Some more wonderful thoughts from our confirmation class! Today, we first spent time reading Psalms of Confession, and then tried our hand and writing some of our own. Here are their thoughts:
We try to be perfect, God, we try to hide our flaws,
but no matter what we do we cannot stop sinning.
We try and fail.
Lord, I have done wrong,
please forgive my doing.
I plead for your help - please forgive me.
It was I, Lord,
I know what I have done
and I am begging for mercy
and standing on my knees.
Then we turned our attention to the books of wisdom, Ecclesiastes and Proverbs. I challenged them to formulate some proverbs of their own, and this is what they came up with:
The greedy puts on extra sugar,
but the wise chooses the naturally sweet.
Many people think that they can't make a difference,
but the wise man knows that every can counts.
(this was originally a proverb about recycling, but there is greater wisdom here I think!)
God gives dreams to fill us with hope,
but the fool throws them away.
The wise man rejoices when dark clouds gather,
but the fool shuns the rain.
A friend's words bring joy and comfort,
but a stranger's greeting is unusual.
Hope you enjoy these words as much as I have. This is a pretty amazing group of young people.
Pastor Glen
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