Gathering for a Future - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Gathering for a future
as if the present is not good enough
wanting more but ignoring what there is now
His focus on the future, an illusion only
gathering in, when he should give away
His selfishness, self-centeredness, exposed
ripped naked, when God came to his door
Calling him to the threshold
from this life to the next
the book of life empty
of his giving, kindness
All he had stored up
all merely gathered in
ready for a future
that never came to be

November 19, 2009
Psalm 23 (KJV, United Methodist Hymnal, #137b)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Luke 10:25-28
and sermon by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
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Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 18, 2009
service after
http://www.suncookumc.org/OurFamilysTable.dsp
Our Family’s Table
&
Luke 12:15-21
and Psalm 16
and “The Prayer of St. Francis”,
United Methodist Hymnal #481;
and sermon, “I Want It All . . .”,
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
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Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 15, 2009
Her sermon is the third of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)