"my beloved.."

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My Mum & Dad, I'm glad you put your hands

into the God's, as well as each other's,

for he, the fount of wisdom, understands,

and oversees, as do best fathers/ mothers.

He oversees, though's often overlooked.

He loves to bless. The most bless-ed of all.

In truth possess-es, more than fish once hooked

& fought against and landed, big or small.

The fish he fishes for are not so low,

they're people, sons & daughters of himself,

whom he has made to choose, as just gods know,

so he won't just control by bribes of wealth.

Unless the wealth is just relationship.

A friendship & an open-ness that would

be looking so to bless, to give, then slip

out of the picture, as only he could.

So "seen", at least for now, is metaphor.

But "known" is truly possible, at least

as two year olds have known their parents for

their whole two years (though they're still partly "beast").

To grow a human means to grow their choice;

and covenant or fealty is the stuff

that makes women & men, from girls & boys;

the loyal love, khesed* (of God), is tough!

So, thanks for ev'ry time you've given glimpse

of what it means to live that out on Earth.

Within our circles (truly our ellipse'),

we've come to see what friendship's really worth♤.

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*  khesed is the Hebrew term behind English translations like loyal-love,  everlasting love, loving kindness, eternal love, steadfast love, covenant love, whole-of-life-deep-love, as in "The steadfast love of Yahweh never ceases.." (Lam 3:22), or "..his steadfast love endures forever" (Psalm 136; repeated enough for every letter of the English alphabet), or as the apostle Paul translates it into the Greek word (agapé); he says "Love never ceases" (1Cor 13)

♤  “But you, Israel my servant, you are the people that I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham, my friend. Isaiah 41:8 GNBUK

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. James 2:23 NET

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