Oh thank you God for all the ways these folk
reflect and pass on goodness in this world.[1]
The kindness and the hard work that each bloke
& sheila shows, the beauty that's been hurled
out, in them, through them, 'coz of who they are
when their best side is shown and acted on.
The smile, the thoughtful action or answer,
creative (& forgiving) work that's shone,
& added to the human project thus
far, all reflections of their father God.
I start to see why you go to such fuss
receiving back your lost lambs to the fold.
Please God, save these from harm and evil too,
I somehow feel responsible for them,
but better too by far, is that "to you
they have responded, for you are their hen,
and they're your chicks, and some have run to you",
as their defense, as their strong tower, who
when they're in trouble, they will run right to
and find themselves as "gathered, and made true".
God's peace be on all those who live within
this household {which is much more than 'this house' -
a household might've chosen tent-livin',
and they can make some orn'ry things look grouse!
B'coz they are creative sparks from him,
who thought up good, then talkin' to 'imself,
an' talkin' to the thing he was makin',
created this whole world, from 'off the shelf',
- that's as a way of speaking - in 'iz mind,
and then used 'this', to make some more o' 'that',
then put them both together, and we find
that WE have been made up, with a 'spit splat'.
And yet we aren't just sparks, or his robots,
(unless we're bound within that world-view where
we always must interpret what we've got
to say "we are machines, that SEEM to care").
reflect and pass on goodness in this world.[1]
The kindness and the hard work that each bloke
& sheila shows, the beauty that's been hurled
out, in them, through them, 'coz of who they are
when their best side is shown and acted on.
The smile, the thoughtful action or answer,
creative (& forgiving) work that's shone,
& added to the human project thus
far, all reflections of their father God.
I start to see why you go to such fuss
receiving back your lost lambs to the fold.
Please God, save these from harm and evil too,
I somehow feel responsible for them,
but better too by far, is that "to you
they have responded, for you are their hen,
and they're your chicks, and some have run to you",
as their defense, as their strong tower, who
when they're in trouble, they will run right to
and find themselves as "gathered, and made true".
God's peace be on all those who live within
this household {which is much more than 'this house' -
a household might've chosen tent-livin',
and they can make some orn'ry things look grouse!
B'coz they are creative sparks from him,
who thought up good, then talkin' to 'imself,
an' talkin' to the thing he was makin',
created this whole world, from 'off the shelf',
- that's as a way of speaking - in 'iz mind,
and then used 'this', to make some more o' 'that',
then put them both together, and we find
that WE have been made up, with a 'spit splat'.
And yet we aren't just sparks, or his robots,
(unless we're bound within that world-view where
we always must interpret what we've got
to say "we are machines, that SEEM to care").
He also told our story to us so
we'd know that we are no less than "his kids",
and told us to remember, so we'd grow
up more to be like him until our lids
can open up, and then when we come out
the screaming, and the crying, and the smiles,
the celebrating (with all of God's shouts)
his children have been born after 'a while'.
So when a household's made of baby gods,
and 'shalom' means to thrive, as gardens grow;
if they're connected to "The GOD", what odds
'dyou bet against, in saying "that will show"?}
Now I recall Ye-SHU-ah prayed for all
his children, who had let him lead them and
then listened to his voice, and then recalled,
and built upon that rock! Thus will I stand!
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[1] When I have felt like giving up praying for people, or using time up considering them, I've been reminded again of the starting point of - giving thanks for them… start with thanksgiving, let love grow in me for them, to do more. Like with all drama and acting, the audience and actors are participating by maintaining a "suspension of disbelief", but this is using a suspension of unlove, so that love has a chance to send roots down. e.g. Paul says something like ( "I find that always...", or "firstly...", "...I thank my God for you" Rom 1:8; 1 Cor 1:4,14; 14:18; Philip1:3; Col 1:3; 1Thess1:2; 3:9; 2Thess 1:3; 2:13; ...
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