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True Worship

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How does one really

Worship God

The glove compartment

Old gift boxes

Or stuffed

Desk or counter

Drawers

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These are not

Nor do they contain

Anything like holies

Of holies

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Nor do our lives

Say

We walk

We talk

In worship of the Lord

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We go to church

Or temple

There are shiny things

There

Are they worship

What are the right

Accoutrements

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We go away

Vacay

Even a retreat

Is God just off the shore

Or in the park

Or in a city

We have not

Traversed before

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Or

Yes

Keep it official

Bring on the pipes

The choirs

The big noises

Organized

Maybe with fluid motion

On occasion

Of the litany

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Are we now qualified

For worship

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Some say

It must be corporate

There must be at least

The two or three

Though as many as

May muster

Is preferred

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Can I worship on my own

May I

Or at the table

Meetings

Meals

Could anything

Like worship

Happen

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Yes

No

My sources say

Hazy

Ask later

Though we suppose

It isn’t happenstance

And can we plan

The Holy Spirit

Let alone

The glory of the Lord

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God is great

Remember the Sabbath

There are injunctions

On the worldly

And maybe there are those

Who believe

We find worship in

Mediation

Sitting still

Knowing in the easy

The presence of the Lord

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How about

Where there is joy

For loving

And together

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C L Couch

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John 4:23-24

Romans 12:1

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