Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Walking Steadily With God


Genesis 5:22, 24 Enoch walked steadily with God (The Message)

Deep conversation
   relaxed gait
supportive arm
   gentle correction
expressing concerns
   listening carefully
collaborative decisions
   genuine contentment
wise advice
   enjoyable walk

© Peter Bean

Monday, February 27, 2012

Expressions


Expressions of frustration:
            withdrawal                  yelling             confrontation
Expressions of love:
            silence             touch               sex                   company
Expressions of contentment:
            quiet                peaceful                      relaxed
Expressions of discontent:
            (damning) silence                   criticism                     uneasiness
Expressions: so similar
            yet dissimilar at the same time

© Peter Bean

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Clay


Smooth, rounded, perfect symmetry.
But if a fault
a)     reworked to perfection
b)     loved by the  maker all the same
A thing of beauty in the eye of the beholde

Monday, February 13, 2012

The Same Dirt


Genesis 3:23 So God expelled them from the garden of Eden and sent them to work the ground, the same dirt out of which they’d been made  (The Message)


The Same Dirt 1                                                                                 

Dirty, dusty, dry
Produces a miracle
A seed draws life

The Same Dirt 2

Till the soil
Exertion and toil
Yet it produces
Wonderful juices

Man & woman
Once just a seed
A gift of life
Why not pay heed

To the Giver
The Creator
Flows from the river
The Liberator

© Peter Bean