re:Pete

Vol U me; 

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Well, Pete has lived on Earth now quite a few..

..years lived on Earth, but taking heavens’ clue

a quest/ adventure here, in  many ways.

The basic quota*’s come. It’s on display

somehow within his life, in fam’ly style -

so teamed with Penny, nesting all the while

for kids and gran’ kids who come in, go out

along with other relatives, no doubt,

but friends and neighbours get a leg in too,

a hospitality that will not do half hearted jobs, but tries to fill the cup

to overflowing, because there’s an “up”

and “down” to life, but not to khesed* love -

this earth is made to be,

a living, move-

-ving model of this life that’s from above,

a kind of salt, or light that will improve 

or clarify, exemplify the aim.

That kind of kindness doesn’t deal in shame,

though it’s aware, and let's shame burn out dross

a temp’ry state to move through, like a cross.

It looks to me that he, that’s Pete, would see

(like Father, so like son) that all would be

the kind of place that God sees “very good!”

a nest that is a launching pad, as could

their nest be coz their bodies even are

a nest or home for life that’s in each star,

as that soft-cooing bird 

of hope & new-

creation, which from opened  heavens flew.

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Footnotes

a* - the old “three score years and ten” - beyond which there is often difficulty (not to say that there was none beforehand, as Yeshua said “in this life you will have trouble”).

d* - KHESED, is the Hebrew term for covenantal love, as in any covenant which depends on people keeping their word. It is variously translated  lovingkindness, mercies, eternal love, steadfast love. It will often display great tenderness, but is not itself built on a disposition towards that, so it can be very tough if keeping its word calls for  that.

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