we are a family, .. we talk to our father.. 'bout others, enemies,.. sisters, brothers, mothers

Hey mum and Dad,
I would love your prayers. ...

God please give this woman
this Annabella Rose,
all she needs for stormin'
the barricades of foes

knowing her enemies
are: (dead) human cultures,
then our dead human-ness,
and spirits (like vultures)

feed 'n vestigial
fe-ars and desi-res
to gain prestigial
honours and admirers.

All of which, the life of
that new Son of Adam
has authority ov'r.
And she's his lamb who can

also, since he's given
her his bigger body,
and his Spirit in her
and armies, not shoddy;

all for purposes of
bringing on that great rule,
rule of love, from above,
though that may seem un-cool.

So we stand with her now
in our diff'rent spaces,
God we know, and now bow
to where your will traces...

Amen.

50th BD

Half-century ago
that little girl-ee
poked her little toe
into this world-ee...

Painter, not paint-ed
into a corner
we're glad she's not dead
-don't want to mourn 'er...

Sue Hodge has been born.
Hooray, hooray-ee!
Russ says un-forlorn:
"She's hot today-ee!"

So we say to Sue
Hip-hip-hooray then
hope you come back to
this day ag-ai-en!

a busy couple

Thanks bro.
May your week
be stong, 
so to speak.
Both go 
forward in
(not wrong, 
or in sin,

but) care,
under God,
and grace,
with his nod,
so there 
(Gunnedah),
your face, 
where you are

will show,
where you two
on earth, 
walk & do
things though
as God's "face"
your mirth
brings his grace.

... ... ... ... ... ...

Delight yourself in the wife of your youth, ... may her beasts satisfy you at all times (Proverbs 5)

Delight yourself in the Lord! Yes, find your joy in him at all times. .. (Philippians 4:4 )

ol' mate of late

... Anyway, nice to talk to you. How are you and your delightful family?

Chris Ross;
Good to hear from you.
I'm still 
being looked after.
The Boss,
as he's want to do,
(has)/will 
cause(d) laughter,

& mirth
(& given comfort)
"and some",
much more than I 
deserve
(bit like that "Mumford
& Sons" 
feel of pow'r & life)

Basic 
lessons still learning,
about:
meekness, and being
more quick:
listening; slow spearning,
to shout,
speak, and angering.

Help, God!
I need you as much,
or more,
than I did before.
And what
'bout fam'ly & such?
Sim'lar;
blest, and learning more.

You bro?
How are ya doing?
What things
been taking ya time?
God's show-
growing, persuing?
What brings
on joy that's sublime?

he made it through..... the interview!

God bless this Brad;
Hubby, & Dad,
so he can glad-
-ly be a "Rad."

Meaning "One who's
back to basics",
walks in the shoes
(not just of Asics)

of "Son of Man"
(the one they killed,
well, did what can
be done, they spilled

their jealousy
& their best pow'r
on his body,
not knowing our

good history shows
them to have failed,
Jo Av'rage knows
that what was "nailed"

in irony:
"King of the Jews"
now helps us see
they were confused

(or downright bad)
cept that he prayed...
Boy I am glad
his spirit stayed

around the place
to help us out,
not to disgrace
us in our doubt,

but to empower
these Pauls and Brads,
& too, to shower
love for our dads,

who being weak
(something like us)
need us to speak
true love. We must.

their marriage - present

JAMES (and I think Mandie too) have been learning to enjoy the present. (not the past, which gave birth to the present, nor the future which will be given birth to by the present). This PRESENT is what allows you to really enjoy all other presents.
Our little wedding presents are really reflections or emenations of two bigger presents, each one in this case given by three people.

The first one I'll mention is given by Mandie's mum and dad & herself; it's given to James Norcott, as his bride.

The second one I'll mention is given by James's mum and dad & heimelf; it's given to Amanda Pitt, as her husband.


Mandie Pitt 
and James Norcott
this is it - 
PRESENT you've got.

Unwrap now, 
enjoy the scene - 
friends around, 
not just "have been" ...

When the day 
comes (or the night)
so to pay 
attention bright

to anoth-
-er present there,
come with love 
let each be where

they are, then, 
both give/receive 
(way back when 
Christ lived/believed,

he gave hint 
of blessedness)
and he di'n't 
leave us to guess:

Yet he did 
so though he lived
it unhid-
-den when he gived

his proverb 
which brings some light
(note the verb, 
and you'll be right)

It's more blest 
(more lucky/ favoured)
like a nest 
(heaven flavoured)

to give, than 
receive (goodness)
so our man, 
& woman press

into this "more 
blessed"-ness.
No more Miss, 
new name 'n a dress.

No more sing-
-gle dad & boys.
Much more sing-
-ing, chuckling noise.

Amanda 
Lee Norcott has
given and 
received presence.

And James Llew-
-ellyn Norcott -
What to do -
with all you've got?

Thank God!

Jill's psalm...

Thanks for sharing this world with me Jill. Below is from what i heard and felt with you. This is the kind of thing i was trying to talk about (feel free to amend and extend). 
PAUL.


Why is my Eddie dead?
God, you are a father,
you know what's in my head.
You know that I'm rather

upset with things right now,
and I'm not all sure why
'cept I can list aloud 
my family who have died,

or are divorced from me,
and I feel left alone.
So I think that you'd see 
why I am sad and moan

(that's if I'd let myself),
I norm'lly keep moving, 
that's partly for my health,
but you have kept my car in;

can't back out today,
stuck in this piece of land,
so what more can I say 
'cause you're forcing my hand.

Well here I am right now
with quite a lonely hand, 
help me to groan aloud.
I'm glad you understand,

'cause if you don't you're not
"God" of whom Jesus spoke,
and I know that is rot,
for he would not so joke.

tbc...

Life Transformation Group in ON

Brad, it's OK
for LTG,
it's on today,
at 12 we meet.

Craig's still in town
today at least.
At the back, round,
is where we'll meet.

Galations -book,
learning to pray,
listen and look..
What do you say?

Hope to see you.
Straight after that
have to shoot through
- trip with a lad.

quick to listen, slow to speak...

Wasting time with God thinking about my family and friends, and talking about them with him. ... ... Learning this discipline through God's help snd others' in an LTG. ... ... 

Just had an idea 
of another way ,
as well as to pray,
for folk who are near

in my family and 
my friends' families too.
Uses what we do
already, as stands,

in our LTG 
- just letting it go
not faster, but slow.
It happened to me

last night, already,
at least the broad strokes,
there with a few blokes
(not very heady,

party in Molong)
it worked and it gave
a way to behave
(it was good and strong).

GOD, you're a GOOD MAN,
taken me in under
your wings, in wonder
I'll do what I can!

Thanks for Yeshua
who showed us your way
(& still does today).
GOOD, that's what you are!

Amen & amen.

@54

Katie, my laidee

has laid down her life,

not as some shady

fig-ure, but as wife

and helper in truth

to this ol’ fellow

(husband of her youth)

as she's grone mellow.

Grone a year older;

and that’s what she’s done

as she’s grone bolder

and too grone in fun!

That’s twenty-one years,

and then quite some months;

so it now appears

her husband at once

has really been blest

and quite helped has been,

as she gives respect

she's become his queen

(and he has grone too

with his paper crown,

learning what to do

when stuff's going down).

As follower of

that Yeshua Man

loud grones at times have

come in and (not ran

but hung around) stayed

for a while, at least.

some in joy were made,

some in grief released.

Life, ’times seems about

well, whether we('ve) “grone”;

with love (not without)

so let it be known

that hidden in life

(when we join others,

as above) they're rife;

GRONE’s breath un-smothers.

And, as “helper” goes,

well she's been “too right”

for don't you suppose

that that is a blight..

for God himself is

Man’s helper you see

and parents help kids,

- takes humility!

And love, though loving,

is at times quite tough;

not always shoving,

sometimes a bit rough.

Katrina’s my love,

and helper, she's grone,

brings light from above,

I say, and I've known

her ’cause she's opened

herself to this man

and he's more hope-ened

if more hope he can

have than he's got now.

Well, God help us all!

Let's not have a row..

-enough from this Paul.

Friday night outing with teachers from the Con. (Conservatorium of music)

Les, Milly's got the car tonight,
& Nelly has gone out as well,
so we think that we'll here decline
but hope that you'll all live to tell

of a great night at Robin Hood
(one of us finds it a bit loud), 
but hope you'll all have a real good
time there with such a great crowd-

all those con. artists from this place
(City of - This Place, Central West)
& that no one will be disgraced,
and wish you all the very best!

Thanks though for your invitation.
Please say "Hello" to all the rest.
When we've moved, on that occasion,
we'll have you all to our new nest!

Narelle the gel

Narelle the gel -
at fifty four
learning to tell
what she adores.

Hard times as well
as good she's seen.
Helping from "hell",
folk who have been

there in this life
(Godlessness stinks)
it's fruits are rife.
Heaven's eye winks

out through her face
to beckon folk
'way from disgrace
(sheila or bloke).

God, help her now
sing in your love
bring self somehow
cooing as dove

thanking for past
goodnesses come
(when they don't last
in this old glum

world), & with few
Expectations.
Know why you do
go to nations.

Live expectant
under your God,
dis-infectant
of fear. His bod.

Amen, amen.

bouncing off a good farewell ...

Looks like Angella has made 
a right/good farewell up here.
God please help her, unaffraid,
to remember you are near

when your people pray to you^
(it's like they invoke you there).
Angela, remember too,
his spirit prays in your prayer#.

And also let every thought
be a springboard to respond
more to the love that has caught
you up and would lead you on...

In God's future may she've made
just as good as this ending,
a start-up there, unaffraid,
recalling that you're wending

your way when yours pray to you^
(it's like they invoke you there).
Angela, remember too,
his spirit prays in your prayer#.

^ “Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy. Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is near to us whenever we call on him? And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today? “But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren." Deuteronomy 4:5‭-‬9 NLT http://bible.com/116/deu.4.5-9.NLT


#  "So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”  For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.) And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will."  Rom 8:15-16, 26-27 NLT  http://bible.com/116/rom.8.15-39.NLT

..they sang a (hallel^) psalm and went ... to the garden

The Lord has made this marvellous day let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 (PM Version)

Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you, even the small things. 1 Peter 5:7 (PM Version)

The Lord has made this marvellous day 
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
So Hallel psalms sing, chant, or say,
as Passover's songs^ were sung to wit

"untill" that one feast when the lamb
was sacrificed outside the city
of God, Zion's Jerusalem
with all the bloody knitty-gritty

of forming clothing made from skin,
building a portal to a new realm -
(new hea'en and earth to walk within)
turning tortures to hea'en, from hell.

Till even the worst things of Earth:
treachery, torture, taunting, & death;
on this marvelous day, then helped birth
by God's deep-magic, through that new "Seth"* ...

a greater beauty, deeper life,
a graceousness that has entered here,
combined with truth which enters strife
to act and save, with blood, sweat and tears.

Give to God all worries and cares,
for He cares about you & your growth,
even the small things that are there 
(or that aren't), for he's given his troth!

*"Seth" was the Son-of-Adam in the biblical narrative who provided the alternative to "Cain".
^ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallel : Hallel consists of six Psalms (113–118), which are recited as a unit, on joyous occasions[2].. . Hallel is recited during the evening prayers on the first (and, outside Israel, second) night of Pesach, except byLithuanian and German Jews, and by all communities during the Pesach Seder service. According to the Talmud,[3]there was a dispute between the school of Hillel and the school of Shammai regarding the reading of Hallel onPesach. According to the school of Shammai, only the first psalm (Ps. 113) should be read before the meal, whereas the school of Hillel advocated reading the first two psalms (Ps. 113 and 114). The remaining Psalms would be said after the Grace After Meals.. .

together to plan

Hi guys, I think we might need to change that meeting till after...  cause (my wife's) fam is here and are wanting to go out tonight for dinner then have a big roast tomorrow night.

Ok (though I
think that the Jon 
will soon then fly
off and be gone...

till the next year
when he comes back,
which may appear
not quite on track

for planning well,
letting folk know...
Could go by smell
- see how we go.

God, there's so much
to do and plan,
keep us in touch,
help that there man

to celebrate
& love his girl,
live in a state
of joy unfurled...

and we commit
to you fam'lies
that are a bit
blown, in the breeze

may it be of
your sweet live breath
moving us on
-even in death!

Amen.

certainty in uncertainty

still working out details, and looking at houses, probably have to move because of mould...
....... ....... .......

Your help, Oh God, we do espouse,
and we would trust unflinchingly,
as Jesus did when he moved house,
from what we know, and our minds see,

when he moved down from Nazareth,
to a house in Capernaum;
or when he moved to this old earth
from up in heaven, down he come! 

Or when he moved from Galillee
in the North, to Jerusalem,
and set his face, and set his feet
to go, and be your perfect lamb...

'cause he knew you'd not forsake him,
though it looked like that's what you did;
He trusted you would awake him,
back to life, though at night you're hid.

Chris Phillips' B-day.

Chris Phillips, dis very day,
he B older by one year
than he was the yester day
How B that? You say, I hear.

That's B cause, you may have heard,
of that practice of the B,
in the every B old word
B uzzing with some sweet honey;

hence the B-DAY, and you may
have seen versions of it round.
Some B‘s silently you say,
some you say with great Big sound!

Happy B-day! Hope you’ve had,
and I celebrate with you
years on earth, from heav’nly dad,
though not sure how many to

reckon to your name today.
Every one you add anew
helps you to recall and stay
glad & thankful. We are too.

Amen.