Walk in the Light

Walk in the Light   

I John 1:5-7

Come with me, 

Walk with me

In the ight

Of God's love.

There is no darkness

When we walk

Always with God. 

I John 2:9-11

Come and see,

There is no hate here

And the darkness

Has no place.

Here there is

Only light and love,

And any who hate

Have no place here.

I John 3:1-3

And if we are 

Of the light,

We are called

Children of God.

Ah, such love

That is there 

For us all

That God should

Come to us

And call us by name

And tell us

That we are

Children of God.

I John 4:11-12

Because we are

Children of God,

We should love 

One another. 

And in the light

Of that love

We will learn

Who God is,

For God will dwell

Always with us. 

Gen 2:119

Gen 2:19

And God created
All that is;
The birds that fly,
All that lives in the sea,
And all the beasts
That live on the land.

Come and see,
All creatures
Were created by God.
Come and know
That God treasures
And loves them all.

Creator God,
Forgive us
When we treat
This world
As our own
Personal possession.
Forgive us
When we forget
That you created
All animals
And they
Belong here, too.
Help all of us
To remember
That you love
All that you
Have created.

God is here,
Forgiving us
And loving us.

Come, let us
Celebrate.
And praise God
Who made
Every creature
And loves them all.

Go out in peace,
And remember:
God created this world
And all that is on it.

This is meant for a worship service, but can be used and shared as a poem.

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Called

Called      For Rev Jim Lynch  August 1, 2003

Isaiah 61:1

God has come

To dwell with me

And has called me

To preach abroad

The good news

Of love

To all people

That I meet,

For all people

Are God's.

Romans 1:16

I glory 

In the good news

That I preach to all,

For here is

Salvation

For all people, 

Near and far.

Romans 8:28

God is with me

Now and always,

Nor will I ever 

Be left alone.

I will boast of this

To the whole world,

And always tell

Of God's great love for all.

2 Tim 1:7

God is here with me, 

And gives me 

The power of love,

That I might 

Spread abroad

The good news

Of that love

That is there 

For all people. 

I Seek

I seek to see your face, oh God 

And to be always near you. 

I seek to know you better 

Every day and to know

What your love and peace are like 

So I can treat others better. 

I see to always walk 

Closer to you, oh God..

Jerusalem

Jerusalem 

There is Jerusalem, always the capital of Israel. Yet another city rose above Jerusalem to be the queen of all cities. In fact it was probably not thought of that anybody so special would be born and raised anywhere else. He would know little  of them In His younger years. 

Bethlehem and other small towns most likely would have been considered to be too small to have anything of interest for a rich young man or woman. Jerusalem would have been the place to live for parties and gossip.

Yet there were many in the city who would have little or nothing to do with those people mostly because of the way these ordinary people were treated by the rulers of that time.

Into all this and a lot of other problems comes Jesus. Born in a stable and raised in a small village named Nazereth.He became an itinerant teacher and healer. In so do>ng,He the world of that time on it's ear , eventually changing everything. For He was/is the King of the Ages and Creator of all, loving all. 

A. Celebration

We are the people

Of the rainbow

     And we are searching 

      For justice for all.

We are the people

Of the rainbow

      And we are working

     For freedom just to be.

We also belong

To God,who loves 

All people the same

And does not see 

That one person 

Is any better 

Than the next  one.

Let us work together

For justice for all

And the freedom to be

Who really are.

It's a celebration of the freedoms we have earned, freedom to marry who we want  freedom to have decent jobs, freedom to live where we want, freedom to raise our children, freedom to know God's love is ours and the freedom to worship God as we wish. But there is so much more to do, if we are going to keep these freedoms.. 

  

It's a celebration 

Of  freedoms gained

From hard work

By the people

Now dear God, 

Show us

The other freedoms

That are needed 

And how to keep 

The ones we have 

Including this one - 

The freedom 

Just to be… 

Ourselves. 

But. Lord

  But Lord, they're black.
You don't mean to say
That I should care about
Such as they!

But Lord, they're gay.*
You couldn't have
Created these people
As they are!

But Lord, they're different.
You can't mean
That I should love them
Just as they are! 

*book by Rev Sylvia Pennington

added later:
But Lord, they're asexual.
You couldn't have
Made these people
As they say they are!

Thoughts on Love

More power in love, in loving people.

Love is the strength that keeps us going.

Love is the root of all life.

Love is God’s power loose in the world.

Love is a healing strength.

Love is complete happiness.

Love is life; eternal, full and complete.

Love is God; God is love.

Love is wanting the best for whoever you love..

Love is not grasping, holding on, but a setting free  so that whoever you llove can wander and then come bac to you.

Nothing is so great, so wonderfu as love, yet we know so little about it.