The Samuel 2020 vision

And "Samuel" the name, can mean two things:

"the name of God" [in which case it reminds

us of the one himself who hears and sings,

perceives, believes, the one who looks and finds,

whose name should not be bandied all about,

but held as sacred, just because it points 

to whom it does, (that's not to say "Don't shout

it!" - Like a Bono, David he anoints

to be the ruler, king, of that good land.

As singer he would sing his name aloud,

both person'lly while shepherding, or stand-

ing leading Israel, as a thronging crowd

into the presence of this One himself,

towards the Eden of God's company

in Eve'ning walks, to talk of life and health, 

as does a family, showing that hurt knee…)]

As "Samuel" 's said it also can mean that

"God heard" - as the creator of a world

(by speaking out a word) - both round and flat,

but as a Dad or Mum hears their child curled 

on lounge or bassinet, because of love.

Deciphers every cry, to understand.

Just so, recall now He, who from above

has heard and suffered well in his own land.

And then that Samu'el of fame amongst 

the rulers and the judges of God's flock,

who learned to listen to the God of hosts,

petition him, who knew him as his rock!

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Samuel (sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God heard" (שם האלוהים Shem HaElohim) (שמע אלוהים Sh'ma Elohim). Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and later anointed David. WIKIPEDIA

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"She'll be right" tourers..

Well thank you for your friendship over years,
for looking for the best.. amongst the rest
of me. I spent a day, some time arrears,
with someone very like me. As a test,

I now see, showing up, my immature-
ity, and also formative of life
& love, now that I feel what will endure
(along with what will not) amidst the strife

and feelings not of trust, but of great frust
- rations of my bacon that are half baked.
and takin's of my takin's that now must
be re-distributed to those I taked

from. Like that dirty tax-collector bloke.
I never felt much like him. But I am.
A dealer in those things that pull and poke
to make a mechanism cov'ring sham.

Not burying, as dead but keeping still
the once remembered properties of love,
the movement at a whim to good that will
keep propagating more of what's above,

beyond; but here below - on this here Earth.
Oh, God, i can't yet see you face to face,
for i am still a blastophere, no birth
has yet occured on earth amongst our race.

Or so it seems to me, from whom i met,
and eyeballed with these eyes I thought could see.
(Now I see they're a metaphor to whet
my knowledge that is true of love. Of "we".

…….

A mamalian mother, models part of preternatural parenthood...

God, thanks for her, and her good milk for Babe,
it's pretty special that this can be so.
Please give your patient grace to help her save
herself from this contaminated flow

of what should be life-giving helpful stuff
from this here culture that we're living in,
but is instead infected, with "unlove"
we need your antibodies now to win.

And thank you for that body of your own,
the anti-Anti-Christ of God, your son,
who covers over, and who will atone,
for all that is unlove, and who has won

the fight of health and cleanliness, and life
that's over and against the death and hate
that steals and will destroy and kill, and stife-
le. We are glad he's not the Christ "of late";

and that you are the present tense "full on",
without the tenseness of anxiety
or fear (that is the hole when hope has gone).
Your tension's from some new directioning.

And though we do not see the picture whole,
and still see some quite little bits up close,
we trust your creativity to solve
our greatest problems, with your holy ghost

who first was hov'ring over chaos deep
and wide (as far as Earthly things then went)
so bringing life and love, to make them leap
on up, and out, of random dead events!

Psalm one 'n' a hundred hits the mark...

God, I will sing of justice & of love

and I will sing to you, a song of praise.

And I will be responsive to your dove

of shalom, and your motivating ways.

I'll let your peaceful prosper-ous-ness throw

me out into deserted wastelands to

test me to see which way I'll really go,

and whether I will choose to hear from you

or justify myself, in what I choose,

& what is chosen 'round about me too.

Oh God in growing wisdom I'd not lose

my innocence. I need your help to do

this, will you come to me? - for I'm in need.

For what I know as right and true and good

is not the only thing I'd like to feed

on. Please help me to do just what I should.

Affairs within my household, I'll conduct

with blameless heart, that won't just be beguiled.

I hate what faith-less-ness does when it's mucked

about. I won't approve of what is vile.

I'll have no part in what's perverse of heart,

I'll keep that kind of talk far off from me;

I will not have to do with snakey's part

that plays at breaking covenants to “free”

folk’s choices up, to let us do “our will” -

what our desi-re at that time might be.

I’ll take no part with slanderers who kill

in secret, nor help haughty eyes to see.

My eyes will be on faithfulness and true 

men/ women who will trust in God’s supply,

for partners, (who will dwell with me, not sue),

for food and drink, and shelter & for light!

So God help me, to not deceive myself

as I am wont to do, when left alone.

Without you, I am not in such good health,

and you look after all who are your own!

Oh that I might have lie-detector pow’rs.

But I don’t think that I’m here as the judge.

I need to be more ready to spend hours

in list’ning to the truth, not to a “fudge”

that’s really self-fulfilling prophecy,

or maybe just the thought that we can make

a person who is good, and just, and free,

the same as when a baker bakes a cake.

I hear the call to follow Last Adarm’s

Appearance on this earth - from up above:

more willey than the serpent, but less harm,

from list’ning to, and being like, the dove.

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I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord , I will sing praise.  I will be careful to lead a blameless life – when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.  I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it. The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.  Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate. My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; the one whose way of life is blameless will minister to me.  No-one who practises deceit will dwell in my house; no-one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord. Psalms 101:1‭-‬8 NIVUK

What some people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. Luke 16:15

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plans ...

"I know the plans I have for you" says he
the Father of all fatherhood, the Lord,
Creator, maker of all good that we
esteem as such so we do not get bored!

"For they are plans for good and not disas-
-ter, to give you a hope and future bright!!"
You see that every child of God outlasts
a world, and nations, everything in sight!

They are victor-i-ous, they overcome
the whole world and its system that is fraught
with power shortages as though it’s sum
of pow-er is what it itself has brought

in by conniving practices that need
continu-al devouring to preserve.
It’s like a mushroom that grows like a weed,
but grows by decomposing, gets its verve

not from the light itself, but what eludes
that has already stored some energy.
In that way it does not make its own foods
but must rely on other things that breed.

Each child of God, is like a god themselves,
but they choose not to see themselves alone.
Their nature is as different as are elves.
They overcome this world through faith(, that bone)!

Continuing, persistent fulcrum which,
with sinue-s, and some muscles also mean
that actions come about, and things are stitched
together into more than just a dream!

So now we thank you Lord that you are our
provider of all things we need each day.
You give us light and leave us your own pow’r -
- atomic is much less than love’s, I say!

So now whatever’s lovely, what is true,
whatever’s noble, right, pure, adm’rable,
praiseworthy, excellent, those things we’ll do,
and think of to make them imag’nable.

For those who will the Lord strongly pursue
will not lack any good thing, though the strong
and wealthy of this world will get the flue,
grow weak, and hungry, after very long.

But you and I, created in his “chance”,
are masterpieces of this God in Christ.
Before our birth, God planned out in advance
our destiny and good works that he likes!

If we will openly declare that he
that’s Jesus, is the Lord, the boss, in charge;
and trust in ou-r hearts that God was pleased
to raise him from the dead, to be “at large”;

We will be saved from this ol’ dyin’ world.
For trust in God is serious good stuff!
Can right all wrong, because he is who hurled
each thing that matters. His word is enough.

So we will thank the Lord, for he is good.
Yes- he is always loving and too kind,
his faithful love will never end, nor could.
For he will never end, his love’s not blind!

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"For I know the plans I have for you" says The Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a hope and a future!!" Jeremiah 29:11 (PM Version)

You see, every child of God is victorious and overcomes the world through our continuing, persistent faith in Jesus the Son of God. 1 John 5:4 (PM Version)

Thank you Lord that you are our provider of all we need each day. Mathew 6:11 (PM Version)

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think of such things. Philippians 4:8 (PM Version)

Even the strong and the wealthy grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue The Lord will never lack any good thing. Psalm 34:10 (PM Version)

You are God's masterpiece- created in Christ. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!! Ephesians 2:10 (PM Version)

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. Romans 10:9‭-‬10 (PM Version)

Give thanks to The Lord, for he is good. Yes- he's always loving and kind, and his faithful love never ends. Psalm 107:1 (PM Version)

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Things go badly for the start of our group twice now

Oh God, I know you're up there, and down here.
We know that your good ways aren't all we see.
So we will trust you somehow to make clear
whatever else we need to do, or be!

mooring goodness...

Oh God you've scattered goodness 'round about

and now you've shared the best bits with your kids,

we get to share with you, the pain, and shout

with joy as you tra-va-il. So we did,

and now we get to see things t'other way

around, about, from your side of life here,

where knowledge is not stuff that we just say,

but loving service, so life will appear,

and grow from weak, and ignorant, with needs

that's just absorbing all the love it can,

to strong and pow-er-ful and like those steeds

that take, and make more powerful a man

or woman who will ride on them to do

whatever must be done in God's good world.

But also with a magic that will move,

enab'ling Good and Love to more be hurled

out into this wide universe, as does

this God who never stops his work that's good,

except it be to multiply and such,

and spend time with his children as he would.

And now that ou-r children are with child
another generation's coming on.
Oh God, none who would trust you get less wild,
but get more life, & wisdom, and get strong!

I think that I can only see that you
are who's to blame for things as good as this!
And in the chaos that floats by here too,
I'm anchoring on you. You're not remiss!