselvesforgetting the distance between manand God, forgetting the historyof the people, the lessons of Jobthe teachings of the masterwalking around naked in the glass houseexposed as surely as Adam and Eveafter tasting the applebut he was unaware,blinded by the stepstaken for shownot for God’s gloryOctober 27, 2007 1:37pmLuke 18:9-14 ...

He is Risen 2007-10-27 12:31:00 Like Elijah, so was His risingHe was risen from the deadthe man who was Jesus,the teacher to the apostles,He was risen indeedascending into heaventhe person of Jesus,the first born of the new creationliving with the Father in heavenwatching over uswho still live on earthOctober 27, 2007 1:31Part of the Apostle’s Creed ...