SPIRIT

 SPIRIT

BY  

 FRANK A VOLLMER

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FEAST OF THE HOLY TRINITY

LET US BEGIN
AS WE BEGIN ALL THINGS

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER

 THE SON

 THE HOLY SPIRIT

AMEN.

WEEKS AFTER MY BIRTH
I WAS BAPTIZED
 GIVEN MY NAME
FRANK ANTHONY

I BAPTIZE YOU
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
 THE SON
 THE HOLY SPIRIT
AMEN

BY THIS I BECAME A MEMBER OF A CHURCH
FOUNDED BY CHRIST
 MANDATED BY HIM
TO GO OUT
INTO THE WHOLE WORLD
 BRING THEM TO HIM
BY BAPTIZING THEM
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
THE SON
THE HOLY SPIRIT
AMEN
AT THE HOUR OF MY DEATH
MAY SOMEONE SAY TO ME
RETURN SOUL
TO THE LIVING GOD
TO GOD THE FATHER
WHO MADE YOU
TO GOD THE SON WHO SAVED YOU
 TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO LED YOU
AMEN.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TRINITY
ON THIS SUNDAY

DEDICATED TO THE TRINITY
THE TRINITY AS WE KNOW

IS A MYSTERY OF OUR FAITH.

THE FATHER IS GOD

 EQUAL TO THE SON

BUT IS NOT THE SON

THE SON IS GOD

 EQUAL TO THE SPIRIT

BUT IS NOT THE SPIRIT

THE SPIRIT IS GOD
AND EQUAL TO THE FATHER
BUT IS NOT THE FATHER

I HAVE A BOOK ON THEOLOGY AT 
THE ARTICLE ON THE TRINITY
IT TAKES UP SIXTEEN PAGES
OF SMALL PRINT
TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY
BUT IT'S LIKE TRYING
TO COMPREHEND THE BEGINNING
OR ENDING OF ETERNITY
IT USUALLY MAKES ME
GO TO SLEEP

BUT WE BEGIN

ALL THINGS IN THEIR NAME

WE ARE BAPTIZED IN THEIR NAME

WE ARE COMMISSIONED

TO BAPTIZE ALL NATIONS

IN THEIR NAME

I PUT IT TO YOU
WE SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TRINITY
IT IS A PRINCIPAL OF SCIENCE
THAT ONE CAN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND A MYSTERY
BY STUDYING ITS EFFECTS

USING SUCH A PRINCIPAL
MAN DISCOVERED THE ATOM
LONG BEFORE HE COULD SEE IT
EXPLODE IT
 USE IT TO MAKE ELECTRICITY

MAN USED SUCH A PRINCIPAL
TO DISCOVER PLANETS
OUT ON THE EDGE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
BEFORE THERE WERE TELESCOPES
STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE THEM.
LONG BEFORE WE HAD ROCKETS
MAN KNEW
HOW HE WOULD TRAVEL
TO THE MOON AND BACK.
SO LET US EXPLORE THE TRINITY

THE FATHER LOVED US

 SO MUCH

HE SENT HIS ONLY SON

TO SUFFER

AND DIE

FOR US

THE SON OBEDIENT TO THE FATHER
WILLINGLY GOES TO THE CROSS
BUT THE SON TAKES NO GLORY TO HIMSELF
BUT RATHER SAYS
TO HAVE SEEN ME IS TO HAVE SEEN THE FATHER

THE SON SENDS THE COUNCILOR
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
WHO COMES
NOT TO DO HIS OWN WILL
BUT THAT OF THE CREATOR
AND THE SAVIOR

IF I WERE LOOKING AT A FAMILY
THAT ACTED THIS WAY
I WOULD SAY
SEE HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER

THAT IS WHAT THE TRINITY IS

A LOVE RELATIONSHIP

 TO THAT RELATIONSHIP

WE HAVE BEEN CALLED

BY BAPTISM

 WE HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED

TO BRING ALL MEN TO THAT RELATIONSHIP

LOVE IS THE ANSWER
TO ALL OUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE TRINITY
HOW IT SHOULD INSPIRE US TO LIVE.
LOVE IS THE ANSWER

I KNOW OF NO PROBLEM
PERSONAL OR WORLDWIDE
THAT HAS BEEN SOLVED BY MORE HATRED

RATHER BE KIND AND LOVING
THIS IS THE MESSAGE OF THE TRINITY

KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES
WHEN YOU HAVE LOVE

ONE FOR ANOTHER

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A SERMON AT PENTECOST

A SERMON AT PENTECOST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
WHOSE BIRTHDAY YOU MIGHT ASK
IT’S ALL OF OURS
BECAUSE PENTECOST IS THE DAY
THE CHURCH BEGAN

ON THE DAY THE CHURCH BEGAN
THE APOSTLES WERE GATHERED
IN THE UPPER ROOM
TO CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF SHABUOT

IT WAS A HARVEST FESTIVAL
IT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF OUR THANKSGIVING DAY

THEY FELT THEY HAD LITTLE TO CELEBRATE
JESUS HAD GONE HOME
LEAVING THEM FEELING LIKE ORPHANS

BUT THEY WERE LOYAL JEWS
THEY OBSERVED THE LAW
THE LAW SAID
THANK GOD GOOD TIMES AND BAD

ESPECIALLY ON THIS DAY
FIFTY DAYS AFTER PASSOVER
FOR IT COMMEMORATED
THE FIRST HARVEST
THEY HAD AS FREE MEN

BUT PETER WAS PUZZLED
AS HE OFTEN WAS
AS THE OTHERS OFTEN WERE
FOR JESUS HAD SAID TO THEM BEFORE HE LEFT
JESUS HAD SAID
WHILE HE WAS EATING WITH THEM
I GIVE YOU THIS COMMAND
THAT YOU DO NOT LEAVE JERUSALEM
BUT WAIT FOR THE GIFT
MY FATHER PROMISED
ABOUT WHICH
YOU HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK

JOHN BAPTIZED
YOU WITH WATER
BUT IN A FEW DAYS YOU WILL BE
BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT


AND PETER THOUGHT
I AM WELL NAMED ROCK
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE MEANT
AFTER THREE YEARS AND HIS LEAVING
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE MEANT

AND SO THOUGHT ALL THE OTHER APOSTLES
GATHERED TOGETHER
IN THE UPPER ROOM
TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE HARVEST
WHICH WAS YET TO COME

WE ARE TWENTIETH CENTURY CHRISTIANS
 YET WE ARE OFTEN NO MORE AWARE OF GOD’S PLAN
THAN THE APOSTLES WERE AT THIS TIME

LET US BEGIN OUR SEARCH
FOR GOD’S PLAN
AS WE BEGIN ALL THINGS
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
 THE SON
 THE HOLY SPIRIT

LET US BEGIN
AS WE BEGIN ALL THING
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER
THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
WHO MADE TIME BEGIN
LET US LOOK AT GOD THE FATHER

WHEN I WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE
I STUDIED
PASSED A TEST
 WAS GIVEN MY DRIVERS LICENSE

WHEN I WANTED TO BECOME AN ENGINEER
I STUDIED,
PASSED TESTS
 WAS GIVEN MY DEGREE

WHEN I BECAME A PARENT
THE NURSE HANDED ME A BABY
AND SAID
HERE’S YOUR CHILD
NO OWNERS MANUAL
NO WEB SITE
NOTHING
ONLY HERE’S YOUR CHILD

IN JEWISH TRADITION
THE BOOK OF GENESIS
IS OFTEN READ
WITH THE THOUGHT
THAT GOD IS A NEW PARENT
LEARNING HOW TO HANDLE A CHILD

LET’S LOOK AT THE STORY OF GENESIS
IN THAT LIGHT

GOD MAKES ADAM
BUT ADAM IS MADE WITH A DESIGN FLAW
WHERE ALL THE OTHER ACTS OF GOD’S CREATION
LOVE GOD INSTINCTIVELY
ADAM
GOD THINKS
I SHALL MAKE DIFFERENT

THIS CREATURE
THE PEAK OF MY CREATION
IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY
TO CHOOSE
WHETHER TO LOVE ME
OR NOT
BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE
FROM HIM
THE LOVE OF A FREE PERSON
NOT THE SERVILE FEAR OF A SLAVE
OR THE UNTHINKING LOVE OF AN ANIMAL

GOD PUTS ADAM
IN THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
CALLED PARADISE
 SAYS TO HIM
EAT ANYTHING YOU WANT
EXCEPT FOR THE FRUIT OF THAT TREE
IF YOU EAT THE FRUIT OF THAT TREE
SURELY YOU WILL DIE

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
ADAM ATE OF THAT TREE
INSTEAD OF AN INSTANT DEATH
HE LIVED 970 YEARS
SO MUCH FOR PARENTAL THREATENING

THEN GOD’S CHILDREN
CONTINUED TO DISOBEY GOD
SO HE SENT A FLOOD
TO PUNISH THEM ALL
EXCEPT FOR NOAH

WHEN THE FLOOD WAS OVER
GOD THOUGHT
THAT MAYBE
HE HADN’T MADE THE RIGHT DECISION
SO HE PUT A RAINBOW IN THE SKY
A WARRIOR’S BOW AIMED AT HEAVEN
TO REMIND HIM NEVER TO DO THAT AGAIN

BUT MAN KEPT DISOBEYING

HE TRIED TO BUILD A TOWER TO THE SKY
THINKING
IF I REACHED THE SKY
I WILL BE LIKE GOD
 NEVER HAVE TO LISTEN TO HIM AGAIN

I WILL BE FREE OF GOD

SO GOD CONFUSED THEM
SO THAT EACH PERSON
SPOKE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE

INSTEAD OF UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER
THEY BABBLED
THEY COULD NOT FINISH THE TOWER
BUT INSTEAD THEY SCATTERED
OVER THE FACE OF THE EARTH
CARRYING THEIR NEW LANGUAGES WITH THEM

THEN GOD THOUGHT
MY SCOPE IS TOO LARGE
LET ME START OVER AGAIN
WITH ONE PERSON

SO HE PICKS ABRAHAM
 SAYS OBEY ME
 YOUR CHILDREN
WILL BE AS NUMEROUS
AS THE SANDS ON THE BEACH

 AS A SIGN OF MY POWER
I SAY TO YOU 97 YEAR OLD MAN
THAT YOUR WIFE SARAH
BARREN IN HER OLD AGE
WILL HAVE A CHILD

HEARING THIS
ABRAHAM FELL ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING
AND SARAH
HIDING BEHIND A DOOR TO LISTEN
LAUGHED TOO
AND GOD
PLAYING WITH HIS CREATION
SAID TO HER
YOU LAUGHED

IN FEAR
BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN STANDING
BEHIND THE DOOR
SARAH SAID
NO I DIDN’T

AND THEN FOLLOWS
THAT VERY HUMAN STORY
OF GOD AND SARAH TALKING LIKE THIS
YOU LAUGHED
NO I DIDN’T
YES YOU DID
UH-HUH
UH-UH
UH-HUH
UH-UH


AS FAR AS I KNOW
THEY COULD STILL BE HAVING
THIS CONVERSATION

BUT A CHILD WAS BORN TO SARAH AND ABRAHAM
 THEY CALLED HIM LAUGHTER
A NICE NAME
IN HEBREW HE WAS CALLED ISAAC

THEN GOD SAID TO ABRAHAM
I REQUIRE A SACRIFICE
I REQUIRE THE LIFE OF ISAAC
AND ABRAHAM LOADED ISAAC
WITH THE WOOD FOR THE SACRIFICE
TOOK HIM UP A HIGH MOUNTAIN

ABRAHAM BOUND ISAAC
 WAS READY TO SLAY HIM
THE KNIFE WAS IN THE AIR
THE SUNLIGHT GLISTENED ON IT
BUT GOD STAYED ABRAHAM’S ARM

FOR GOD HAD THOUGHT
IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR MAN
TO SLAY EACH OTHER
NO I WILL SEND MY SON
AS THAT SACRIFICE

LET US CONTINUE THEN
WITH GOD THE SON
WHOM WE CALL JESUS

HE LEAPED DOWN FROM HEAVEN
TO BE OUR SAVIOR
TAKING ON HUMAN FORM
 AS A HUMAN
HE WAS BORN
LIVED
SUFFERED
DIED
WAS BURIED
AS PAYMENT FOR OUR SINS

HE ROSE TRIUMPHANT FROM THE GRAVE
 LIVED WITH HIS APOSTLES
FORTY MORE DAYS

HE IS OUR REDEEMER
 AS HE LEFT US
TO RETURN TO HEAVEN
HE SAID I WILL SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO COMPLETE MY WORK

LET US CONTINUE THEN
WITH GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

WHO IS TASKED
WITH BRINGING TO HARVEST
ALL GOD’S PROMISES

WHO IS THE FULFILLER
THE ENABLER
THE INSPIRER
WHO IS CHARGED
WITH RECREATING GOD’S CREATION
TO BRING IT ONCE MORE TO GOD’S DREAM

HOW SHALL WE KNOW
WHEN THE SPIRIT IS AMONG US
WHEN WE SEE IN OUR SOCIETY
THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHICH ARE LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS,
FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL

WHEN WE SEE THAT IN OUR SOCIETY
WHETHER THAT SOCIETY BE TWO PEOPLE
TWENTY PEOPLE
TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE
TWO MILLION PEOPLE
CITIES
COUNTRIES
NATION
WORLD

TO THE EXTANT
THAT WE SEE THESE GIFTS IN OUR SOCIETY
THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS AT WORK
TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE MISSING
THEN WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO BRING IT ABOUT

FOR WE ARE THE CHURCH
 THAT CHURCH IS COMMISSIONED
THAT CHURCH IS COMMANDED
TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER

A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES
BEGINS WITH ONE STEP
I WOULD LIKE TODAY
WITH YOUR HELP
TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER
TO MAKE ONE SMALL STEP

REMEMBER THE TOWER OF BABEL
WHERE TONGUES WERE CONFUSED BECAUSE OF SIN
 REMEMBER THE TONGUES OF FIRE
OF PENTECOST MORNING
WHICH SIGNIFY A NEW LANGUAGE
THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE

WELL IN OUR LIVES
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE
WITH WHOM WE FIND IT HARD
TO COMMUNICATE
SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY
SOMEONE OUTSIDE OUR FAMILY
PERHAPS EVEN GOD

IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN MIND
IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR DEEPEST HEART
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SAY THESE WORDS
WITH ME
AS I SAY THEM TO THAT PERSON
I MYSELF FIND IT HARD TO LOVE

LET US BEGIN

WHOEVER YOU ARE
THAT I FIND IT HARD TO TALK TO
FOR WHATEVER REASON
I PROMISE THAT I SHALL TRY
TO ONLY SPEAK LOVE TO YOU
TO CURB HATRED AND ANGER
I PROMISE FURTHER
THAT WHEN I FAIL
I WILL TRY AND TRY AGAIN

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHAT WE HAVE PROMISED IS NOT EASY
CHRISTIANITY
PROPERLY LIVED
IS NOT EASY
BUT THEN I KNOW OF NO PROBLEM IN LIFE
CURED BY MORE HATE

WE ARE THE CHURCH
WE ARE COMMISSIONED TO SPEAK LOVE
LET US MAKE IT OUR NATIVE TONGUE

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LAKE OSSIPEE


 THE SPIRIT MOVED OVER THE WATER
CALLING THE SUN FROM ITS HIDING PLACE
WHETHER CLOUDY OR CLEAR
THE SUN SHONE
FAITHFUL TO ITS TASK
FAITHFUL TO THE JOURNEY
STEADFAST TO ITS COURSE
UNTIL LULLED TO SLEEP IN THE EVENING
AS THE SPIRIT WHISPERED LULLABIES
OVER THE WATER
SINGING THIS DAY IS GOOD
THIS JOURNEY OF A DAY
OR A SEASON
OR A YEAR
WHETHER THE LAKE IS FROZEN
ROUGH
OR MIRROR FLAT
THIS DAY IS GOOD

THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
TELLING THE WORLD OF GOD'S PURPOSE
HIS DREAMS FOR HIS CREATION
WRITING ON THE WATER
THE RIPPLES OF A BREEZE
SENDING OUT THE MESSAGE
TO LAP UPON THE SHORES
NO MATTER HOW REMOTE
THE MESSAGE GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES

THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
EVEN IN THE DARK
EVEN IN THE DARK
THE WIND WHISPERS
PREPARE
PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE SUN
PREPARE TO HEAR THE MESSAGE
GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES

THE SPIRIT MOVES ABOVE THE WATER
 CREATION IS RENEWED IN HIS PASSING

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MEDITATIONS ON CREATION

GENESIS

IN CREATION MYTHS

A COMMON THEME

HAS GODS

INVOLVED IN SIBLING SEX

RAPE

MURDER

TURF WARS

BUTCHERY

 STRUGGLES FOR POWER

 THE WORLD MADE

BY THEIR CHILDREN’S BODIES

OR PARTS THEREOF

A CREATION STORY

AS CONCEIVED BY MEN

BUT WHEN THE JEWISH SCRIBES

SURROUNDED

BY BABYLONIAN IDOLATRY

DROWNED IN FOREIGN GODS

TO WHICH THE JEWS

WERE SUSCEPTIBLE

REWROTE AND EDITED

THE GENESIS STORY

TO GIVE THEIR DISPLACED COUNTRYMEN

 HOPE

AND VISION

THEY INCORPORATED OF COURSE

SOME OF THE OLD BABYLONIAN TALES

SUCH AS THE FLOOD

AND THE TOWER OF BABEL

BUT WHEN IT CAME TO CREATION

THEY DID A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY

NO STRUGGLE

NO CONSTANT SEX

AS THE EGYPTIANS

DID WITH THE BROTHER AND SISTER

EARTH AND SKY

GOD SIMPLY SAID

BEGIN

AND IT WAS SO

GOD SAID

IT’S GOOD

NOW WHETHER IT TOOK

AN INSTANT

OR MILLENNIUMS

FOR FRUITION

IT DOESN’T MATTER

GOD SAID BEGIN

AND IT WAS

OUT OF NOTHING

IT WAS

BUT WHEN IT CAME TO MAN

THE SPIRIT THAT BROODED OVER THE ABYSS

BREATHED INTO HIM A SOUL

 MADE HIM THE CAPSTONE OF HIS CREATION

GOD SAID

THAT’S GOOD

 THE JEWS KNEW THAT MAN WAS SPECIAL

MADE

NOT FROM THE SWEAT OF BATTLE

THE BLOOD DROPS OF WAR

 THE SEMEN OF SEX

GOD SAID BEGIN

AND IT WAS

GOD SAID

LET US MAKE MAN

AND IT WAS SO

AND IT WAS GOOD

NO STRUGGLE

OH GOD TOLD A FISHERMAN’S JOKE

WHEN HE ASKED JOB

IF HE COULD CATCH A WHALE ON A HOOK

BUT THE JEWS KNEW

EVEN THOUGH

THEY WERE FOREIGNERS

IN A FOREIGN LAND

THAT THEY

AND EVERY MAN WAS SPECIAL

NOT MADE BY ACCIDENT

BUT A DELIBERATE CREATION

THAT GOD

THEN

NOW

AND ALWAYS

WOULD HOLD THEM IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND

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HOUSE ON STILTS

DOWN THE SHORE WHERE I LIVE

THEY BUILD HOUSES ON STILTS

IT LOOKS ODD

AS IF THEY BUILT IT

FROM THE ROOF DOWN

BUT FORGOT THE CELLAR

IT’S TO ALLOW THE OCCASIONAL

HIGH TIDE

OR STORM SURGE

TO PASS UNDER THE HOUSE

PROTECTING IT AND ITS CONTENTS

HOW LIKE A MAN

TO COME TO A OCEAN’S EDGE

BUILD ABOVE IT

OR OVER IT

A MORTAL’S WAY

OF WALKING ON WATER

HOW LIKE A MAN

TO COME TO THE ENVELOPS EDGE

AND PUSH IT OUT

BUT THIS WAS A TRAIT

THE CREATOR FATHER GAVE MAN

TO QUESTION

TO SEEK ANSWERS

IT’S THE REASON

MAN HAS DONE GLORIOUS THINGS

IT’S THE REASON

MAN HAS DONE UN-GLORIOUS THINGS

NO TELLING WILL TEACH HIM

HE HAS TO LEARN BY HIMSELF

THE STOVE IS HOT

WE’VE HAD FOR TOO LONG

A SPIRITUALITY

THAT DEHUMANIZES MAN

WOULD TURN US ALL

TO THE DESERT FATHERS

BUT MAN’S GREATEST GIFT TO GOD

IS MAN FULLY ALIVE

AS ST IRENAEUS SAID

SO MAN CAN PLUMB THE DEPTHS OF SPACE

THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL

THE DEPTH OF DEPRAVITY

BUT COME

BE THE MAN I CREATED

COME AND BE THE WONDER OF MY WORKS

FOR MY WORD IS TRUE

I WILL COME TO FRUITION

IT NEEDS YOU

YOU

YOU AND YOU

TO BUILD A HOUSE ABOVE THE STORM

ABOVE THE RAGING SEA

WHERE MEN WILL BE MEN

IN THE HOUSE THAT WE SHALL BUILD

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MYTHS

I’VE BEEN READING A LOT

OF THE CREATION/DELUGE STORIES

COMMON TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN AREA

GEOLOGISTS ARE SAYING

THAT WITHIN HISTORY’S MEMORY

THE MEDITERRANEAN

BLACK

CASPIAN SEAS

WERE FORMED

OR DEFORMED

THE FOLK MEMORY

OF THESE EVENTS WAS SO STRONG

THEY CREATED A GENRE OF DELUGE STORIES

OF WHICH GENESIS IS ONE

IN PRIMITIVE THINKING

THE FLOOD WAS THE GODS ANGER

AT MAN’S SIN

OR BY THE NOISE HE MADE

DISTURBING THEM

EITHER WAY GOD RUED HIS CREATION

LIKE DISGRUNTLED TRADESMEN

THEY WANTED TO DESTROY WHAT THEY HAD MADE

 START ANEW

AFTER THE FLOOD

WHAT THEY ENDED UP WITH

PEOPLE LIKE NOAH AND HIS SONS

NO BETTER THAN THE ONES WHO WENT BEFORE

US

A SINFUL PEOPLE

THE GODS DECIDED

FURTHER INTERFERENCE

WOULD NOT PRODUCE BETTER RESULTS 

UNLIKE THE JEWISH BIBLE

THERE WAS NO SENSE OF SIN

AND REDEMPTION

BUT ANNOYED GODS

HAVING A HISSY FIT

WHILE THE ROOTS OF GENESIS

MAY BE BORROWED

THE UNIQUENESS OF GENESIS

SHOWS A GOD

WHO MADE MAN

BECAUSE HE WANTED TOO

KNOWING FULL WELL

HIS CREATION WOULD GO ASTRAY

HE MADE US ANYWAY

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HE REMEMBERS

I EXIST BECAUSE GOD REMEMBERS ME

IF HE DIDN’T

I WOULDN’T EVEN BE A PILE OF DUST

GOD LOVES

HE LIVES IN HIS CREATION

THE WORLD CANNOT HOLD HIM

YET HE DWELLS IN A GRAIN OF SAND

ALL THAT IS CREATED BY HIM

IS SACRED

AND SHOULD BE HONORED

THE EARTH SHOULD BE HONORED

BY TENDER CARE

ITS YIELD SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL

ALL LIVING THINGS SHOULD BE HONORED

AGAIN

THEIR YIELD SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL

 MAN SHOULD BE HONORED

THE TOP OF CREATION

THERE SHOULD BE NO KILLING

ON GOD’S HOLY MOUNTAIN

NO MAN SHOULD BE

HUNGRY

NAKED

OR POOR

NO MAN SHOULD BEG FOR WATER

BECAUSE WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN

WE ARE A SWIM WITH GOD

IN HIM WE LIVE

MOVE

HAVE OUR BEING

EACH OF US COULD WEAR A SIGN

SAYING

I AM GOD’S FAVORITE

HE REMEMBERS

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WRITINGS ON A WALL

IN A KINGDOM FAR AWAY           

WHERE MEN GO TO PONDER AND PRAY

THERE’S A SIGN ON THE WALL

THAT SAYS

PAIN IN A HUMAN IS AN INSULT TO GOD

PAIN IN A HUMAN THWARTS GOD’S PLAN

IT’S A WALL BEFORE WHICH

SEEKERS SIT PONDERING

WHAT ARE ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ME

DOES IT HAVE IMPLICATIONS BEYOND ME

CAN I IGNORE IT OR SHOULD I

WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SELF INFLICTED PAIN

LIKE WORK

EXERCISE

PLAY

GIVING BIRTH

BUT PAIN INFLICTED BY OTHERS

WITH NO CONCERN

FOR THEIR VICTIMS

OR WORSE

ENJOYING IT

GOD WANTED WHAT WAS BEST FOR HIS CREATION

INFLICTED PAIN

GOES COUNTER TO HIS DREAM

FOR HIS CREATION

SO A COMMON CONSENT

OF THOSE STUDYING THE WALL WAS

HOW DOES MY CONDUCT AFFECT OTHERS

IF MY CONDUCT AFFECTS GOD’S PLAN

WHAT DROSS WILL I GAIN

TO HURT GOD’S PLAN

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THE LAKE

 THE SPIRIT MOVED OVER THE WATER
CALLING THE SUN FROM ITS HIDING PLACE
WHETHER CLOUDY OR CLEAR
THE SUN SHONE
FAITHFUL TO ITS TASK
FAITHFUL TO THE JOURNEY
STEADFAST TO ITS COURSE
UNTIL LULLED TO SLEEP IN THE EVENING
AS THE SPIRIT WHISPERED LULLABIES
OVER THE WATER
SINGING THIS DAY IS GOOD
THIS JOURNEY OF A DAY
OR A SEASON
OR A YEAR
WHETHER THE LAKE IS FROZEN
ROUGH
OR MIRROR FLAT
THIS DAY IS GOOD

THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
TELLING THE WORLD OF GOD'S PURPOSE
AND DREAMS FOR HIS CREATION
WRITING ON THE WATER
THE RIPPLES OF A BREEZE
SENDING OUT THE MESSAGE
TO LAP UPON THE SHORES
NO MATTER HOW REMOTE
THE MESSAGE GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES

THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
EVEN IN THE DARK
EVEN IN THE DARK
THE WIND WHISPERS
PREPARE
PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE SUN
PREPARE TO HEAR THE MESSAGE
GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES

THE SPIRIT MOVES ABOVE THE WATER
AND CREATION IS RENEWED IN HIS PASSING

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THE POTTER

THE POTTER LOOKED AT THE WORK OF HIS HANDS

LOVED HIS CREATION

I SHALL CALL YOU

BELOVED OF MY HEART

SPOUSE …PARENT... FRIEND

YOU SHALL HOLD ALL THAT IS PRECIOUS TO ME

 WHEN AS TIME WILL

THE VESSEL BREAKS

I SHALL CLAIM THE CONTENTS

AS MY OWN

EVEN THAT

WHICH YOU GAVE AWAY

AS SPOUSE …PARENT... FRIEND

INVESTING THE TALENTS I FILLED YOU WITH

WHICH YOU USED

HONORING MY NAME

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