It is a Dream that we carry - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

All of us witnesses
to the love of Jesus
His presence in our lives
guiding our feet of clay

When we submit
choosing to carry His light
to become a light to the nations
to the ends of the earth

It is a Dream we carry
a promise of God
Hope in our salvation
coming from the Lord

All of us called
though none of us worthy
able through Christ
to come before our God

We should be humble
more caring of our neighbors
seeing the face of Christ
in everyone we meet

Treating them all
even the stranger, the enemy
as God commands us
with love in our hearts

Only when we cleave
hold fast to our Savior
when we let the Spirit guide
our timid, trembling feet

Only when we carry God’s light
His hope to the nations
only when we turn from the world
will the promise come to life

January 17, 2011
The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day
&
Isaiah 9:1-4
and
Upper Room Disciplines for 2011
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=831781
for January 17 to 23, 2011
“Carrying God’s Light”
by Cathie McFadden
for January 17, 2011
read January 17, 2011
&
Isaiah 6:1-8
&
Isaiah 49:1-7
John 1:29-42
Worship Theme: “Called by God to . . .”
and sermon, “A Light to the Nations”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pastorruthfoss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 16, 2011
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Human Relations Sunday
http://www.umcgiving.org/site/c.qwL6KkNWLrH/b.3833821/k.5074/Special_Sunday__Human_Relations_Day__Overview.htm

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