THE-EUANGELION: Children of..

Thanks for the list of boys and girls and their ages, that we might get to care for, and plan good things for.

Oh God, these kids you know much more than us,

& even than their parents do. They're yours!

You made them, love them, are the one who'll fuss

about, as no-one else would. Just "because"..

that is what love does. Knowing all our needs,

and too all our desires, you'll do the best

for us, but not mechanic'ly, for seeds

will grow in garden beds after they rest

from being seeds - that shape and form, and store

of food (for tougher times that might come on),

and when they do, a kind of life that's more

will burst on out, the seed will be quite gone!

And yet we think, it always had that life,

because the source of life contrived things so.

A "second death" would cut that like a knife,

and burn it up. Good farmers aren't so slow

as to do that to ev'ry plant they've got,

they treasure those they work quite hard to grow;

so much they may well leave some weeds that shot

up after plants grew up. "Best time"A they'll know.

And all these seeds, each child, offspring of God,

as poets of the Greeks had even seen,B

we pray will grow as that, look for your nod,

and open up themselves at inbetween

times (unimportant to some lookers on

but precious to a parent who knows love)

with us, with you, our father, with your sonC,

'n'our oldest brother's spirit "from above".

Amen.

"In the fullness of time…" (), "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe … (Mark 1:15 KJV) and "..at the harvest we'll separate the weeds and the wheat, because I don't want to damage the wheat" ()

"..for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we are also his offspring." So then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God has overlooked; but now he commands all men everywhere to stop turning away, and to turn back: because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of whom he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead. Acts 17:28‭-‬31

I never knew you! [of course, I know everything about you, every detail. I keep dreaming the world and your body up. But you are a baby god, & are thus able to choose yourself to open yourself up to YAHWEH (Creative Love), or not. And that will not be taken away from you. You must use your choice to turn towards me, and open yourself up to me to grow to be a true, grown up god, as I made you to be. Born to be like me, both your Mother & Father figure, to be loved, & to love. If you won't open yourself up to me in this way, let me raise you in (& into) the culture of eternity (gaining the language, habits, sense of humour, justice, honour, loyalty, love etc, of eternity) you retain the curse of the unborn, useless, discarded in the natural process of things as a still-born fetus or dead unborn baby. And I will not undo your capacity to choose, once given.] Depart from me you cursed… take yourself to the only place your choices can keep "existing", to the cosmic rubbish dump. ()
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (John 17:3 NIVUK)
I beg you to open up to us also…()
As you opened up to us you opened up to God. You took me in…()

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