birthday celebrations

The twenty second of July goes by,
and how much good has come to us, Jesus!
- You've given us a taste of good, as would

a person who loved life & strength, at length
who could contain themselves no more; but pour
out excess life and fullness on - who's gone

and yet remains: no thread of friend-ships end;
in-vis-i-ble yet immortal portal,
there's Bevan, Beth, the last of three - Polly,

all Walkers whose births celebrated, dated
around this time yet here sublime do rhyme
for Saturday this twenty-sec-ond (heck!)

day of July has now gone by. We sigh,
and then recall - Katrina, Paul (the small),
Mell said she prayed, Mike & Jo stayed, arrayed

across this day (though lost) we say - Hurray!
for birthday celebrations are "Hurrah!"
hip, hip were joined, & we rejoined, thus coined

celebrations of relations - nations
that may be born, could be forlorn, or shorn
but we are not because we've got this lot!

Polly Walker born 8am 22July2017 to Parents Gilbert & Hannah,Grandparents Paul & Katrina Walker, & Great Grandparents Bevan & Beth Walker, et. al.

Hi Pete, Andy and Paul. Mtg 5pm today if you can make it 😄
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Thank you Marty for serving us so well with your reminder.

I noted it, talked about it with Katrina, had already put it in my schedule.

Then had a few things change in my day: an extra trip to Cudal, a friend not come over so we resheduled for tomorrow, some daughters pop in unanounced, and i forgot again untill about 7 or 8pm tonight. Please forgive me again.

I'm working again tonight, training up someone-else so I shouldn't have so many nights working soon...

I'll look through the minutes and try to email you on any things that might help...
Sorry, again. Feel free to ring me any other time I don't turn up, esp. when I said I should be there. Or to sack me.

God help us.

P
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Thanks Paul. We didn't actually have the ... meeting yesterday. I think the Internet was pretty bad here and in the mountains where Pete was. Andy had visitors too. I hope you had a good night at work. I appreciate you and what you do a lot Brother Paul.

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 Well, Marty, how amazing is this God!
I'm flat out putting this one into words.
I FEEL a miracle in where we've trod,
- of grace, that turns our "dinosaurs" to "birds".

Not just into crows and carrion-eaters,
but somehow into hummingbird and wren;
I feel like crying "Could it get sweeter?"
I take a look, & when I look again...

I only see "our plans not happening";
O God, I want to chuck my fretting out!
- & learn to trust you in things - "sap-ening"
of energy - what we thought we're about,

& let your graceous good surprises be
enjoyed & welcomed - where they can in truth,
"I love you Lord, help me to join and see,
the way to multiply this grace to youth,

& also to each other, growing still
younger as each passing day goes by"
I feel that Grace, & Truth, & hope I will
become like you, so it will multipy!

P

"Work Meeting"

@4pm , soon..
the Lord An'son 'O-
tell you wot saloon
2go2 'fyou go..

See U if we do,
miss you if we don't.
Hope this week's seen you
more than on the phone-t'

organize meetings,
jobs, & things to do;
& that your Geetings
& G'b'ye's are true

blessings to each one
you see face to face.
Make us like your son,
oh God, so we trace

his image\likeness
when drawn together,
specially when there's mess,
& there's cool weather!

with/out

Without me you can do nothing! John 15:7

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask me anything in my name, that will I do.

John 14:13‭-‬14 RV1885
http://bible.com/477/jhn.14.13-14.RV1885

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Lord Jesus you are right, I see again,
& I don't want to live apart from you.
I see that as you lived with Elohim,
your father, you let us live with you too.

For when you called disciples, your "children",
& told them how hard riches (from down here)
made it for folk to get into heaven,
it pulled them up & made them really fear.

For riches seem to help folk to do much
that is considered good stuff to serve God,
but if what you have witnessed to - as such -
is truth, well that's the same way that you trod!

You said you'd not live, apart from "father"
(in what you said, & in your actions too),
I get the sense there's nothing you'd rather
than copy what you saw your father do,

but not alone, as you yourself have said;
you're not alone, for he is always there,
with you, & it is he who is your head,
& in that way, you'll let us come to share

in life with you - we need not live apart,
you gave us your own from-above-ly birth
& thus gave us a chance to live a part
of your amazing life here on this Earth.

Please help us now to understand and trust
your meaning, when you say "ask in my name",
& join in all the joy you surely must
anticipate as Love extends again!

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Without me you can do nothing! John 15:7


John 5:19, John 8: 28-29, John 14:10-11

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask me anything in my name, that will I do. John 14:13‭-‬14 RV1885

http://bible.com/477/jhn.14.13-14.RV1885

Mate: pro. gamer... times feels lamer... follows Jesus... he who sees us.

Good news! Dear God, 
we're thanking you for 
this opportune 
time; Mate & golf-balls,

persevering,
and thinking things through,
at times nearing,
and others "no clue".

Muscle and brain 
working to build up 
their skill (with pain),
mem'ries get filled up.

Learning to learn,
and learning to trust
reason and rhyme
and think as he must

as a good coach
of others who need
patience to broach
lacks of skill and speed..

[sometimes we lack
much speed at learning..
and can grow slack,
then end up spurning

the help that comes,
but we see it not,
sit on our bums
and think it's all rot].

Mate that's good news
that you continue
open to Muse
with all that's in you.

What a trainer
he'll make you to be:
(don't get vainer)
apprenticed to he

who said "Don't fear!
It's me who's with you."
(That's good to hear,
make sure that you do!)

God's Joy/Good-Pleasure

The Joy of the Lord is my strength!! Nehemiah 8:10 (PM Version)
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The Joy of Yahweh, 
the Lord of the Earth. 
What is that? - you say.
Well, for what it's worth,

let's look at scripture -
& see what we'll find.
Can you remember,
what comes to your mind?

"At first" then, God would
be saying\seeing
that things were all "good",
till there came wee-ing

& pooing, & stood -
his very children;
then came - "very good".
Both man & woman

made up that ADAM.
It seemed he's very
glad that he had 'em.
And more than that he

was then very sad
when they turned away
from him - their own Dad.
And more on Yahweh -

who joys in 'hes-ed'^:
God's the true Lover -
husband, or parent
- never a "shover".

And when Next Adam
lived true, not "diseased",
God spoke from heaven,
said "I'm very pleased".

Then Luke says that Je-
sus strengthened by this
breath of God (who's pleased),
came out of the mist

and did all his work,
then said that his joy
would come & not shirk
to his "girl or boy"*.

And down the line, John,
a "child"* of Jesus,
said his joy comes on
when his "children" (us?)

walk\live in the light -
that's turned TO their God,
to help that he'll write...
Love's strong joy here trod!





^ 'hesed' or 'chesed' or 'kesed' (חֶסֶד ) is the Hebrew word used [throughout the Bible which Jesus & the early Christians used (the Christian "Old Testament")]  of God's faithful-hopeful-love.

* Jesus speaks of those who obey the will of God as his family (end of Mark 3); and in the context of his disciples\learners with him their Rabbi\teacher, he calls them his "children" (e.g. Mark 10:24-25; John 13:33-35; 14:18 etc) 


PW with help of the helper (whoth).

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After posting this, I received a txt with this lovely quote on it:

...so that a friendship, a relationship of love, is once again living - & growing!


( Paul's concept of what this blessing is about... + see also Rom 5:9-11; Rom 8 etc)



Background references...

"... the joy of the LORD is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10

"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete." Jn 15:11
"We write this to make (y)our joy complete." 1Jn 1:4
"I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete." 2Jn 1:12
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth." 3John 1:4
(above references associated with John) etc..

- WITH GOD!

The things that are impossible for man are possible with God. Luke 18:27( PM Version)

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How wonderful to think: What can't be done
without God stepping in & holding hands,
he might require of his own daughters/sons,
for sharing life WITH US is in his plans.

But more amazing still, to me it seems,
is that God is concerned that we're WITH HIM,
& hopes that we would have imposs'ble dreams
for he desires for us to be not dim,

but glorious and shining like Jesus,
that's after he was raised to life, from death;
for he's a picture of those zombies -us(!),
& is the first fruits of God's living breath.

t.b.c. possibly...
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The things that are impossible for man are possible with God. Luke 18:27
( PM Version)

trust adjust

He said: "Trust in The Lord with all your heart,
don't try to work it out all on your own.
Acknowledge Elohim for all his part
whatever you do -your path will be shown."

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Trust in The Lord with all your heart, don't try to work out it out on your own. Acknowledge God
in everything you do and He will keep you on the right track. Proverbs 3:5,6 (PM Version)

waiters united!

We wait ON GOD and, we wait FOR the LORD,
his wish our command, his timing's on track -
& more than that, we can hardly afford
to use energy to bring OUR rule back.

OUR rule? - don't want it! Puny, & withered,
a dead-ness haunts it, ruled by the "undead",
it's unprotected, pow'rless, & dithered.
Should be recy-cled, with cyclops-ic head!

The LORD is our pro-tection, life, & strength;
renews them on-go-WING-ly, so we soar
like eagles in the sky; at times, at length,
we'll run and not wea-ry, walk on - and more!

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I wait on the LORD, for He is the one that renews my strength. I will soar with wings like eagles. I will run and not grow weary. I will walk and not stumble. Isaiah 40:31(PM Version)

46 years ago... Wayne was born, this I know...

Could Vicki (please) read this out to ya?

Ol' Wayne is over 45!  -  'e sez!
I hardly can believe that it is true.
But learning to love both the girls 'e cares
for, brings a kind of graciousness into

what is other-wise just pain, and heart-ache.
It's quite amazing what Love brings with it,
and even though there are roads that have take-
en their toll, & have led him on a bit,

I think 'is world is op'ning up to love,
& what makes living worth the living for,
as I watch on, I feel a stupid dove,
but still I coo, & smile, & thank the lord

of all who love peace, and are of 'good will',
who follow through that - with their actions too,
& I know Wayne (& Vic, & Breezy) still
wants to pursue that way (just as I do,

- and Pete & Penny, and etcetera,
- there's heaps we find, as we go on that way).
O may Wayne keep on getting better-er,
& too, enjoying what life has today.

That's not to say that bad things won't keep on
coming at 'im - as they did in the past,
it's just that a new strength comes right along
& helps 'im walk away, instead of blast!

A strength that I think's bigger that this life,
the strength of love - more pow'rful than the sea.
This love, in truth, is bigger than our strife;
this love brings on a greater victory!

Happy Birthday Ol' Mate.

Discipleship to Jesus...

I appreciated our time in the Park today listening to God and Jesus, & the helper Jesus & the Father sent, through John 14:15-31; John 21:1-14; and the summary statement from Read Scripture, on John's Gospel :

A Picture of discipleship to Jesus -
"His followers will be most effective in the world, when their focus is not on their work as such , but on listening to Jesus' voice, and obeying him when he speaks."
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In the wake 
of our take-
in of John,

I will make
con-verse-ache..
vers-ac-tion..

& these, thought
through, have brought
new vision

to me now,
so somehow
before gone,

I pass to 
some of you
this po-om:

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So, listening to the voice of Jesus Christ,
& letting him be who instructions give;
his spirit, helper, (once he'd sacrificed
his sep'rate will : to maintain & to live),

will now help a human to have spirit,
& attitude, that mimics Yeshua's
personifying purpose (- you hear it?)
which calls with voices, seven times* the stars

& yet with one voice - sept*-a-phonic'ly,
that's clear & strong with current of a tide,
that's pulled as Moon pulls on the Earth, its sea,
clear as a full-moon, as a rainbow wide,

& speaks into the heart of you and me
(but maybe still through ears - & eyes that see,
& definitely to hearts that truth makes free),
to be a sign of love, that is lovely.

So though I do not see or understand, 
the logic of the moves he calls me to,
when I know it is him, I'll not demand
much more than that I follow those moves through.

A quite queer thing is that his poetry
is not a forcing, more a lilt and woo;
though heaven & earth's "all authority",
is to be given by God (him unto!),

he doesn't make a deal of that when he
tells his disciples to throw out their nets,
& when they do it (reminiscently?),
they're more effective, known. "Lest we forgets!"

*seven times and sept (the prefix for seven) standing for fullness or completeness in the apocalyptic writings, as in the "seven-fold spirit of God" or "the seven spirits of God" (Rev 1:4-5, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6) - think Elisha who asked for three-fold of the spirit that was in Elijah, & Jesus who had received (&/or could give) "the Spirit - without measure"(John 3:34), as the NEXT one after the "Elijah" who was John the Washer(Baptist).

God's wisdom love, and power

When I think of the greatness of Gods plan for us I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that out of the glorious richness of His resources, He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into Gods love and will keep you strong.
May you have the power to understand and comprehend,(with all believers), how wide and how high and how deep His love is. May you reach out and experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Ephesians 3:14-19 (PM Version)

 Amen, and amen!
- which means "Ah-ha, yes!"
God's word to us men,
Christ is God's great mess-

-age to ages of 
dead hu-man-it-y,
but we are so pov-
-erty stick-en, see:

to undermine love
we make up meanings
(that God wants to shove)
our special gleanings:

that God's "yes" means "no",
and Chist wants to blame!
Wherever we go,
he's always the same.

Strange lot of "un-dead"
who don't really grow,
except quite wounded,
and cynical, though.

Oh that your wisdom
and, love would grow rife,
oh God, our "system"
dain't really grow life.

We need your spirit
to blow fresh breath in
these lungs, we'll bear it
- with it's death to sin.

Amen, and amen!
Thank you for coming.
Please do come again
in me you're humming!

stymie timey ; squaller-tea quality ? (Part 1 of ?)

The 'timing' and the 'quality' is much,
with food & sleep, with exercise & sex.
Do you agree with me? - or think, as such,
I've overstated things in this index?

Well, now I've asked the question of myself,
I think the list is bigger than those four,
it burgeons out, & I could add a wealth
of other jobs -some are affected more!

In fact I'll put the question t'other way:
Can you think of a job we do on earth
where timing & the quality don't "play...
amazing parts" in what the outcome's worth?

a mate goes straight.. asks to relate..

That's good news. God please help us see how to
help out this fellow to grow more like God.
Produce a group who will be more like you,
to help him tread the path that Jesus trod.
Amen.