Gathering My Pieces - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

When I fall, when I stumble
fall to the ground
God gathering my pieces
spread upon the ground
Picking me up
with his loving hands
reworking my clay
for his purpose
Leading me on
to do my master’s will
Showing me the way
ever onward
to bring God’s light
to this troubled world

November 12, 2010
after posting the following poem to
www.christianpoetry.org
November 12, 2010
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Going back on the potter’s wheel

Understanding the father,
perhaps in a different way
the creator, our savior
gathering us in
his arms open wide
taking in our brokenness
placing us
back on the potter’s wheel
changing us
molding us
new clay may we be
able to move, to flow anew
shaped by the potter once again

December 4, 2009
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Genesis 2:4b-25
the tension between the two traditions
giving us two creation stories
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Jeremiah 18:1-4
&
via email conversation 12/4/09
with artist and teacher
Carol Childress,
author of blog, “Choosing Joy”,
http://carolchil.blogspot.com/
and see: http://carolchil.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-everything-there-is-season.html
&
Luke 15:11-32
Parable of the Prodigal Son

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