Lack of respect - and news of it “in the name of God”²

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Dear Father I am saddened by this news.

The news of one small day at High School here,

where people can’t respect another who’s

like them upon this Earth that we hold dear.

And people in your name, who name your Christ,

who are offspring of Hell and seek more pow’r

through naming your great name that kept, sufficed,

protecting all your fam’ly in a shower

of meteors that rained down “from above”

as pow'rful and “in charge”, who’d claim your name

throughout your world, but yet recinded love -

HESED (that keeps its word; to its own shame

& hurt°), its word is true though all else be

shown false and misdirected. HESED's true.

All others, which includes myself, we see

get sidetracked by desires for comfort. You

alone, are never left alone. You know

the secret of a way of life which is

a partnership in essence, which will show

both honour, true assessment, no end fizz;

though crucifixion’s no subject to sing 

about. The issue’s not “for what you’ll kill”;

but “for what you will die - yourself”, suff’ring

while still displaying HESED as you will.

Oh God, your own minority report³

has been maintained throughout the Centuries past.

And to this end I now use help to sport

(Christ’s/my) crucifixion up until the last.

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° “ (ones).. who honor those who fear the Lord; who stand by their oath even to their hurt;” (Psalms 15:4 NRSV) 

¹ A normal day in an Ozzie High School.

² The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren; Track 6 of the audio-book read by the Author (chapter 4).

³ a metaphor gained from the movie by that name, often not the report of the majority, the powerful main-line system. Since the fall, a "claim" or "Name Tag" is not enough. We need another way to know/ discern/ recognize them. Yeshua outlined for his followers that other way: "You shall know/ discern/ recognize them by their ….. ." (Matthew 7:15-20 NET)

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