whose to know
I know you
as I
(existentially)
might know that goes
from
much to nearly
anonymous
as I don’t know you
and so
don’t know
what’s
healthy for you except generally
and to an extent
doctrinally
I hardly know
myself
it seems
and all the parts inside that work
well or that are inclined
yet
to rebel
not in
appreciable or creative ways
and so who am I to say
except I wish
for
wellness
I pray for healing of my niece
as I might know you
I pray
and encourage you to pray less blankly
more fully
(knowingly)
for what others and elsewhere need
also
you
and I guess that’s it
let’s pray
and might we know there’s power
in that
intercession
as well as
self-directed
if
could be with the proviso that
faith
hope
and love show up
by prayer
and anyway
and are willing to remain
first
two
the third especially goes nowhere
if all
imperfectly through us
and
perfectly from the one we know
and seek to know
even
through evidence unseen
yet
so believe
to ask
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(1 Corinthians 13:13, Hebrews 11:1)
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Chamaemelum nobile.
Corinth, Greece
Jesus Tells a Joke to Make a Point
(brief Bible study, Matthew 7:3)
It’s a joke
A pun
The sawdust in the other’s eye
The log in one’s own
All seeing devices marred
There is no clarity
In judgment
Not without remorse for one’s own,
First
The log, however
Maybe Jesus is laughing, who
Would know how to do that
The log is so difficult to see
Around
Much less through
To start
Might all these wood parts
I wonder
Come from
The tree of good and evil?
If so
Or if not
The stakes are high
The sanctity of sanctity
The holy qualities we have
But might surrender
So much easier to find
(without clear sight)
The problems with another
And I’m confessing, too,
Which does not make me readier
For judgment
That is, to do it
Not yet
(I laugh a little, sigh),
No
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