so we ....... can't see..

A prayer.

Thank you Father,
the Father of Jesus,
we would most rather
be glad HE sees us,

and then see HIM back,
'n all of our life here;
in all his gifts that
do, till his eyes peer

into our own eyes -
and WE SEE HIM TRUE.
Glad, as this time flies;
this foetus feels "due".

Amen.

You can't meet today, daughter's on the way.

Go well dear brother.
God, please don't smother
who you're cooking up;
See, he's looking up
to where love comes from-
FATHER, who is strong!
Lord we'll tag along
in Yeshua's throng.
Thanks for daughters too,
as well as sons who
give us the chance to
be a dad, like you.
Amen.

Old bloke's unbelief; gets a response straight, changes to relief, listening to his mate.

(Luke 1:74f )

Two things here from Luke's
first book, near the start:
ONE (from Frost, Lucas),
GabriEL bears his heart;

"I am GabriEL.
I stand in the pres-
-sence of GOD (who's EL)",
then he goes and sez

what should/must be said,
disciplined, yet warm,
"grace" comes to my head
for what's being born

in these words about
the fore-runner of
God's anointed lout
who dain't play "Tov, tov!"

TWO, is then the "word"
of who was well spanked,
this time God is heard,
the gun has not been "blanked":

(In the coming JES-
US.. )"..we've been delivered
from our enemies
so that we can serve

serve God without fear,
in Hol-i-ness and
righteousness (start here)
'swe live in His Land."

A young man, where he can, against spam!

You are a good Man! Thanks for such open/honest responses -both your initial questions on the phone (that asked why I was asking a question about you that might give away information about your friends' private lives, when an honest answer might make them vulnerable to yet other people's gossip) and then your response on your call back (when the mobile-phone dropped out), and then your text to make sure we kept our lines of communication as clear as possible and that I didn't feel accused.

I feel like you are adding to open-ness and honesty and friendship in the world (and sometimes that doesn't feel comfortable).

Remember whose you are.

And Love
from above,
flow through
His "you".

My biggest battle seems to be against the accepted wisdom of "significant" parts of my society, to "remember (before even "who i am") whose i am", - certainly not My Own! For i recall that i am a derived being & my own identity is derived, via many conduits, from another's, one who stands alone, who could say simply: "I AM". Now I remember whose ... I AM!

Fun4one

God thank you for
the chance for one
to study more;
help her to: shun

good things not best
for this here time,
focus the rest,
bring them in line.

Thanks for that man,
rumoured engaged,
make him Adam
with Eve, un-caged.

For younger sis.,
of Hunn this week,
may they grow wist-
ful, as they peek

more at your One,
who you're christ'ning
Leader (and Son)
of Adam, glist'ning!

Amen

Love Does! (- Yes, 'n Mess!) SMS

Has   this   got
to   Bob   Goff?
If so,      BLESS
YOU   address
so much good
that    I    could
hardly     sleep
unless I cheep
this "Well done-
son of a Gun!",
with that book
you   sure   took
a GREAT, LONG
step "Armstrong".
Follow   still
(as   you  will
if     it's    HIM
keeps your whim
on   the   trail
-you can't fail),
"Good" on you
'n all  you  do;
His Peace too,
'n lack of fear
for Love's here
'n  us  today
and will  stay
'till  the  New
New     Jeru-
-salem come
with the drum
of God's heart
beat though start
from WAY back
(secret   stack
of love's plans
for   all   Man's
hopes 'n' dreams
(small it seems)
must be grown
as He's  known).
Hi! - Today.
Hip Hooray.
From this small
one who's PAUL.

Luke 1:74-75

Ian's Application

Well, Lord pls give Ur
Wisdom & Grace to
Ian, to know which door
to knock-on/undo.
Amen

We will heed you,------------------------------------- if you speak to us we'll straight do -------------------------- what comes from you. We must waste time -------------------------------- in your sublime presence, to shine ------------------------------- in this night time!

Which-ever way,

God help us to

hear what you say

(listen to you),

and what your son

would like to see,

the way its done, 

with your King Gee-

-sus/ Yeshua

- he is the one,

we want who are

those faithful sons

to be "brothers",

and we to them.

To love others,

to be your men!

To learn from you

your training style

of leaders who

are true and wild.

Tamed only by

your holy wind

that blows its sigh

in plan and whim,

and spirit/mind

in your Christening.

We in him find

hope fresh glistening.

Amen

2day we remember

Hap Happy birthday
Sam-u-el Lewis
Twenty years, today!
Glad you came to us!

Dad n Mum XXOO

Jo turns ?? today!

Dear sister Jo

what do you know?

On this fine day,

TwoSeven - May!

(- is it Arndell?)

Who cares to tell?

But something good

is where it should

be, in this world:

His flag's unfurled^[1]!

Your cross took up^[2],

drink from his cup^[3].

The cup of pain?

Old-self disdain^[4].

New-self in Christ^[5],

meets him in tryst

secretly^[6] grown,

now loudly groan^[7],

like He in prayer

“knew” God was there^[8].

Like him in not

playing with "rot"

or puffy yeast^[9].

Pray for the least^[10]!

For deaf and mute

He'd look & shoot

up a glance/prayer,

'n' speak God's word there^[11].

He has long stayed,

and then has paid^[12],

for you his daught-

-er, your life's fraught

with ad-ven-ture

and Jo, when sure

you're his small girl

you quietly curl

up right near him^[13],

He, with his “whim”^[14].

Keep in his love^[15],

borne from above^[16]!

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^[1] Both a) he has visited & claimed his spoils from this world (Colossians 2:13-15), and b) in Jo’s life, she owns him, and is not ashamed to bear his name (1 Pet 4:15-16 ), and his shame (Heb 13:12-16).

^[2] Unless you take up your cross (-daily, Lk 9:23), deny (give up all rights to) yourself, and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. (Mark 8:34)

^[3] Can you drink from the cup I must drink from? - We can! You will... (Mark 10:38-39)

^[4] Unless you take up your cross, deny self, and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. (Mark 8:34)

^[5] “In Christ”, you are a new (wo)man! (Ephesians 2:14-18; Colossians 3:8-11), made as part of a new creation (2Cor 5:17).

^[6] Secret things noticed by Jesus’ God. (Matt 6:1-18 When you fast..., when you pray..., when you give…)

^[7] Hebrews 5:7-8

^[8] Even when Jesus felt God not to be there, Jesus could ask him why he wasn’t there? (Mark 15:33-34)

^[9] Mark 8:11-15 - He gave a loud groan,... walked out & left them,... and warned his disciples against their “yeast”.

^[10] You will deny 3 times that you know me… But I have prayed for you… (Lk 22:31-34) and “what you do for the least of these, you do for me” (Matt 25:45)

^[11] He gave a loud groan, looked up to heaven, spat and touched the man’s tongue and said “Ephatha” -Open up (Mk 7:32-37)

^[12] You are not your own, you have been bought with a price, the life blood of Christ…(1 Cor 6:19-20; 7:23)

^[13] Remember Mary sitting at his feet cf Martha busy doing jobs… (Luke 10:38-42)

^[14] To stop and ask “Who touched me?”(Mark5:22-36), to say, “No, we won’t go back into town, we’ll go off around Galillee” (Mk 1:36-38), to wait for another three days after he hears of his friends sickness near death (John11:1-6 )

^[15] Jude 1:20-21 “Keep yourselves in the love of God”, Jesus (Jn 15:9-14) “remain in my love…”

^[16] The Greek word anothen can mean either “from above” or “again”. Jesus said unless you are “born anothen” you cannot see the kingdom of God.(Jn3:3 in vss 1-12) What was the word anothen meant to mean here? The riddle is spelled out later in the same chapter when John-the-Washer said “he who comes anothen is above all… the one who comes from heaven is above all”(Jn3:31). In this poemish thingo, it is both his love that is “bourne from above”, and you who is “born from above”. Live out your birthright, dear Jo.

RISE UP! GROW

Who’s been appalled,
whose name's been “smalled”,
needs not some leaven,
to enter heaven.

Need not "up-puff"
to be "enough".
The Father's heart
knows we must start

with what's extant,
not what is not.
He's jubilant
when we stop 'rot'.

Rot's outward showing
can make things look
like they're growing
(don't be mis-took).

Mould, like the mange,
can bring on change.
Change that's from growth
's deeper than both.

Aut-o-mat-ic
life - God gives things,
grows (not static)
things like new wings.

For yeast will mound 
the dead seeds, ground; 
But live seeds rise, 
from ground to skies! 

O God, your seed;
Your Life (not greed),
Your Word (my steed),
Your Breath (my need),

I secretly
now take in me
- as she, beloved,
takes seed, love "shoved",

and grows a child
within her mild
accepting womb
(be it not tomb?),

from where it must
emerge with thrust
into new world,
where it be hurled.

But then she holds,
and then embolds,
that little one,
daughter or son.

And do so you,
I see, in me.
I’m glad your True
Love quite sets free!

4myBrother'sBrotherWithAttitudinalChallenges

 Let's call him "Man". 
 
God, who has made us;
or rather, who is
making us for your
New Creation, - His,

that's Jesus', your
boy - I ask you for
your other boy, Man
(true, he's my brothor).

Please  keep creating
wonderfully good,
that/there New Man-hood,
to love as he could,

if he were truly
your very own child.
Your dreams, unruly
to us, seem so wild!

Don't stop for that rea-
-son. Please keep on more.
(Oh bro. kill that trea-
sonous bloke from before!)

God help Man delight
in nothing but You,
in everything (in
You), 'nall that he do.

Amen.

A GENDA of Music and Games

Lovely,        enjoy
God's gifts / envoy -
to you,         of them;
through you, for when
great games   and fun
bring shames "undone",
and bring    up Life,
Love's thing 'gainst strife!
Name, then   play roles;
helps when  slayed souls
forget           Love's fun
and  work's  become

ho-hum / hum-drum.

KATRINA, BEEN A... A MUM WHO'S COME...

KATRINA, BEEN A

(great mate to a glad  “dad”)

 - A MUM WHO'S COME

TO LOVE, NOT SHOVE,

AS WE      NOW SEE!

MOTHER's DAY

SEEMS HERE TO STAY.

WE'RE GLAD YOU HAD

4 GIRLS, 2 LADS,

BORN TO ONE DAD.

THAT'S NOT TOO BAD!

NOW IS YOUR TURN

TO LIVE    & LEARN

AS YOU     NOW DO,

WE WANT  YOU TO

JUST CONTINUE.

YOUR JAW   IS SORE

BUT U     STILL BORE

YOUR WORK, DAIN'T SHIRK!

BUT THERE IS MORE!

WHEN SOMETHING COMES

IN MAIL FOR YOU,

YOUR PATIENCE HUMS,

AND THIS WILL TOO!

YOUR TWENTY FIRST,

OF MAY, THAT DAY,

FOR BEST OR WORST!

Love, from Han, Gil, Soph, Pete, Mill, Sam,    

                   Bell, Paul (& others in the wings)