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Whom to leave the family jewels
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and then, there are the issues of personal morals,
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what to do with our sexual impulses,
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how do we feel about alcohol,
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whether we should be truthful for the forms of the IRS.
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I speak of the personal and the universal.
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Life is not clear-cut for any of us.
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The proper paths are rarely marked.
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And in the midst of ambiguity,
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uncertainty, and equivocation,
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we know confusion, anxiety,
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and irresolution.
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Surely, we find ourselves
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in the middle of things.
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Moses found himself in the middle of things.
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Between a stiff-necked people
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and the demanding God of the rigid and ancient law,
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between the Egypt of the pharaohs
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and the fierce tribes of Canaan.
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In his youth, Moses the Hebrew
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was raised in the royal Egyptian household.
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In his last days, Moses beheld, nearly,
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the Land of Promise.
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And in the Old Testament lesson,
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we learn that Moses is not the be-all and end-all prophet.
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Rather, he is an heir to Abraham's vision
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and a precursor of the Christ that is to be.
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Jesus also stands in the middle of things.
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Not merely man, not only God.
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But man and God, He mediates to us our redemption.
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He came to earth between creation and consummation,
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between the fall and the judgment.
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He was born in the midst of shepherd's adoration
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and politician's intrigue.
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In His ministry, He was ever a center of controversy.
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In His death, He was suspended between heaven and earth.
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And in His resurrection,
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He lives as our friend and our God.
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We Christians find ourselves in the middle of things.
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Our epistle lesson reminds us that we are poised
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between liberty and responsibility.
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Between our weaker sisters and brothers
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and our stronger sisters and brothers.
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We debate among ourselves
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whether to accept homosexuals in the church,
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whether to unite with other denominations,
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how to distribute aid to revolution-prone
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third world countries.
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We encounter moral issues unimagined
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by the church of Paul's time.
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Care for the environment,
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the allocation of limited resources,
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the use of sophisticated technology to prolong life,
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human fertilization in a test tube, surrogate motherhood,
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to name just a few.
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Surely God's people
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are in the middle of things.
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Above all this fray, however,
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I now hold up a shining truth.
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In the middle of things,
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where we are,
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God comes to us.
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The power and presence of God
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comes to us, to sustain us in our times of doubt
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and uncertainty, to affirm us
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in difficult decisions faithfully executed.
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To comfort us, not condemn us
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when we make a mess of things.
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To forgive us when we sin.
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To accept us when we fail.
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To strengthen us, that we may effectively serve God and man.
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God comes to us as our friend in Jesus Christ
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and stands with us,
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no matter our trivialness, our humanness,
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our imperfection, He stands with us
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that we may have courage for our feet,
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peace for our minds,
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and rest for our souls.
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I could support this affirmation of faith
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with Bible stories,
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the lives of saints
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or the experiences of friends.
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But I really believe it only because
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I have known it in my own life.
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In the summer of 1983,
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I was really in the middle of things.
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Never had I known such gloom,
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uncertainty and confusion.
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My carefully-laid plans for the future were but ashes.
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No, I was not to be married.
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No, I was not to be the beneficiary of the excitement
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and prestige that would be generated
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by having a medical doctor for my wife.
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In the aftermath of the dissolved engagement,
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some of my most cherished youthful illusions
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and misconceptions surrendered
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to the verities of life.
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Sunday School platitudes shattered like glass.
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Family maxims crumbled under the stress of weighty reality.
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Was there any new wisdom to replace the old?
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And while I was in the midst of this emotional
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and intellectual ferment, my social life
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was an utter disaster.
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No one, it seemed, would go out with me.
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No one would invite me.
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And no wonder.
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Gloom is contagious.
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I recall lying in bed
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in my un-air-conditioned apartment,
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dimly conscious of the deepening darkness of sunset,
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very conscious of the heavy, humid air
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of the North Carolina summer.
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I recall brooding in misery
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as the minutes slipped away.
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Not thinking about anything in particular,
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I was just hurting all over
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and brooding in misery
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as the minutes slipped away.
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Then the remarkable happened.
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Something I'd not known in years
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and never in God-forsaken Durham.
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An exquisitely glowing and cooling warmth
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spread from my inside out.
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Just for an instant, I believe,
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God let me feel His presence in that room with me
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and He let me feel His love for me.
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I felt, no, I knew,
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that all would be all right,
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that all manner of thing would be well.
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The circumstances had not changed.
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I still had no social life.
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I was still confused.
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And it was still steamy in Durham.
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But the way I felt about things and the way
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I thought about things had changed.
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For no matter what happened,
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God loved me and He would be with me.
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It is a natural human failing
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to try to make of God
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either a master magician or else an oracle.
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So often we would command God
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to heal the sick or save the lost.
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We would gladly hear from heaven the very will of God
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in very plain English.
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Yet even though I believe in the power of God to heal
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and even though I do not deny for a second
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that God may speak in very plain English,
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I still can't escape suspecting
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that in our unguarded moments,
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we would really like to sequester for ourselves
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the miraculous powers and communications of God
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and use Him to satisfy our whims
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and to obtain the sense of personal importance
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and glory that might come.
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But God won't do our bidding.
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He won't fit into our neat little boxes.
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He won't obey our commands
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and He'll speak when He's ready
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to whomever He wishes to speak,
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in whatever language He wishes to speak in.
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God does not permit us to take heaven by storm.
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What is it then that God does?
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He comes to us
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in our weakness, in our vulnerability,
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in our humanness.
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He comes to us in the expected, in the unexpected,
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in the good and in the evil,
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in the resplendent sunset,
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in the rainy day,
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in the joy of life,
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in the agony of death,
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God comes to us.
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On that muggy summer evening,
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God didn't tell me what to do.
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He didn't work that perfect miracle that I thought
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would set things just, oh,
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just so right.
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Nevertheless, God came to me.
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My renewed confidence in God's presence in my life
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has contributed to a period of great personal growth.
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I seem to have known more vitality and more variety
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in the working of God
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than I could have ever before imagined.
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And when things get difficult, as they often do,
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my spirits are lifted and my faith is reinvigorated
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by the memory of that sultry summer evening.
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I believe that God's powerful presence enables us
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to disentangle our knotted lives,
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to take on the difficult issues,
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to work out our salvation.
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I believe that His presence,
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His love, His comfort,
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His friendship, allow us to participate fully
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in life's dialectic.
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Sometimes painful, sometimes exciting,
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sometimes thought-provoking dialectic,
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which works for our growth toward maturity.
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And because God is present when we face difficult decisions,
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because God stands beside us
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when we confront life's challenges,
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because God is with us
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in the middle of things,
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we become different people,
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stronger people,
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wiser people,
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enriched people.
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And so it is
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that I hold up another shining truth.
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Ultimately, when sanctified
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by the presence of God,
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being in the middle of things
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becomes a good thing.
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♪ How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord ♪
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♪ Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word ♪
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♪ What more can He say than to you He has said ♪
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♪ To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled ♪
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♪ Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed ♪
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♪ For I am your God, and will still give you aid ♪
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♪ I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand ♪
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♪ Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand ♪
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♪ When through the deep waters I call you to go ♪
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♪ The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow ♪
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♪ For I will be with you, your troubles to bless ♪
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♪ And sanctify to you your deepest distress ♪
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♪ When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie ♪
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♪ My grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply ♪
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♪ The flame shall not hurt you; I only design ♪
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♪ Your dross to consume and your gold to refine ♪
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♪ The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose ♪
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♪ I will not, I will not desert to His foes ♪
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♪ That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake ♪
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♪ I'll never, no never, no never forsake ♪
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The Lord be with you.
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And also with you.
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Let us pray.
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Eternal God, Creator of all that was
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and is and is to come,
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Thou hast called the world
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and the creatures which inhabit it into being
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and hath pronounced it good.
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We acknowledge this same goodness as we approach Thee,
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not in fear and trembling as though before a terrible judge,
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but as a child to its parent,
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knowing Thy infinite love and care for us,
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accepting Thy call to be as one family with our sisters
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and brothers throughout the world,
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we offer now these prayers for others.
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Let us pray for all those who suffer loss or bereavement.
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May Thy presence among them
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be as though a healing ointment,
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that their souls may be nourished
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and their spirits renewed.
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Show them anew the sources of strength and serenity.
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Let us pray for those in trouble or affliction.
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Look with pity upon them, O God,
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and comfort them with a sense of Thy goodness.
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Let us pray for all who are poor, needy and neglected.
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Heal those who are broken in body or spirit
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that their sorrow may be turned into joy.
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Let us pray for those who have dedicated themselves
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to the service of high and worthy causes.
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May their labors bear fruits of compassion
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and bear witness to the power of Thy love.
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Let us pray for those who receive little recognition,
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yet commit themselves to attending
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to the everyday task of our world.
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May their hearts be full and their joy complete
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as they live lives of service.
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Let us pray for ourselves
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that young and old, we may constantly be made new people
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by God's grace.
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That we might recognize Thy sanctifying presence
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more clearly, even as we stand in the middle of things.
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That Thou mayest keep us together
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as parent and child, as sister and brother,
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as one people the world around.
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This we ask in the name of Christ, amen.
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And now let us offer our gifts and ourselves to God.
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♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪
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♪ Praise Him, all creatures here below ♪
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♪ Alleluia ♪
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♪ Alleluia ♪
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♪ Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host ♪
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♪ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost ♪
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♪ Alleluia ♪
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♪ Alleluia ♪
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♪ Alleluia ♪
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♪ Alleluia ♪
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♪ Alleluia ♪
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♪ Amen ♪
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Eternal God, from Sheba to Thee,
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men came forth telling Thy praise,
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offering gifts most rare.
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So today we offer unto Thee these gifts of our time
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and talents, dedicating them to the work
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of Thy kingdom, as we offer
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the costliest gift of all, our hearts.
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This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ,
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who taught us to pray with confidence,
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Our Father, who art in heaven,
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hallowed be Thy name,
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Thy kingdom come,
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Thy will be done,
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on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our trespasses,
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as we forgive those who trespass against us.
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And lead us not into temptation,
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but deliver us from evil.
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For Thine is the kingdom,
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and the power, and the glory,
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forever and ever, amen.
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♪ Be still my soul ♪
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♪ The Lord is on thy side ♪
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♪ Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain ♪
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♪ Leave to thy God to order and provide ♪
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♪ In every change He faithful will remain ♪
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♪ Be still my soul ♪
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♪ Thy best, thy heavenly friend ♪
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♪ Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end ♪
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♪ Be still, my soul ♪
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♪ Thy God doth undertake ♪
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♪ To guide the future ♪
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♪ As He has the past ♪
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♪ Thy hope, thy confidence ♪
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♪ Let nothing shake ♪
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♪ All now mysterious ♪
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♪ Shall be bright at last ♪
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♪ Be still, my soul ♪
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♪ The waves and winds still know ♪
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♪ His voice who ruled them ♪
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♪ While He dwelt below ♪
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♪ Be still, my soul ♪
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♪ The hour is hastening on ♪
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♪ When we shall be ♪
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♪ Forever with the Lord ♪
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♪ When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone ♪
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♪ Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored ♪
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♪ Be still, my soul ♪
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♪ When change and tears are past ♪
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♪ All safe and blessed ♪
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♪ When we shall meet at last ♪
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A reminder for all those interested in joining
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a graduate and professional students' fellowship group.
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There will be a reception held in the chapel basement
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immediately following service,
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and many thanks to friends of chapel
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for sponsoring this event.
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And now go in peace to love
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and serve God and your neighbor
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in all that you do
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and may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
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the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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be with you all now and forever.
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♪ Amen ♪
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♪ Amen ♪
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