God wants his children to grow up to be
his friends, as whacky as that maybe seems.
But first to be recipients of seed
of God, as land that holds the life that teems
upon it; and then even gives it room,
or space, or place to be, belong, enhance
by giving valid contribution to,
methinks that maybe then, extend, perchance.
For God, it was, who said that we were to
be rulers over ev'rything on Earth.
Yet as small babies they must learn from who
would love and serve and walk with them from birth.
Imagine we were able so to do
our work from faithful friendship, or from love.
And keep our word in order to be who
a friend would be. Then we would only shove
ourselves, not others. Mightn't sound that much,
but it is massive - keeping one's own word -
for all else flows out from it, as you'd judge.
And love goes one step further. Have you heard?
Two lovers try to give more than they take,
but only as a rule of thumb, let's say
(as with electric current, which is fake*,
or arbitrary*, yet outlines the way),
for one's own trust in love itself remains,
to look after this self, then self can be
quite focused on its giving, and retains
an outward looking emphasis. So we,
if we have truly known this love ourselves,
can be determined friends who stick about
like hemisphere's of brain, when in good health -
stick with each other, and sometimes their clout
inhibits each the other till there's time
to come to hear (that's each) the other well.
Then final outcome comes out in the rhyme
and rhythm that they make as they both dwell
together as they gather, just the two
of them. And gladly they give up their own
identity to love, as lovers do,
and trust that love to give them both their home.
For humans, being what they are, are meant
to here, as emissaries on the earth,
express the will of their master, unbent
by self on own. This is designed from birth.
We're meant to interact, and thus to bring
about down here, as emissaries of
the hemisphere which sees big picture, king;
to look and act enhancing that "Tov tov!^".
Creative love's own will upon the Earth,
enacted, & displayed, and brought about,
as in the haven, where it had its birth,
was here by that one man, in truth lived out!
And we are joined with him in actual fact,
though wedding celebrations still will come.
He's done the waiting, and he's done the act
of entering beloved. There's more, and some.
And we who are responders, have his soul,
as hemisphere on left, still has the right,
and needs it too, to not miss out the whole
good purpose of our having oversight.
So we support commitments, family "ways",
the attitudes, of God, & Christ's body.
His servants, as when Abram gave his chase
to Kedorlaomer to free Lot1, he
fought valiantly and overcame, & his
gift of a tenth of all he had was right,
acknowledging the way he lived life is:
allegiance to who's not norm'lly in sight.
But Abram also asks "How can I know
that this is true?2 (It hasn't happened yet.
I might die soon). And God just does a show,
more binding cov'nant on himself… He'll let
ol' Abram learn to trust him, over years.
We humans can't just know the future. But
God does, and he still calls for trust in fears,
then choices so our partnership's not phut!
* "electric current" was understood to be a change in positivity or negativity, & the (arbitrary) name for the current or flow direction of the positive-ness (which is still correct in a relative way) was presumed to make electricity. This was named before we found out that electricity is mostly actually the movement of electrons (the "negative" particles). Hence I call it "fake". The end result is the same, our modeling (making up words to describe phenomena) is still helpful, so it works, as a kind of phenomenological language, though as with all language, it has its limitations.
^ "Tov tov", Hebrew, literally good good, meaning very good. Used at the end of Genesis 1, after humanity is made to image God on Earth, "Male & Female created he the Adam. … And God saw that it was very good."
1 "For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar – four kings against five. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom. A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people. After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.’ Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. The king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.’ But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ‘With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, “I made Abram rich.” I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me – to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share.’ Genesis 14:4, 8-24 NIVUK
2. Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. He also said to him, ‘I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.’ But Abram said, ‘Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I shall gain possession of it?’ So the Lord said to him, ‘Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.’ Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and ill-treated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterwards they will come out with great possessions. You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.’ When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking brazier with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates – the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.’
Genesis 15:6-21 NIVUK
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