(Yeshua's way)
... simply entrusting himself to the one
who judges justly, then he went on
to do all the good that he could as the son
of creative love - who's already begun.
He looked up…
draft 1 acapella (with Annabelle)
Yeshua's way - to walk through life, & to follow: Acts 10:38-43; 1Pet 2:12,15,19-25; Ps 121; Ps 123; Mk6:41; Mk 7:34; Jn 14:8-14; Jn 5:16-17,19-20 (https://www.openbible.info/topics/doing_good_deeds)
A family grieves a death and difficulties, while holding onto hope's resilience.
Oh God, I don't know how ol' Bob goes now.
His brother Jack said: "We are all ok," that's "thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ" somehow.
"When we are weak, then we are strong.." today,
if we are - and we are! - I hear him say,
".. in Christ." That is the goal, and starting point,
the path to take on pilgrimage, the WAY!
The truth, the life worth living, the anoint-
ed leader of humanity, I'd say;
and I think Bob would quickly here agree,
so I can rest my fears, and trust (& pray)
and not be worried 'bout the waves at sea.
My brother's in good hands, if Christ is there,
and I am not his saviour, nor can be
much more than one of your small children's prayer.
I'm looking forward to what we shall see
of your good life, & love, and joy, and peace,
within this world, that tabernacles there
in skin-tent through which God would be released
to more of his small kids, quite unaware
that they've a Father who would be their own,
much closer than the links through DNA,
for ev'ry molecule, of ev'ry bone,
and ev'ry piece of ash and dust is made
by him, and kept together in this world
that comes from his own mind, and thought, and will,
more than our night-time dreams that are uncurled.
Please help my brother Bob to stand up still.
Is prayer a thing that I must do today?
A job that must be done, a task itself?
Is it a thing, commodity, to pray?
- to then tick off, to know I'm in good health?
I am so small and feeble, and my mind-
set quickly altered, or my world-view changed
by some alternate story, which can bind
yet hadn't worked before I was deranged,
gave up the core of life so that I'd "fit",
& treated secret sacred knowledge as
a common, public, marketplace, event1,
I didn't store up heavenly riches2!
I see it now quite clearly. Thank you God.
A mix between both "exercise" & "friend-
ship"; something to be tasted, with a nod,
a personal response or mindset wend-
ing, woven with a habit or a skill.
I s'pose it's not the only thing like that.
I see that other intercourses will
require that those prerequisites be met.
The mechanism always is a part
of everything experienced down here.
But hesed* loyalty is more than art
and must be first, not "virtually appear".
But while we humans learn to rule like YAH',
the worlds of mortals and immortals both,
there'll be a mechanistic side to pray-er,
but I must see that deeper is my trōth.
° what goes with an oddity might be called a com-oddity, and what might express an oddity as well, might be an oddicy, which when spoken of in the singular can refer to both The Odyssey (the story of an epic journey of perseverance where Odysseus defeats the rude suitors camped in his pallace to reunite with his loyal wife) and Theodicy which refers to an answer to the accusation against providence implied by the presence of evil in the world.
1 recall the Samson story among the Judges, he didn't see his secret, personal, familial, cultic, national, cultural, covenantal nazarite offering to God as worth maintaining more than a marketplace agreement at the barbers. In retrospect, years down the track he sees it as more precious than his eyes, and his life.
2 think through the phrases (from Matthew:) "store up riches in heaven", and (from Luke:) "not rich towards God".
* "hesed"= transliterated Hebrew word, often translated as loyal love, mercy, covenant love, lovingkindness, steadfast love, as in "the steadfast love of the LORD never ceases.." or when spoken of by a Jewish Rabbi in the Greek of the First Century, in the light of the coming and embodying of it in Yeshua, Paul of Tarsus said that "love (agape) never fails".
May God, the fount & source of hope himself,
fill you with more of joy and peace by means
of trust in him, the source of thriving health
so that you, creek of hope, keep flowing streams.
The pow-er of the spirit of bright truth,
that's holiness, determined to be real,
grows hope because she isn't just a sleuth,
her forté's building confidence and zeal.
Audio song, acapella (with a COVID cold)
a blessing -
(Romans 15:13)
"ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ἐλπίδος πληρώσαι ὑμᾶς πάσης χαρᾶς καὶ εἰρήνης ἐν τῷ πιστεύειν, εἰς τὸ περισσεύειν ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐλπίδι ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου." ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 15:13 SBLG
May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 GNTD
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! * * *
Oh God, your spirit's conscientious work,
that simple looking for consistency,
and help to humble self to name the lurk-
king demons in my mindset that still see
the world as though I was the centrepiece,
the cornerstone, the capstone of it all.
And ask for giveness for what we released
of hell into God's world, however small.
Oh God your spirit's wisdom work to bring
a sound mind to this Earth, as Jesus had.
So that through us, this Earth might dance, & sing
with human words, through humans, to their Dad.
We are the point of meaning for this Earth.
So will we subjugate our own desire,
to hopes and plans of he who gave us birth?
- at core; Will we bow down before the high'r?
The spirit, motivation, modus op-
erandi, as the means, but too the end,
the love that God says never will be stopped,
the only nec-es-sar-y thing, my friend.
The mem-or-y of what's been stored away.
The insight to help see farther because
of what the very cornerstone DID say
when visiting this earth, fulfilling laws!
And reaffirming all the hopes and plans
creative love could come up with itself.
To learn from, and be sitting our exams,
or exercises to build up true wealth*.
* "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal." (Matt. 6:20 NIVUK) & "In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." (1 Tim. 6:19 NIVUK) & "His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is short-sighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:3-11 NIVUK)
commitment and capacities - the both.
Well, when I got that COVID 19 thing.
I had to isolate, not go to work.
I felt worn out; and waiting till they'd ring
to say I could then leave my house. Berserk!
I didn't like the "exercise" that time,
and many other things have come along
producing feelings that seemed like they rhymed
with that old chaffe, a mindset without song.
This song's for me to sing when they occur,
to help me wrestle-ing with my de-sires,
to pin them down, and master them before
they master me*. Oh God you are much high'r
so that I can cry out for needed help,
and you will know, the way for me to grow
from being just a GOD-cub, your own whelp,
conceived in your own womb-world, doomed to show
creation, your great wisdom, love, respect.
So I will not ignore, or just put up
with difficulties you allow, for heck
today, tonight, I might just grow on up
enough to really trust creative love,
and get some back-bone of my very own.
I'll look for chances that come from above,
to do some exercise, and get some tone.
Then go again, to build capacities,
no tantrums, or demands, but "If you please!" -
for manners' sake, because I know that he's
determined to help me grow up. He sees!
When all kinds of trials and temptations crowd into your lives my brothers, don’t resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends! Realise that they come to test your faith and to produce in you the quality of endurance. But let the process go on until that endurance is fully developed, and you will find you have become men of mature character with the right sort of independence. And if, in the process, any of you does not know how to meet any particular problem he has only to ask God—who gives generously to all men without making them feel foolish or guilty—and he may be quite sure that the necessary wisdom will be given him. But he must ask in sincere faith without secret doubts as to whether he really wants God’s help or not. The man who trusts God, but with inward reservations, is like a wave of the sea, carried forward by the wind one moment and driven back the next. That sort of man cannot hope to receive anything from God, and the life of a man of divided loyalty will reveal instability at every turn.
James 1:2-8 J.B. Phillips, New Testament In Modern English & Greek,
and other English versions, and yet other English versions, and parsed Greek)
Think any trial, difficulty, hardship, temptation, unexpected visitor that may mean a change of plans, something that might mess up my expectations or hopes, something that was not in line with my current desires..
Welcome … the above, because I know I am putting myself under the leadership of a will that is wiser than my desires, & I am being grown by creative love, in ways that will
exercise my faith, which
produces the quality of endurance.
(let this process continue, when it's finished & fully developed, and I will find I have become)
a man of mature character
with the right sort of independence & stability
(And if, in the process, any of you does not know how to meet any particular problem he has only to ask God—who gives generously to all men without making them feel foolish or guilty—and he may be quite sure that the necessary wisdom will be given him. But he must ask in sincere faith without secret doubts as to whether he really wants God’s help or not. The man who trusts God, but with inward reservations, is like a wave of the sea, carried forward by the wind one moment and driven back the next. That sort of man cannot hope to receive anything from God, and the life of a man of divided loyalty will reveal instability at every turn.)
* Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’ Gen. 4:6-7 NIVUK
° For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8:19-25 NIVUK
Still very im-mat-u-re. So I hope
1 Peter 4 verse 2, remains still true:
"Since suffering in body, saw him cope,
and Christ called us to take our cross up too,
we'll arm ourselves with his same attitude,
not running from, but suff'ring as he did,
so in the body sin has not just chewed
its way throughout this life, by staying hid.
As a result, we will not live our lives
just for our own desires, but rather for
the will of God, whose peace means that life thrives."
1 Peter 4:verse 1 & 2 - & more.
"Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has finished with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God."
1 Peter 4:1-2 NIVUK and (Greek & other versions)
I had a few dry coughs last night, & then
a few more in the car, this morning's trip.
I had a PCR this arvo, when
tonight's results were POSITIVE I slipped,
not fully, just abandoned feelings which
are common in us humans I suppose.
And part of growing up's the battle pitch
which learns to own one's own feelings, all those
that shine their lights in dashboards when we move,
and do what must be done to check them out,
but if they're faulty, be one of those who've
gone clear against their dashboard lights about
this very thing, not everything - as though
our intuitions, feelings, are not worth
a thing. They surely are helpful, we know.
But any part of our make-up on Earth
can sometimes be mistaken, or get sick.
And sometimes isolation can help out.
Creative love might seem to have gone quick
but I won't just believe that, I've got doubts!
Some quite important causes in the world
can still elude our senses it is true,
yet still effective, presently they've hurled
things round about, or up & down, or chewed
things out. Examples are - an embro
has never seen the face of Mum or Dad,
Our own brains we assume, use on the go,
though haven't seen at all. We could be "had".
Then friendship, jealousy, vengeance, hatred;
all though invisible, can change the face
of things on Earth, why could not that be said
for the creative love which made all space-
es where each part of ecosystems ARE
and work together in this Universe,
where great adventure, choices can occur?
In fact that makes most sense! It's not perverse!
Got a few dry coughs last night, then more on a car trip this morning. PCR this arvo says I'm RSV negative, and Flue negative. But COVID 19 POSITIVE.
RATS!
Just working out who else in the household might have it, and where I can be isolated...
Creative love might seem to have left, but I don't believe that for one second!
Apparently, some of the most important causal elements in the world can be, for various reasons, invisible to people at any given time, but can still be present, effective, and affective e.g.
Parents to a human being en utero.
Our own brains (before scans were developed)
Friendship, jealousy …
Hatred, vengeance …
Unconditional positive regard
Civic duty
Treason etc.
Why not the same for creative love within a Universe where adventure, and choice can occur as well? In fact that makes the most sense to me!
