When We Sorrow - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

When we sorrow
when we rail
the yoke of our walk
our struggles heavy
sometimes seeming unjust
yet God is still with us
walking beside our every step
faithfully offering his peace, his grace
to persevere, to bring us through
to the other side
if we follow the way of Christ

June 11, 2010
written at the House of Purpose coffeehouse
June 11, 2010
Hillsboro, NH
based on the earlier poem:
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In the Midst of Our Sadness

God finds us
there already with us
sharing our lives
our pain, our struggles
there beside us
in the midst of our sadness

June 10, 2010
after reading
Mission Statement of First Congregational Church of Pembroke, UCC
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pembroke-NH/First-Congregational-Church-of-Pembroke-UCC/238128051365
“The mission of our church is to follow God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit,
spreading the legacy of faith and fellowship to all we meet in word and deed.”

&
Ephesians 5:16
Ephesians 5:15-20
&
Day 256, “Redeeming the Time”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read June 5, 2010

&
http://www.theshackbook.com/
The Shack, by William P. Young

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