a ppalling life: At work within us*…..

2024-02-06

It’s lovely - knowing you’re at work down here

not just by making (coding) up this world

at the beginning, when your dust appeared

in time and space, before our flag’s unfurled.

But even after - woods with trees became,

when orchard grove was planted, humans put

within it, told to multiply, no shame

encountered at their nakedness of foot

of flesh, or top or bottom, face or hand.

And when there was an open-ness between

the hemisphere’s of likeness (God, Human-

ity; the heavens and the earth - where teem

the multitude of life-forms which reflects

the life of hea’nly thoughts towards God’s kids).

Authority was given in respects

to God’s own children, just before the skids

were hit by them, when earth was given to

the humans - sons & daughters of who is

(& was, & will be), who would grow up you

& me, to be a baby god, likeness

of God (the boss, the Father, Friend at large)

And you would still be walking round your world,

responding to requests of those in charge*

(in charge - because your flag is still unfurled).

For they can still look up and ask away! -

or start again that lost apprenticeship

to learn from ev’ry thing this God would say,

& do, & want, for this world in his grip.

“ God is at work within you, to help you to choose for, and to act out the kind of thing that pleases him (Phil 2:13)

a ppalling life