intimacy

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Oh God I want the lover of my soul

to be always received at any time

you see fit to wake me, to enter whole

or partly, or to play a game - of rhyme.

You gamer, who is gamer than the pack,

who loves to play, and pleasure, just for fun.

A hedonist who made all pleasures track

back to enhancing to the maximum.

And even gaps between are purposed to

enhance the overall joy and effect.

You source of all deep joy, and hope ensue-

ing for much more, when structures stay errect.

When he who built, comes back to take his bride,

with bodies that won't tire as in this day.

The feast and celebration cannot hide

their private ecstacy, when they're away.

You are the shameless one, who is just clad

in light yourself, who's making bodies now,

immortal, indestructible, and glad

to be so robed, to walk on evenings...  Wow!

You are more wild, and if folk only knew,

why some might run away, and hide themselves.

God, I would learn to be responsive to

advench'rous love like yours, that grows more health!

Beyond what I'll conceive, left to myself,

you want to join with yours, creatively,

to bring more joy than can be bought with wealth.

You, you yourself, the gift we would receive.

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• I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; all the good things I have come from you. ...You, Lord, are all I have, and you give me all I need; my future is in your hands. How wonderful are your gifts to me; how good they are! … I am always aware of the Lord's presence; he is near, and nothing can shake me. … You will show me the path that leads to life; your presence fills me with joy and brings me pleasure forever. Psalm 16:2‭, ‬5‭-‬6‭, ‬8‭, ‬11 GNTD

• "However, as it is written: ‘What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived’ – the things God has prepared for those who love him – 1 Cor. 2:9 NIVUK

• "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 NIVUK

• "Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to go without food? Of course not! As long as the bridegroom is with them, they will not do that. But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. Mark 2:19‭-‬20 GNTD

(The bridegroom was here, has met his bride, and been betrothed, has gone to make a home for them, and will return to take her to their bed chamber when the marriage feast will begin and be sustained for days, or weeks…)

• "… I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so. And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am. John 14:2‭-‬3 GNTD

• "Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed. For what is mortal must be changed into what is immortal; what will die must be changed into what cannot die. So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed into the immortal, then the scripture will come true: “Death is destroyed; victory is complete!” “Where, Death, is your victory? Where, Death, is your power to hurt?”...  So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless. 1 Corinthians 15:51‭-‬55‭, ‬58 GNTD

• ".. And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. For it is declared: ‘You are a priest for ever, in the order of Melchizedek.’ The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. ….  Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives for ever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Heb. 7:15‭-‬19‭, ‬23‭-‬25 NIVUK

For more, along the same lines see 

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Praise from ... ; and pleasing to ...

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Rather, the real Jew is the person who is a Jew on the inside, that is, whose heart has been circumcised, and this is the work of God's Spirit, not of the written Law. Such a person receives praise from God, not from human beings. Romans 2:29 GNTD

No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God. Romans 2:29 NIVUK

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The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. … So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God. Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling-block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. Romans 14:3‭-‬4‭, ‬12‭-‬18 NIVUK

The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person. Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed. Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God. My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you. If you hurt others because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the person for whom Christ died! Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name. For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives. And when you serve Christ in this way, you please God and are approved by others. Romans 14:3‭-‬4‭, ‬12‭, ‬14‭-‬18 GNTD

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The real people of God, are so because 

the heart of them, the inside, is trimmed clean -

the work of God's Breath/Word within them was

not written words, just on the outside, skin.

And strange to say, that this person gets praise -

from where they are a-look-King God himself, 

not from who looks to them, they help their gaze

to see right through them, to the source of health.

This person with the spirit of the God

of all creative breath, & kiss, and word,

will not be judging people, since they're not

that God, and weirdly, they have also heard

that God himself is willing to accept

a person who is hanging out with his

own boy, who has the power of life, who kept

on learning from his Father 'bout the biz

'nus that his Father started up at first

in planting that first garden, with its fruit

for his children to eat till they might burst,

abundant life, with room to bud and shoot.

And we must stand, like that first pair before

our Father who's the gardener of all,

and not be judging others less (or more)

for that is not our job yet, or our call.

Our job's to care and help the garden grow,

well knowing ev'ry plant is diff'rent too.

The Goodness, Thriving, Joy of God will show

God's spirit pleased with us, and what we do.

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to day ..

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Txt2me:

Today is done,

so said the sun,

as it just set,

it made me think..

Where was today?

depends on who,

you were, I think,

depends on view.

Where is the night?

when darkness falls,

into the air,

and in our eyes.

Today begins!

so says the moon,

and stars above.

It makes me sink…

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TxtfromMe:

What are you sinking?

...................................

And sinking in 

my armchair now,

I'm glad I've been

alive somehow

today, with small

jobs done and rest.

I start to crawl

back to health blessed

with friends to learn

to see as seeds

of God who yearns

to give our needs.

So thank  you God

for friends who play

with words that nod

and rhyme today.

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Txt back2me:

I sink down here,

into some cares,

of this young man,

my hopes and fears.

Take care of dog,

be ķind to friends..

..And, looking back,

as last day wends,

and works a path,

as ones I've walked,

perhaps too fast..

..some thoughts stay pent,

as if they wait..

I wait for them,

I hope and fear,

remember prayers,

I prayed today.

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"In this world you will have ..."

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Oh God we see the wonder of this gift

of life to all of us, & bodies too,

which let us move about ourselves and lift

up other things, and oversee for you.

And you're the source of life, & health, & strength.

We trust you now to give, in gracious ways,

Whatever it is, so, we'll grow - at length

to be as our big brother now displays.. 

a man of sorrows, who's  aquainted with 

the grief that we have let loose in this world,

yet scorning of its pretenses, as myth,

to be immortal, God's true word was curled

within that life, and given free, full reign,

and listened to, and taken in as food,

and then came out his mouth to help again

as mumma birds would feed their chicks "prechewed".

Oh God, please help us. Dani in her loss

of Mum, and Marty's good kidneys somewhere,

and people with these COVID viruses,

and housing needs you know folk have.  - Our prayer.

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new people in new bodies

 

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From a brother & his wife:

We’re on our way to Westmead, having been called up at 3am - as a deceased person’s kidney has come up as a match with me. It may actually happen around 12md, God willing.

(Many changes…)

We’ll keep you posted.

…more than 12hrs later...

I have just called the ward and he was being wheeled in. Still groggy but all went well, considering, ... He has a nurse with him all the time for 48 hours.

Thanks for your love and prayers.

... I can feel them. Don’t stop though. How’s Paul today?...

Please give him our love..

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Well, thank you, to you two. Your love's received.

And God, we're grateful for the life we've seen.

This kidney, in our brother, we've believed

to be a part of someone's legacy.

And also God's provision at this time,

well knowing that "in this world trouble comes",

but we look to new bodies , quite sublime,

and know that Christ has conquered "Death".. and some!

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feeling scared?!

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Oh Lord I'm feeling scared of walking now.

I'm scared of failing in whatever way.

That by that act, I'll lose my wife somehow,

or friends, or health, or job prospects, and pay…

It's pretty nebulous, the whole darn thing...

Well no it's not! It very concrete, clear!

Maybe it's got no "normal business" ring

about it, just "I'm off to see some gear!"

Or "Going for a walk, d'ya wanna come?"

Maybe that's as it is, & then we'll see.

That "come & see" approach, I will not shun.

My walking mentor used it faithfully*.

But now I'm stuck unless you do come through,

and make potentials realise their worth,

to learn what I am ignorant to do:

communicate where wealth has made a dearth.

Where ev'rything is laid on, and no wood, 

or trees, we learn to know behind our screens.

Will I unhide, and walk with you. I could!

I will, today, as you allow the means.

Will you please help me, if I come, to see.

I'm scared that I'll just blindly carry on.

And shrivel to the weakling that I be,

just puffing up a hill to feel more strong.

Yes. Yes my Master I'll go for a walk, 

with you, if you will take me, let me see

with your eyes what is here, I will not baulk,

if i can stay within your company.

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* "Turning round, Jesus saw them following and asked, ‘What do you want?’ They said, ‘Rabbi’ (which means ‘Teacher’), ‘where are you staying?’ ‘Come,’ he replied, ‘and you will see.’ So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas’ (which, when translated, is Peter)." John 1:38‭-‬42 NIVUK

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true loveliness

 

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From a good friend: "True Happiness is to rejoice in the Truth, for to rejoice in the truth is to rejoice in you, O God, who are the Truth, you, my God, my true Light, to whom I look for Salvation." (St. Augustine Confessions, 1961, pg. 229, Penguin Books)

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Adding ...

True happiness is to delight in you,

oh Lord whose lovingkindness is above

all else, it is eternal, and it's true.

My truth is skew if it forgets your love.

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Psalm 136; 1John 4:12 etc...

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Potential misscarriage

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Oh God, there's much we do not understand.

The jobs you give to us are worth our lives.

Here we are given hope when you command.

And we trust that you must know when arrives

the end we hoped for, in an ordered world,

we're not capricious just because we hope,

but you know hope, against  hopelessness curled

around a heart, and on a slippery slope.

Our prayers for both these two and Embryo,

are for their health and thriving at this stage,

there's still so much that we don't really know,

we pray for grace as turns each daily page.

And too capacity to thank, not blame.

To see the good that is, and be at peace,

to help the goodness thrive, and cover shame,

while grateful for each good that's been released.

But you, Lord Jesus, helped a very lot

ol' Jairus and his missus, and their girl.

And your own daughter whose suff'ring had got

her ready to tell all - her faith unfurled.

We hear as well, your words: "Blest those who mourne -

-For they shall be comfort-ed", & we know

that your big view encompasses a dawn

on cloudy skies, as well as clear, all though

this doesn't stop us asking from our hearts,

and trusting you no matter what folk say.

Please help these two beloved now to start

some fam'ly as they're trying to obey!

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on a sick bed - hoping to get better

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Dear God, I'm scared that "All Good is a lie.

And only selfishness & pain exist.

The smiles are always fake"; some part would try

to sneak into my mind, in foggy mist.

It comes as a nostalgia on me, 

in sick bed, when I can imagine, yet,

I'm not that straight in thinking, now I see.

But also when hypocrisy can get

it's mouldy claws around me or my friends.

It helps me then interpret all the good

as just facade, designed for certain ends

to cover up, and trick folk as some would.

Not much was more concerning to that man

(who spoke of only one source of all Good),

than that "yeast of hypocrisy" that can

apparently work into any food.

And when it showed in humans - puffing up

our-selves to make us look better than we

in fact are doing. Well, this makes me laugh, 

for here I am with this infecting me.

Oh, God, please help me clean out all my yeast.

And toss it clear away, that I may be

true food and drink for others at the least

and tasty to him, too. That fish I'll be.

Please eat me Christ, your sign that you came near.

I'm thinking that that fish was very blessed.

And if you choose to, friends might know you're here,

and in our troubles, you bring good. You're best!

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Simple joys

 

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Text2me:

We came last night.

A darkened sky,

Above us said,

Goodnight.

A little wine,

While eating snags.

No fire here.

All right.

My company,

a dog is he,

We slept in peace.

Till light.

This mornings walk,

I learn to talk,

In Afrikaans,

To it.

Some coffee now,

With cream, honey.

A swim perhaps,

May be.

Then morning tea,

And drive a bit,

To Wonthaggi

Near by,

Not far,

Away,

From Will-,

-son' prom.

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MyTxtBack:

Thank you.

A lovely gift.

I feel more lift-

ed up, becoz

of how I was

transported there

by hope & care.

Thank you.

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