Please pray for Dani..

Dani's in hospital
feeling quite bad
you have given this girl
good things she's had.

Thanks for all the good gifts
your daughter is,
Thank you that your grace lifts
her past a tiz

Thank you for your healing
in Dan till now.
We ask of you, kneeling,
to please endow

her with the strength & health
to show your love
that is your greatest wealth
- bo(u)rn from above

by your spirit in her
living your life. 
Help so to not defer
good from this strife.

Amen for this woman.

He let us know her health ... now seemed to go, by stealth.

Thank you man for that quick whirl.
       God, please give wisdom to us,
so in our prayers for your girl,
       we can join the Lord Jesus

in his - actions and pray'rs for 
       this "girl". Like he prayed for those
who were brought (or came) to him
       - acting like conduit, or hose.

He turned thoughts/desir's to prayer,
       trusted the Father above,
didn't tow the line with care,
       expressed it, with simple love.

And even when all that came
       was a LOUD GROAN (that they heard?),
he carried on just the same,
       and then spoke your powerful "word"[1].

Pray by your spirit in us,
       (we aren't the ones who must know)
we ask of you, Lord Jesus
       (so your great glory will show).

We'll boldly pray, as you lead.
       Thank you for coming to live
in us, to help us to heed
       and LIVE out this life you give.

Since all our life is coming
       each moment from you above,
your girl's strange sort of numbing,
       we bring to you and your love.

Amen. Amen, and amen!

[1] Mark 7 - last story-let

When owed money by bosses, do we just cut our losses?

"Instead, you should say "if it is God's will, we will live, & do this or that.." (James ch3or4)

God really, you are good,
& we see your good work.
Please help us see how should
we respond, to not shirk

living your love out in
business, and with payments;
to not just be "shoutin'",
& giving ALL our raiments.

Please Lord lead us deeper
in ans-wer-ing your call;
following "the sleeper"
in life's storms, when they fall.

Yet to plan well for this
coming year's "this"es, and
"that"s, - if our God in his
wisdom, leaves us "on hand".

Amen

GOD'S GLASSHOUSE

God bless anyone who reads this

as he's blessed us all in Jesus

with all riches from the heavens,

(from where all the goodness leavens

our experience on this earth,

-like the baby is before birth

shielded from harsh realities

though mother's body has dis-ease!)

Christ our full-on godly mother

(growth's in Christ's body - no other),

Christ our full-on godly father

we're his children - none we'd rather!

Christ our full-on godly child

Oh, that he'd grow in us wild!

That his nature bring on unrest

where our lives don't fit with this test.

Then still, there's sister, brother, twin,

our Uncle, Aunt, or cousin; him.

Or else our Master, we his slaves;

yet love affects, so he behaves

in ways that seem so strange & turned;

he says (as Bartimaeus learned):

What do you want me to do for you?

Our love responds, to this love true!

And yet we see him oft' retire

to clarify Father's desire,

to take note of his Father's style,

and copy all with frown or smile.

And Christ is more than just a friend

Amen, Amen, do it again!

friend's family; Easter-Festival, neighbourhood party

God thanks for Jon(ricko)
and Helen, & children
Give them your grace to show
your life, as you've bidden..

and words, for questions and 
stories, proverbs & quotes;
That your truth like quick-sand
will catch-up these blokes

and sheilas who listen,
or even come near to,
the festival's glisten;
the glory of you who

heard, and then "involved" got
with your bloody good birth,
and bloody good hands (not
to mention below the earth).

Your bloody good hearing
and your bloody good thought.
Your glory's a clearing
we can live in - you've bought.

A clearing in jungle.
Please give Jon your clear light
to shine & turn on well
both Easter, and tonight.

Amen.

A man who's tortured - for owning the Lord Yeshua

God, please keep on giving Saeed
grace in this time while it's needed
and your peace - a sign that what's said
comes from above this world that's dead.
Amen

Outback shown to Herald flown

Russ, flying mate; whose trip be great!

God, please take what has been done
and also what's been said,
that who's just been with your son
will respond though they're dead.

So like Jairus' daughter
she heard His spoken word..
..across that gulf it sought her,
brought her back undisturbed!

Please do all of that again
where they've flown these last days,
that you be known there as "friend"
recognizing you - in praise!

Amen.

A blessed sister came but we missed her!

Blessings be from us to you,
blessings from the ONE who's true,
so you'll be a blessing too.
Pass on his grace, as you do!
Paul & Pearl-Girl, W.

Keeping in touch with friends and such...

I think the key that our brother James reminded us of, is worth remembering:
That one about " be quick..., slow to ..., slow to..."

God help this sister as she goes
about this "quick..", & these two "slows"
that your spirit, (or wind that blows)
will breathe through her love's life that shows.

And while you're at it please in me
do this same work that (you will see)
the life of Christ will be set free
- this will reflect more your glory..

Plans fall through for some at zoo..

God's blessing be upon this bunch,
as they meet up or just have lunch.
We see our plans don't always work,
but whether we're at home, or kirk,
or in the park, or at the zoo,
we lift our hearts, & each to you.

Was Katie being silly, when she said "Pray for Milly"?

God, thank you for Milly;
U gave us her in Tas-
-mania, and silly
us named her, names she has:
Battle-maiden, one in
a hundred thousand strong,
God make her against sin,
and Evil's string-along.
Jayne; wise, gift (from above)
give her that, & make her,
to live out your true love,
that no trick will shake her.
Please will you give her strength
& gracious help as well,
that she might rest, the length
of these tough times -your gell.
Amen.

Please help our sister, God.

Good news, Anna. 

Thanks for filling us in.

Please God, can a

splodge of grace be given

to Anna's dad

who needs you now more than

ever he had,

'cause - closer to the end..

..or is it the

beginning, that he is 

closer to? We

forget our life's like his.

Len, Hannah, and

Petra who're visiting

later on, can

also be blessed, to sing...

Please make Anna

able to do work well

collecting your manna,

and sharing like a bell.

Amen.

Man of Sorrows

O my God I feel like dying,
don't feel like living on -
I've had a few drinks, not lying,
but EVERYTHING feels wrong.

Where were you when I was seven?
- and all my other life?
- my dreams that turned from heaven
to hell, and men of strife,

to men who forced little boys
(to make themselves feel tough)
men who made them shrink to toys
- and still weren't man enough.

I haven't had a good night's sleep
 in 30 good long years
and many days I have a weep,
shed sad (and angry) tears.

I somehow feel responsible
complicit to those acts
of degradation - fearful-
I never can relax.

My God, I'm glad that other Man
has come to this here Earth
and "took" the stuff that this world can
throw at us after birth.

He showed us how to stay in charge;
your tiny little son.
and trusted when Evil was large,
and you saw that he won! -

- Not by never feeling that pain
and keeping free of strife,
but running back to you again
then passing on that life.

His never-giving-up-ish life;
and that's what I need now,
while these destructive thoughts are rife
please save me now, somehow

from blaming every other one,
or just being selfish,
since you awoke me as your son,
to not clam up, a shellfish.