What's mined matters...

Beliefs won't all be leaving, but some are

as buried wood will rot and then compost,

’less they be living roots that live that far

beneath the ground, connected & not “lost”

to some live tree, to give, and too receive.

Some bole or trunk and branches in the breeze,

these parts appear above and hold the leaves

which harvest air, to build the wood of trees.

These trees have more than roots below, they come

to let the breezes blow through leafy “hair”.

Their leaves “bling-blee-b-leavers” in autumn

where falling out’s “au naturale” beware!

At times what “would” come from beliefs is seen

above ground only in corollaries:

deeds done, and actions showing where we've been,

what secret pathways mined and treasure seized.

There’s magic in the living tree in some

(in ev’ry) cell, but IT speshly be leaves(!)

which have those little chloroplasts that come

& magically combine light, water, breeze.

The green of plants is often on account

of these quite magic energy compilers.

These chloroplasts are off & on their mount

when leaves be leaving, or be growing sky-wards.

The chloroplasts start first this circus ring,

then magic little mitochondria

in other cells, just wave their wands and bring

more rabbits from a hat, than two near!

And humans are the beings that exist,

like islands in a sea of “life”, just like

those mitochondria [which cells “enlist”

within their “selves”, so energy will “hike”]

-  extracting living energy for use

(that’s “ATP” to anyone who knows)

to share with their cell, they get thirty two -

’tsinstead of 2 or 4, from each glucose.

And sickness in the mitochondria

will bring that cell quite low, it will not go

well, when these “symbiotic” things appear

they help things ON, or else will make them SLOW!

God’s people are here, magically to make

the meaning which they pass on to this world.

To work creatively, for goodness sake

connected to the one whose light was hurled

out into all this Universe we're in.

we have the tools to act as salt, and light,

to slow decay, disease, corruption (sin).

By following Yeshua, in his might,

we also may bring meaning where it’s gone.

The secret of the rule or reign  of God

who made the chloroplasts and mitochon-

dria has stooped, and come ne-ar, and trod

these pathways to bring (healing and) new life.

The inbuilt replicating meaning-might-

ochondria he left here are quite rife.

Genetic deformation or a “blight”

are present threats arisen since he came.

And so it seems that we are back to “scratch”,

his garden, people, have another name,

Yeshua said he’ll lead another batch:

but will we now rely on this his Way?

New quarantine must start within your “one”

to take each thought, made captive, (unlike Cain)

and learn from all God’s prophets and his “son”.

[And while, again, it looks like he has gorn,

and left us to decide what we will do,

he watches, if we trust him he’ll  respawn

his new life in us: “Living-102”.

The Pow'r of this new life is based on Love,

allegiance, and a list-en-ing to him!

The Way, he showed us, has come from above,

atomic energy is on the brim!

So when we train to failure, and get to

the end of our resources, we can grow

the trust that’s rad-i-cal & here will do

what trusting in another can, but no-

one-else who's “sane and sensible” would think

of going there, or doing that at all

for living like Yeshua’s on the brink

of living with atomic pow’r as fuel.

The pow'r of love it turns out is so strong

that nothing else can overcome or beat

it, in the deepest sense (this does seem wrong,

, but) - looking past appearances is sweet!

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I believe:

• that Love exists!
• And has won!
• And will win!
• And is more than impersonal. It has a face and a name! - (Yeshua ben Yoseph spear-headed it’s entry into this world, and will continue to do so under Divine Wisdom’s Guidance,  giving that wisdom & guidance to his people)

Now is my chance to be,live that out in this world.

My lord, my god! Help me.

[Eloi Eloi! Hosana! Marana tha! Lama sabachthani? Maran atha!

Halleluyah! Amen!]

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The Lord is GOoD to me...

The LORD is good 
to those whose hope 
is in Him. Would
there be more rope 

attached to those
who search for Him,
if you suppose
his love - more dim?

or - stronger still?
Would they have more
to go though 'till
they found the door?

For if his love
is stong as god
come from above
moving forward,

and he often
plays hide and seek
(the count, and then
he has a peek);

he's like a child
seeking someone
(he might be wild
he might be fun)

and his idea
of what is true
& fair, I fear
might differ to

(or from?) this world's,
but I'm convinced 
that all details
of lives that whinced

when they saw pain
because of love
are born again,
there, from above

and will remain
as scars recall
the wound and speak
of times we fall

and may look weak,
but tell it all
before we speak..
Though we be small,

could he be wise
enough to weave
through all our lives
continually,

some bright new clothes
that shine like light
for us, from those
old un-delights?

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The LORD is good to those whose hope is in Him and to those who search for Him. Lamentations 3:25 (PM Version)

I am convinced that every detail of our lives are continually woven together to fit into God's perfect plan. Romans 8:28 (PM Version)

w-rest-le and nestle...

“What makes for A good answer or reply?”

I ask regarding my relationships.

Sometimes it is that we aren't scared to die,

because we're more concerned with truthful lips,

as we attempt communicating truth

that’s needed for true friendships to endure,

and do that out of love, to help and soothe,

instead of just to rid us of manure.

Do you remember that ol' girl who’d come

to Jesus, just to ask him to help her ..

.. her little daughter, who was sick at home,

I s’pose she wanted Jesus to defer,

his plans. He said that some things should be "first",

and others after that, would come along.

It wasn't right to let those "seconds" burst

through, just as though all order would be wrong.

And she might then have just burred right on up,

and said he mustn’t care at all for her,

instead of this she listened, then abrupt-

ly said that he was “Lord*”, and then inferred

some other options from his metaphor,

that happens in God’s world, that had occurred.

“Good answer.” He said, “Now go home for your..

..your daughter’s demon has left”, and she heard,

and acted straight away,  and then found out

that what he said had happened at that time.

Her “mother's heart” was glad I’d say, no doubt,

and she had wrestled with someone, sublime.

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*  Lord (=Gk: Kyrios) was the term used in first Century Common Greek for three things: 1) This was Caesar’s title, and 2) in the Jewish (/Christian) scriptures it was a euphemism for God’s Name, & 3) a common term of respect. [The English title “Sir”, is similar in the way it has two common uses, 1) to denote someone who has been knighted by the Monarch of England (or their representative), and 2) a title of respect used by a student to a male teacher, a shop assistant to a potential male customer, or to honour a male stranger.]

Then Jesus left and went away to the territory near the city of Tyre. He went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there, but he could not stay hidden. A woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit in her, heard about Jesus and came to him at once and fell at his feet. The woman was a Gentile, born in the region of Phoenicia in Syria. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. But Jesus answered, “Let us first feed the children. It isn't right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs.”  “Lord*,” she answered, “even the dogs under the table eat the children's leftovers!” So Jesus said to her, “Because of that answer, go back home, where you will find that the demon has gone out of your daughter!” She went home and found her child lying on the bed; the demon had indeed gone out of her. Mark 7:24‭-‬30

“Post-Christendom has left the church on the fringe of society, existing in the shadow of competing cultural priorities such as consumerism, careerism and individualism. These powerful forces have reduced radical Kingdom lifestyles to personal faith that operates within a private realm. As a result, Jesus’ call to Kingdom discipleship has been watered down, privatised and mixed with competing messages from our consumer culture.” (Quoted in the CS101 MOOC Week 10.)

The Father of us seeks "fair-dinkum-ness"

So there were folk who walked and talked with God

as well as Abraham, Isaac, and Jake.

And there were folk who balked, and caulked, untrod

those paths he beckoned them to come and take.

And God likes walking with, among, his folk.

Indeed the scriptures say he loves to find

a person who would truly love, no joke,

the people God brings to his life (& mind),

and push through good intentions, on to deeds

(like feeding, clothing, sheltering who’s stuck)

and being quick to listen (this one heeds),

and slow to speak and anger - “gives a fuck!” -

is how some common Aussies would have styled

it. Folk who were “fair dinkum”, unbeguiled.

And somehow they’d be like a little child,

who loves and speaks what’s true, so not just “mild”.

And some like Enoch, walked with God for years.

They trusted and relied on him I’d say.

They lived their lives within his presence; fears,

blood, sweat, and tears, may still have come their way.

It looks like God just loved to hang out with,

and walk among, and share their lot with them,

especially in the guise of kin and kith,

and strangers who would sometimes touch their hem.

And sometimes he would boast about these folk

(he knew their weaknesses, I'd say, quite well).

But he knew what new bodies he would stoke

and wanted them to wake to Life, not “hell”*.

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*   the Greek word used to describe Jesus’s comments on “hell”, is “Gehenna”, the name for the valley that functioned as the rubbish dump for the city of Jerusalem. It is the image of refuse in a stinking, smoky, snarling, rotting, dump.

When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.  Gen. 5:21‭-‬24 NIVUK

One day when the angels came to report to God , Satan, who was the Designated Accuser, came along with them.  …

God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil.”  Job 1:6,8 MSG

One day when the angels came to report to God , Satan also showed up. … Then God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him, is there—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil? He still has a firm grip on his integrity! … ”.   Job 2:1‭-‬3 MSG

For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him... 2 Chron. 16:9 NIVUK

“It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”.  John 4:23‭-‬24 MSG

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’   Matthew 25:31‭-‬40 NET

There was a man named Cornelius who lived in Caesarea, captain of the Italian Guard stationed there. He was a thoroughly good man. He had led everyone in his house to live worshipfully before God, was always helping people in need, and had the habit of prayer. One day about three o’clock in the afternoon he had a vision. An angel of God, as real as his next-door neighbor, came in and said, “Cornelius.” Cornelius stared hard, wondering if he was seeing things. Then he said, “What do you want, sir?” The angel said, “Your prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God’s attention. Here’s what you are to do. Send men to Joppa to get Simon, the one everyone calls Peter. He is staying ...”.   Acts 10:1‭-‬6 MSG

He  will reward each one according to his works :  eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality, but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,  but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous. For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.  Romans 2:6‭-‬11‭, ‬13‭-‬14 NET

upset, afraid, or unready...

your heart will always be where your riches are.

So do not be afraid, my little flock,

your Father’s pleased to give to you his own..

the Kingdom of our God. He is the rock

and he’s the hand that cut it, saw it thrown

down here, to earth, and his the pow'r that swelled

it so that it would overcome all else,

The kingdoms of this world have never smelled

quite like your chosen one, who always smells

to me the perfume of a life and words

that match together, yet won't just sit by,

he deals with all the stupid and absurd

somehow, yet when it’s time he goes to die.

So sell all your belongings and give all

the money that's thus gained to all the poor.

Get currencies yourselves that will not fall,

that won't deflate, wear out, or “be no more”.

And save your riches where they won't decrease,

in realms where stable government holds tight,

with ruler who can guarantee no theives

can get to them, no rust, no moth, no blight!

Where nothing can destroy them, they just grow

way past the interest from a bank down here

if parent love is anything to show

the interest that a heart can have, it’s clear...

For hearts of love have shown more interest won

than banks in any country in this world

and “giving” is their staple, when begun

they're hard to stop. Love's flag is there  unfurled!

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29 “So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink. 30 (For the pagans of this world are always concerned about all these things.) Your Father knows that you need these things. 31 Instead, be concerned with his Kingdom, and he will provide you with these things.

Riches in Heaven

32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom. 33 Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor. Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out, and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease, because no thief can get to them, and no moth can destroy them. 34 For your heart will always be where your riches are.

Watchful Servants

35 “Be ready for whatever comes, dressed for action and with your lamps lit, 36 like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once.  

Luke 12:29-36

Yeshua: a s king at times preceeds receiving

OK, keep asking, you will then receive.

So keep on seeking, you yet still will find.

And keep on knocking on the door, believe

me, doors will then be opened -past your mind.

And in each season of your life, be cheered,

and joy in what will not be taken from

you, for you’ll own it by God’s word, it’s cleared

and guaranteed by what he’s said, and done!

For we’ve got much to now rejoice about.

So let us not get weary in the act

of doing what is good. For we’ll have “clout”,

when we reap in the harvest. Just that fact

of blessing from God multiplying what’s

been sown as tiny seeds which then errupt

from soil of what our life is now, our plots

will bear a harvest, if we don't give up.

So “Don't give up”! And “Keep on with what’s good!”

For nothing in this world, or from elsewhere

can separate you from the love of God,

that’s seen in Jesus, who was christened there,

as “God’s own Son”, the second Adam come,

from which our God could make a second Eve.

God's mine-ute seconds seem to bring undone

the hours which are ours, I believe!

So give thanks to The Lord Almighty, for

The Lord is good, and too, his faithful love

endures forever, yet will never bore;

he’s called “Creator”, and is “from above”.

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Keep on asking, and you will receive. Keep on seeking and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7 (PM Version)

Be cheerful and joyful in every season of life. For we have much to rejoice about. Philippians 4:4 (PM Version)

Let us not get weary in doing what is good.For in due season we will reap a harvest of blessing, if we don't give up. Galatians 6:9 (PM Version)

"Give thanks to The Lord Almighty, for The Lord is good and His faithful love endures forever" Jeremiah 33:11b (PM Version)

Oh God...with you today

Oh God, I want to live with you today,

like air I breathe and live all my life in,

and walk through, that enables me to say

each, ev’ry word I ever speak or sing.

I want to live on you, and in you, and

through you, because of you who are, my God.

For you’re my greatest gift; you understand,

and teach me understanding where you've  trod.

And you are my most pers’nal pleasure too,

I see you seem a hedonist at heart,

since ev’ry pleasure I have, comes from you,

to take in and let out my life’s breath starts

the pleasure in all beauty that is true

and you continue till you think it’s best

to graduate me to what will ensue,

like Jesus’ indestructible and blest,

-  a body that can not be ever stopped

though it be placed within the fiery sun.

Oh God, I can’t imagine that as “topped”

by any other option. That is fun!

Assuming, unlike vampires, that the means,

are tied into relationship and love.

And you have all the love to share, it seems.

You've given us a way that’s “from above”.

So now, the Tree of Life can be no curse

(it’s just that we must give this life away),

and trust “faithful creator” to disperse

it, waking his life’s “kind” in us that day!

“food for thoughts..”

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Txt2PW: Ok, I'm reading ….  It provides food for thoughts on all sorts of possibilities.

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A friend said to me look, a certain book
provided food for thoughts on diff'rent sorts
of possibilities. How good that he's
not stuck upon a track! - though looking back

a thought comes like a hook: the track one took
depends on what one bought, or got. You're caught
on bait you like with ease, so still watch these,
and how things are attacked (so don't be slack).

Some problems that once shook this blinking chook
have come because he bought, more than he ought,

into a way of “ease” that did more freeze
his mind into a crack, because it lacked

that self-critique which shook, when first we took
a look, but since we sought “Our Place”, we're fraught
with inconsistencies, that only seize
us, put us in a sack, and hump on back!

The same heat used to cook a cake you took

from oven (not just bought), at times is caught

in body’s blisters (please, believe) with ease.
Recall: a simple lack, can stop a track

of action to be took, or thoughts to cook.

So seeing, check I've sought to not be brought
to places on my knees before who’s pleased

to have more folk to whack upon their track.

Since all the trains you took (of thought), have shook

no less than iron wrought, and life is caught
up in a winding breeze, our whole life’s seized

and shaken, check your back for such a tack!

And plan, be where you cook, and don't just look

like you are present. Naught can be more fraught

with more tricks, diff’culties. Yet do not freeze.

Then do look up, attack! For even “lack”

is part of truly look-king which won't brook

acknowledging it’s caught, unless (as ought),

it gives it's all, and “bees” where allie sees

and can cover your back, when you're attacked.

So read aloud your “book”, not as a chook,

just clucking, but as ought, one who has “bought”

the thought that “God who sees”, can help with ease,

and asking for’t in lack, looks for good track.

friend's relative appears "overcome" by a struggle...

Dear brother and sister...

Please hug your sister for us all up here.
And too, those sons and daughters of them both.
We struggle in this life till what appears
will match reality, and ow-a troth.