Breaking two commandments - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

More than tow, but breaking two commandments
how unlike the three who stood up to the king
Showering ourselves, our lives to another
over abundance kept for ourselves
Creating a world with individual false idols
clinging to hope in ourselves
Like the rich man, hoarding, a bounty retaining
claiming it all as if we brought it to be
Forgetting our master, our creator
gifts of all that we can see
Turning our backs, our hearts from our savior
trusting that we can save us somehow
Leaving our God as if on the sidelines
ignoring the centrality that our sustainer plays
Living in a world, caught up in its deceptions
denying our neighbors, their daily bread

November 16, 2009
Daniel 3:16-18
and writing challenge
“Monday Manna for November 16, 2009 – Ultimate Faith”
posted by Joanne Sher on her blog,
“An Open Book”, at:
http://joannesher.blogspot.com/2009/11/ultimate-faith-monday-manna.html
&
Luke 12:15-21
and Psalm 16
and “The Prayer of St. Francis”,
United Methodist Hymnal #481;
and sermon, “I Want It All . . .”,
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 15, 2009
Her sermon is the third of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)