And humans will begin
right at the start:
with TELLING stories,
not "folk what to do" - they catch the heart!
It's life and death for us - to follow through!
For action, not perception, changes things.
We hear, and see, and watch & pray. Do you
get life lighting on you through follow-wings?
The 3 year old who asks to have a stor-
ied tale told them as good gift with good will,
appreciates its goodness, knows this lore
of true humility that aims to fill
the heart, and head, and will to choose to serve,
not just to be served by the others who
they meet, but it is true they've got some nerve -
to walse on in, and ask, and sit there too!
Oh God, you are the maker of all worlds…
The heavenly, the earthly, the whole lot.
We choose to learn from you, not just unfurl
our plan to take this over, call each shot!
And so, though we think we have learned true things
we know it's often how to hold them well
& how to give them legs and arms, or wings
that makes this more like heaven, or like hell.
When you think bodies need good food you take
care in it's preparation - looks, smells, tastes.
Because you know its goodness, a mistake
is problematic. Care & work aren't wastes.
Instead of telling folk what's to be done,
as little tin gods strutting round the place,
we want to learn to tell stories, have fun
with Dad-jokes, riddles, rhymes, as God displays.
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