Learning to count..

Please teach us Lord our God, to keep account,
re-mem-ber-ing how finite is this life,
that each day numbered, named, will quite stand out
unique, with opportunities and rife

with chances to gain more, or grow a - heart
of wisdom, which comes down from Hea'en above,
that perseveres (to "finish" not just  "start"),

& drenches all it does with godly love.

And one who dwells within the secret place,
who has a secret life with the Most High,
will live each day within the shadowed space

under the wings of "mother hen". Let's try

to do what Jesus wished those folk would do:
straight to him for protection quickly run
from life alone without a parent to

do what a parent's love will see is  done.

And learn to take his kind 'ove protection
with real, hard, jobs within the family.
Yeshua trusted God's resurrection

to come on through, to hold him, on the sea,

to get his boat right straightaway to land,
to feed the folk who all turned up to see
what they could get (that whiffed of heaven's hand)

when "his" two fish (both dead) and bread weren't free.

I'll say of this my Lord, Jesus, "He is 

my shelter, & my refuge, my god whom
now will I trust! - above all my fears
and I like him will "grow up", in (t)his 'womb'*.
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*[I say "(t)his 'womb' ", for all this world is his,
but also for this world is our true womb,
protected by God's own pers'nal presence,
one day we will "come out" from it's cocoon!]
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Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. James 1:2‭-‬7 NIVUK ( https://bible.com/bible/113/jas.1.2-7.NIVUK )

Teach us Lord to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 (PM Version)

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. James 3:13‭, ‬17‭-‬18 NIVUK ( https://bible.com/bible/113/jas.3.13-18.NIVUK )

He who dwells in the secret place of the most high, will abide under the shadow of the almighty, I will say of The Lord, He is my shelter, my refuge, my God... in Him will I trust. Psalm 91:1-2 (PM Version)

All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children. For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free. Romans 8:19‭, ‬22‭-‬23 GNTD ( https://bible.com/bible/69/rom.8.19-23.GNTD )