THRIVING WORDS!!

So listen carefully, my dear child, pay

attention to all that I have to say!!

For everything  I teach you is in love,

and with the wisdom that’s come from above.

So fill your thoughts with my words until they

will penetrate deep into your whole way

of life, & spirit, soul, and bod’ obey.

As you unwrap my words, they will still play

their tune of life, their “game” of radiant  health

imparting them inside your very self.
Above all, guard the focus of your heart,

for where your treasure is (that’s where your art -

creative forces play), that’s where you’ll be!

Don’t overlook the welfare of life's seed.

Trust God for outward stuff and every need,

the garden of your life will spring indeed!

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HEALING WORDS!!

Listen carefully, my dear child, to everything that I teach you, pay attention to all that I have to say!!
Fill your thoughts with my words until they penetrate deep into your spirit. Then, as you unwrap my words, they will impart true life and radiant health into the very core of your being!!
So above all, guard the affections of your heart,for they affect all that you are!!
Pay attention to the welfare of your inner most being,for from there flows the wellspring of life…  Proverbs 4:20-23. (The Passion Translation)

Love from above!

A Love that’s patient, kind, and can't be shoved

on people; just reflect it and you’ll know

it as experience, though “from above”.

Do you know love like this? I do hope so.

This Love of which I speak is not jealous,

it isn't boastful, proud or rude at all.

It dain’t dishonour those other fellas,

keeps no records of wrongs, it’s not so small,

& it ain’t  irr’ta-ble, and quickly burred

up. Love does not delight in  injustice

or evil, though it is quite quickly  stirred -

rejoices when the truth’s on top and wins.

Love never gives up, never loses faith,

it’s always hopeful, and endures through all,

& every circumstance.. it is God’s way

(this “most excellent” path that stoops so small).

And what delight comes to those who will go

along this way in company with him.
They won't follow advice from  wicked though,

or join with mockers in their “caving in”.

Their pleasure/ passion is: remaining true

to what God said, & keeping it in mind!
They stand firm like a flourishing tree, you,

oh God, have planted, … so then they will find

they're deeply rooted by the waters’ edge

and bear fruit in each season of their lives!
Leaves don't wither (their fall is just alleged),

they prosper 'stead of meeting their demise!!

How different are the wicked. They’re like straw,

unrooted, dead & dry, & blown away.

So set your hearts on God's kingdom that’s for

all good that will persist, provide, and stay.

Refuse to worry ’bout tomorrow, trust

your father to enable you to deal

with every challenge that comes that would bust

you otherwise. And if it does, he’ll heal!

Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face.
Always remember wonders he has done.

Give thanks unto Him, recognize the Ace!

No greater love from anyone has come!

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Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not dishonour others. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. Love does not delight about injustice or about evil, Love rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Corinthians 13:4-7 (PM Version)

What delight comes to those who follow God's ways!!
They don't follow the advice of the wicked or join in with mockers!!
Their pleasure and passion is remaining true to the word of God, meditating on it day and night!!
They stand firm like a flourishing tree planted by God, deeply rooted by the waters edge bearing fruit in every season of their lives!!
Their leaves never wither and they prosper in all they do!!
But how different are the wicked. They are like dust in the wind, blown away to destruction!!
Psalm 1:1-4 (PM Version)

Set your heart on Gods kingdom and His goodness, and all these things will come to you as a matter of course. Mathew 6:33 (PM Version)

Refuse to worry about tomorrow, deal with each challenge that comes your way, one day at a time. Tomorrow will take care of itself!! Matthew 6:34 (PM Version)

'I look to the Lord and His strength; I seek His face always. I remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and give thanks to Him...'
Psalm 105:1,4-‬5 (CR Version)

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friend!!John 15:13 (PM Version)

the unseen is more lasting

I choose today not to dwell on the temporary troubles I see in this life, rather, I fix my eyes on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. 2 Corinthians 4:18 (PM Version)

Amen. We both choose that WAY.
Following him we've not seen
(up until this very day),
for his word shines forth a gleam!

And we trust his word to be
more solid than this whole world;
holding it up, as a beam
holds a house or building tall.

SAYING things

Well, must I SAY what I perceive to be

what’s real and true and right about others?

If this is “End of Time”, and all I see

is what is seen by God, and nothing less,

then maybe I must play my role right now.

(So maybe, Mums & Dad's, and teachers too,

of little children, must do that somehow.

But this ain’t “End of Time”! So what to do?

Well, maybe that’s ok, if it is done

with motivations that are God's right now,

so “End of Time” sees a better outcome -

from loving heart, and loyalty of brow.

But not that “righteous anger” of the first

ol’ Son of Adam that walked on the earth’s

good surface, God warned him that sin would burst

in kidnapping, enslaving him and worse.

It’s said if you communicate (as ought)

to others that you’re "with" them in their plight

of broken-ness, and you will give support

and walk with them as they walk in this night, ...

Why then you're living as our leader did
(& not Rome's Leader of power and might,
the Leader of humanity, who fled
at times, and others walked straight into sight).

If things go diff’rent-ly because of love

(commandments 1 & 2 Christ* left with his),

that might be 'coz he has come from above,

with insight into how this world now is!

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* I've come to understand the "Christ" as the one identified & named (christened) as not just the High King, the High Prophet, and the High Priest, but the ultimate leader in EVERY WAY, the Leader of humanity ( both senses, all the people's of the world, not just the Jews; and leading us all back into our real humanity)

"… speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. … Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. ... Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you".  Ephesians 4:15‭, ‬29‭, ‬31‭-‬32 NIVUK

Txt2me: I think if you can communicate to others that you are "with" them in their brokenness, and gonna walk with them and support them on their journey, not just criticise and then leave them to deal with it all alone.

shoot up

On ANZAC Day the shooting starts again.

The gnarly wizzen faces of those men

and women who know memories are built

at least the ones re-membered in their gilt

and bronze commemoration plaques around

the garden edges and some seats there  found.

The comrad’ry from suffering, and such,

and sharing hardships, helps so very much

to make a person less empty at best

than otherwise they might be when they're blest

with goods and services abounding here,

while yet their empty lives will make it clear

that humans thrive when they are sharing life,

thus cultures/social-constructs (husband/wife;

and friends who keep the other in their mind,

are part of what we humans do now find

to be quite indispensable for growth,

and thriving, not just maintenance, - well both.

And somehow for a while on Anzac Day,

we once again remember the price paid

of life and health in this place where we're hurled

for this short time, that points to other worlds

invisible to eyes that just see light,

where honour, love and friendship are more bright,

like fireworks that's shot up to celebrate,

a soldier who is more than that, - a mate,

and life takes on a brighter sheen just then,

a bigger life sends shoots up once again!

shot through...

I was gardening today looking at what a beautiful place I was in. And, it was especially so, as the sun shone through the leaves in just such a way to illuminate them gently, and the dog playing on the lawn, scratching its back, and the sparrows and wrens, flitting through the shrubs and trees. A thought came to me, 'can this be only temporary?'. And yet it is. It must be. This broken wreck of an earth is passing by, with such beauty left in it that I wonder what will come next, when it is gone.

C.C.U.

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My friend said that today he was gard’ning.

He stopped to look at what a lovely place

he was then in, which helped stop the hard'ning

of heart that happens in those task/ job ways.

The loveliness was ‘specially so, as sun-

shine shone through leaves in such a way as to

illuminate them gently, and the fun

the dog had playing on the lawn, in view

while scratching on it’s back, and the sparrows

and wrens were flitting through the shrubs and trees.

The thought came to him, 'Can this be narrow-

ly, only temporary - if you please?

And yet he saw it is, & it must be.

This broken wreck of Earth is passing on,

but with such beauty left that he could see,

it got him wond’ring “What’s next, when it’s gone?”

P.W. (after C.C.U.)

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cross between love and faith

Then Jesus said to folk around about

"If any of you wants to follow me,

you must deny yourself and then take up

your Roman-torture-death and then we’ll see..

God’s work. Said Jesus, "I assure you (know!)

if you have faith (in God) and do not doubt,

you can do things like this and much more-so.

You even can say to this mountain, “Out,

be lifted up and throw into the sea,”

and it will happen (might not need to shout).

Faith brings our hopes into reality

and then becomes the red carpet rolled out!

This carpet’s not an everyday event

so in itself, when it’s found on the track,

it’s kind of evidence that royalty went

by here, & (if it said so) might come back.

'When Spirit is poured on us from on high,

deserted places of our hearts become

quite fertile, & the birds begin to fly,

& justice meets us where we thought “There's none!”

And righteousness emerges & brings peace;

enduring quietness and a  confidence.

Though storms still come, our blessings never cease;

we stay secure, & sow seed that grows hence.

You are and always will be dearly loved

by God, your Father, if you’ll have it so.

A Love that’s patient, kind, and can't be shoved

on people, just reflect it and you’ll know.

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Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν ὄχλον σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ⸂Εἴ τις⸃ θέλει ὀπίσω μου ⸀ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι.  ΜΑRΚ 8:34

Jesus said to his disciples "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 (PM Version)

Jesus told them, "I assure you, if you have faith and don't doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, 'May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,' and it will happen." Matthew 21:21 (PM Version)

Faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen  Hebrews 11:1 (PM Version)

'When the Spirit is poured on us from on high, the deserted places of our hearts become fertile & justice meets us in the least suspecting places. Righteousness emerges & brings peace; an enduring quietness and confidence. Though the storms still come, we are blessed; we remain secure & rest undisturbed; and we sow seed to produce fruit for His sake regardless, for the prosperity of all...'. Isaiah 32:15‭-‬20 (CR Version)

You are and always will be dearly loved by God.
Colossians 3:12a. (PM Version)

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Corinthians 13:4 (PM Version)

things done in secret, are being made known..

Secret message:

God loves the world very much. And, he has shown us humans this in a special way. He put his one son on the earth long ago, (he only had one child at the time), and his son loved him very much. The son knew that his dad loved all people very much, and knew that he had been sent to earth to show everyone how much God loves them. The son loved all people very much too, because his dad did. One day, he even died for his friends. He did many other things too while he was on earth. He met many people and told them many good things, to show them how to love other people, just like his dad would want them to. People who listened to him were allowed to be God's children, and whoever listens to him now, are also allowed to become God's children.

Pass it on!

C.C.U.

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A secret message, now revealed, is out!
God loves this world so very much. And he

has shown us humans this without a doubt.

In special ways he let us know, to free

us from our slavery, to whom we gave

ourselves to when so much was promised us.

His heart was sad to see us made a slave,

when he made us to rule his world on trust.

He put a true son on the earth to show

his leadership and love so good and true.

To model how to live when in the know,

of God's love, and our job, in all we do.

The son did all his job, and God was glad.

But part of what he did  was show how to

not clutch at this small life, but trust our Dad,

& lead us into dying as he'd do…

It's like when slaves have died, indentured life

is over now, and out, and that's it - gone.

But God who can raise dead without much strife,

can raise us up and bring that  Christ-life on!

And that's the life that loves as Christ himself

loves father God and all his fam-i-ly.

Who takes his lead and listens, gets his health,

this welcome “Leader of Humanity”.

This second Adam also was conceived

by God himself, the life of his own “seed”

implants within all those who have received

it, they’d become, too God’s own kids in deed.

The secret is out! - God’s having a(nother) baby!

P.W. (after C.C.U.)

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It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps. He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips. When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.  1 Peter 2:21‭-‬23 GNTD

Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children. They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.  The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son. John 1:12‭-‬14 GNTD

satisfied?

It is important to be satisfied with what you have, keep your lives free from the love of money. God said "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you" Hebrews 13:5 (PM Version)

It is important 
to be satisfied 
with what is dormant
in you, or applied

to you, so you have
it, now keep your lives
free from the love of
money. God said "I 

(this sounds just like Love)
will never fail you"
I will never a-
bandon you" - it's true.

Amen. Hallelu.

This God's Love

This God’s Love is amazing! For although

his love of truth is blazing - call it wrath -

against corruption, so that it must go,

he’ll find a way to grow his kids - not froth

& bubble (leaven’s work, as done in dough);

but as a gum tree shirks not to grow wood,

that holds the leaf that cleans the air, you know,

he’ll make a way that means we'll grow up good.

And it’s the magic seen when tree, from seed,

grows up and works to clean the air around,

and somehow then more oxygen is freed

(that chlorophyll unlocks), and from the ground

the dirty water filtered and entubed

is brought to join and milled with CO2

because, as milk in mammals is en-boobed,

to nourish their young, can be what mums do

in following the way of such a one

who is, as one might say, both Mum & Dad,

and like a mum whose blood is shed (no fun),

just to allow, like mud, a seed that had

been covered up “perchance”  intimately,

to flourish and emancipate within

the body of it's Mum (whom it can't see)

until it can then come out and “begin”(!),

and start as inno-sent within God’s world,

with weakness still, but meant to be “like God”.

it can now know it’s Mum, in whom 'twas curled,

and too it's Dad. How come? Does that seem odd?

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God's love is amazing!!! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration. "You are now righteous in my sight". And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never, yes never experience the wrath of God!!  Romans 5:9 (PM Version)

“as someone has said, ‘In him we live and move and exist.’ It is as some of your poets have said, ‘We too are his children.’ Acts 17:28 GNTD

......... let us rejoice and be …

This day that God has made for us to live

on his good earth and rule it as he made

us up to do, will find some here that give

thanks to the one who made us and then bade

us to be blessed, and multiply, and rule.

Let all rejoice and be glad in your sire!
Delight yourself in God, who is no fool,

and He will give to you your heart's desires.

Commit to him now, everything you do,

and trust Him and then He will help you out.

I pray that God, the source of hope fills you

completely with his joy and peace throughout,

because you trust in him who is faithful.

Then you will overflow with confidence

& hope (instead of hopelessness, hateful

of spirit), through the power of His Presence.

When Jesus saw the crowds milling about

while waiting for him to arrive to them,

compassion moved him to keep on, no doubt,

they seemed harassed and helpless, like sheep when

they are without a shepherd. So He said

in changing the analogy for his

disciples, "See the harvest here’s (not dead!

-  in fact it is real) GREAT, but there it is

not in the barns, but still in fields (where sown),

because the harvest workers are so few.

The grain does not just jump off on it’s own,

it seems God’s left some work for us to do.

So, if our faith remains strong, even while

surrounded by life's difficulties, we

will know the untold blessings of God’s smile!

True happiness comes with this victory -

of passing every test of faith, each trial

(God hopes will make us stronger, and too, free!)

will turn that crown of life into (right while

we wear it unadorned) into - a tree,

a tree of life that just continues on,

to bear fruit, and whose leaves will heal as well

(instead of simply band-aiding upon

our wound, that is the source of our own hell).

A living field, a tree of life, a crown

of life & victory promised by God

to those who love him, and are always found

responding to his ev’ry little nod.

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This is the day The Lord has made, let us all rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 (PM Version)

Delight yourself in The Lord, and He will give you your hearts desires. Commit everything you do to The Lord. Trust Him and He will help you.  Psalm 37:4-5 (PM Version)

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (PM Version)

Jesus saw the crowds and He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said "THE HARVEST IS GREAT, BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW" Matthew 9:37-38 (PM Version)

If your faith remains strong, even while surrounded by life's difficulties, you will continue to experience the untold blessings of God! True happiness comes as you pass the test with faith and receive the victorious crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12 (PM Version)

Reign on...

Hi won't be able to get there today mopping up after storm then feed the calves sorry huge hailstorm rain today...
Under water here - rivers. House leaks when God turns it on he turns it on…

Fences down horses cattle everywhere wow

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Oh God, please give ol' mate your wisdom please.
And help him to see what to do there with
the leaks & water, calves and horses he's
responsible for, and his kin and kith.

Amen