Our Cups Overflowing - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Not our barns, our silos;
our cups overflowing
with the bounty, the gifts of the Lord
God’s provision more than enough
an abundance of grace to share instead
Our cupboards should be empty
our hearts bursting, full
in lives we are able to touch
God’s provision more than enough
our neighbors’ needs to fulfill
God’s bounty and care
heaped on us to share our happiness
Like the psalmist of old
we have a story to tell
of God still walking by our side
mercy and goodness
pouring on our hearts
that we may bless others in turn

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)