Learning to communicate with people

from Jesus and his ambassadors

Div Thanks to God for dem, and what dey've done.

Conduit Appreciation so they've heard,

by letting dem know Dat and having fun.

Bles-sing them, in both action and in word.

Ask THEM good questions, think about them well

(the kind that are appropriate each time).

This is not feeling that you have to Tell

them off, or what to do. It is benign.

                0. “What did you mean by that? Could you repeat

                      that please? (I think I missed it, sorry mate.)

                      What evidence helped you to draw complete

                      conclusions like these? Stories that relate?

1. “What opportunity seems now to be

the greatest glowing in the world just now?

2. “What do you see to be the greatest need

or problem that should be addressed somehow?

3. What think you of conceptions that a close

and big need in the world ’sfor leadership -

that sees itself as minding it for those

who are not “we ourselves”, whom we can gyp.

4. And what would that true leadership look like?

What qualities would need to be a part

of who they are, since they were just a tyke,

Describe them for me, with science or art.

5. You ever seen a leader in your life

who lived a bit like that? What did they do?

(The story, with the background stuff, and strife,

might help us to appreciate your view.)

6. "What do you know of others who were so?

(Not just from me-di-a reports - to get

more “Likes” on them; that you can say you “know”.)

And are there commonalities? - that set

the life of such a one, that makes them “shine”,

and might help us to see the way ourselves

and follow up, till their likeness is mine?

To make this world a little less our “hells”.

7. What do you know (of leadership like that)

from Joshua that ancient Jewish lad

who in an occupied terit'ry sat

and said to hate their enemies was bad

his option for a human was to pray

for them - a blessing from their father God.

He hung around enough to act and say

things that to Empire pow'red ears sound odd!

Be careful then, to hang around myself

(with wisdom from above, to know the time)

to Listen to them, in sickness and health,

to all their feedback, not just words that rhyme..

Creatively respond like Jesus to

these people, with that kindness that brings life,

in desp'rate sit-u-a-tions, for he'd choose

to lose his life on Earth and trust what's rife

of God's good purposes, that go beyond

horizons that we see from where we are.

For he knew that his God was “rather fond”

of every person that he'd seen so far!

'dExpect good seed to grow; but know there is

an enemy about who also plants

the seeds of weeds to make the crop a fizz

competing for the nutrients. Per chance

they MAY have a good purpose in the world,

it's just that here and now does not “go there”.

I'll need an access to what God has hurled

about of knowledge, wisdom, and repair:

to know explosions don't have to bring dearth,

but only use them where they'll “helpful” be

(reactions that sustain all life on Earth

if closer than the sun, might kill the sea).