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Paraphrasing Scripture: Telling God's Promises Back to Him

Submitted by EvanDonovan2 on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 20:41

As I've been discovering in the past few months, writing paraphrases from the Scriptures can be a great spiritual exercise, for those of us with creative aspirations.

Sometimes seeing the Scripture in a new translation helps the familiar become striking to you. This was actually inspired by seeing the Scripture in a new language - the Portuguese for Ps. 23:1, which was on the bumper sticker of the car in front of me as I parked tonight. A providential sighting, although I am convinced life is full of these, if we only have eyes to see them. That is why true conversion must be a conversion of the imagination.

The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not stumble.
In the green pastures, He makes me to lie.
He leads me beside still waters - He fills me,
Restoring my soul in righteousness.

Yes, for Thy glory I am restored:
In death's shadow valley, I shall not fear.
For Thou art with me; Thy right hand upholds me.
Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.

Before my foes, the table is spread:
Thou hast anointed; my cup now runs over.
Surely Thy goodness shall seek after me - 
I rest in Thy mercy for all of my life
And will dwell in Thy house forever.

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Poetry Mini-Lesson (Shanica Charles 04-05)

Member Name: Shanica Charles

Service Site: Greenwood Shalom After-School Program @ Greenwood United Methodist Church

Location: Dorchester, MA

Lesson Description:

This lesson plan from Shanica Charles' 2004-05 replicable project illustrates how to use computers and the Internet in a lesson on poetry. It is adaptable to both early primary and late primary/middle school students.

"Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power"

Submitted by EvanDonovan2 on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 22:46

Lord, in the dance,
I am pleased
that I should follow
and You should lead.

Your Spirit prompts my steps
and gives me grace with which to move.
My heart is caught up in Your pulse;
my need fulfilled within Your joy.

Tonight, I thanked God that, though His grace gets old to us, it never gets old to Him. "If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself" (2 Tim. 2:13)

Reflections on Ephesians 1:15-23 (11.13.07)

Submitted by EvanDonovan2 on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 19:59

Silence is a gift
I could never buy;
Stillness a practice
That I could never learn.
Simplicity of speech, the Spirit's Word within me -
No more to strive, Christ's rest unearned.