Ruth 2:1=3,8-11,4:13-17; Psalm 128:1b-5; Matthew 23:1-12

calling
no one master
but Him
the Christ
we follow
His ways
servant
to all
the goodness
we have
found
in God
practicing
each moment
what we
hear
in His word
actions
born of Truth
producing
fruits
of kindness
and compassion
to a world
in desperate
need

Who do you call master?

Ruth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22; Psalm 146:5-10; Matthew 22:34-40

you who
open
our eyes
raise
us up
protect us
give us
hope
and your love
wherever
i go
you are
wherever
i live
you live
a love
with heart
and soul
and mind
received
is given
freely
on this
justice
all depends

Have your eyes been opened?

Judges 9:6=15; Psalm 21:2-7; Matthew 20:1-16

gladdened
with the joy
of your face
we receive
all we need
our heart’s
desire
fulfilled
in you
who shows
no partiality
we give up
all to your
as you
have given
all to us
in a kindness
and mercy
beyond
our understanding

Do you experience your life completed in God?

Judges 6:11-24; Psalm 85:9-14; Matthew 19:12-30

living in
our impossibilities
and limitations
we look
to God
where
all
possibility
dwells
beyond
our riches
and preconceptions
a truth
springs
from the earth
as justice
looks
down
from heaven
empowering us
with peace
and kindness
a fire of love
ignites
from our offerings
and we are saved

Do you live in God’s possibility?

Judges 2:11-19; Psalm 106:34-44; Matthew 19:16-22

letting go
of all
that possesses us
we see
our treasure
in heaven
the heart
of God’s
goodness
come to earth
in a love
that is in
yet beyond
his commands
calling us
from idolatrous
ways
to a Truth
that feeds
and sustains us

Do you let go of all that possesses you?

Proverbs: 9:1-6; Psalm 34:2-7,9; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58

come to the house
of Wisdom
she will
feed you
she who
knows
life
living bread
of Christ
our meal
we taste
and see
the goodness
of the lord
wine of goodness
and life
and spirit
not drunkenness
ignorance
and foolishness–
in awe
we are taught
the ways of goodness
and peace
from
she who knows

Do you know her—Wisdom?
Do you know him—the Christ?

Jos 24:1-13; Psalm 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-24; Matthew 19:3-12

to fields
not our own
you guide us
with a mercy
not of our understanding
cloaked
in the mystery
of your love
we choose
a joining
for your sake
alone
or with
another
to awaken us
to your Presence

What have you chosen?

Jos 3:7-17; Psalm 114:1-6; Matthew 18:21-19:1

mercy
opening
the seemingly
impossible path
we enter
to a promised land
where all
is forgiven
and we live
in the heart
of God’s
boundless love
heeding
his warning
and
giving
freely
what we
have received

Do you give as you have been given?
Forgive and you have been forgiven?

Dt 31:1-8; Dt 32:2-12; Matthew 18:1-5, 1-14

be
as a child
of wonder
and awe
knowing
your need
and take
the hand
of wisdom
guided away
from lost
wanderings
to a path
that leads
to love
a promised land
that breathes
its Truth
into
our being

Do you take the hand of Wisdom?

2Cor 9:6-10; Psalm 112:1-9; John 12:24-26

generously
we sow
the seed
given
dying
as a grain
of wheat
to an old life
to be born
again
into
a new life
where
the light
of His glory
shines
and we follow
a way
we know
as Truth
built
on the
steadfast heart
of His love

Do you sow your seed generously?