Poured Out

Rhythm Team
“Poured Out” was written and crafted by Terri Dewey as she prepared to preach on Acts 2. You can listen to the sermon audio here.
Poured Out
the Spirit has been given
…to daughters, sons, servants and slaves,
immigrants, outsiders, the barren,
widows and divorced, abused, neglected,
the single and the spouses,
pastors and politicians,
janitors and judges,
the oppressor and the oppressed
beyond the box of religious duty & fearful obedience
the wind blew and filled the whole house
the breath of heaven was a violent, crazy sound
not restrained and timid
the fire of the holy, good, beautiful, lovely and sweet
that only could be encountered from a distance
came to rest like a tiny flame on every single person
who came from all the world
to worship in one temple, one city, one holy ground
but every Jewish pilgrim, from every nation, heard the sound
the presence of God outside
outside the walls
outside what they had been taught
outside their systems
outside the holy temple
the presence of God encountered
right on the street
the common somehow sacred
where heaven meets with me
where the Spirit of the Lord is…
there is forgiveness and there is freedom
there is healing, a home where we belong
our human spaces changing
through our risen King
and these wonder-things
point us back to You
so we will worship
when we serve, or when we sit
when we give, when we forgive
when we work, and when we rest
holy, breathing things
You are crafting us together
Your people, we gather, we go
we pray, we eat, we sing
Your presence left a building
You’re living now in me