Leaving to God to Judge - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

His story so familiar
in trying to live in piety
when we fall into the trap
of judging ourselves

Forgetting our feet of clay
our distance from God
trying to be wise on earth
to see our righteousness
worthy, before God

Instead, we should walk
more humbly on the earth
leaving to God to judge
our righteousness, our worth

Lucky, more than Job
able to see the example
the life of our risen savior
on earth as a servant
going to the cross for us

Walking more humbly
called to love our neighbor
following our shepherd
sharing his message
to the ends of the earth

May 29, 2010
struggling with questions of life and death
the book of Job, prayer, the nature of
righteousness and God’s timing

& reading the first part of
the book of Job, including
Job 1:1-5:16
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 23, 2010, read May 24, 2010
Job 1:21
Job 2:10
and
Job 5:17-8:22
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 24, 2010, read May 25, 2010
and
Job 9:1-12:12
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 25, 2010, read May 26, 2010
and
Job 12:13-16:10
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 26, 2010, read May 27, 2010
and
Job 16:11-20:11
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 27, 2010, read May 27, 2010 and May 28, 2010
and
Job 20:12 – 24:12
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 28, 2010, read May 28, 2010
and
Job 24:13-29:13
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 29, 2010, read May 29, 2010

and the later part of the Book, and
the following poems, “Answering the Clay” and
“His Comeuppance”, posted
to www.christianpoetry.org 5/26/2010,
both based in part on

October 18, 2009
Job 38:1-7 (34-41)
&
Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35b
Job 38:1-7, 16-18, 34-38 & 40:3-5
and sermon, “Father Knows Best”,
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
October 18, 2009

Copyright by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. Contact me at Ray Foss
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