Letter to my Friend upon his Father's Illness

John Michael Talbot




REFER to: At the Hospital -- Dad UPdate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHNJaikup0

Dear Dr J:
This is something I want to share with you and your family; and of course it is made possible only through our wonderful and at same time dubious youTube social networks.

I attended a John Michael Talbot concert in Evanston, oh, 28 years ago. The place was a converted Armour mansion, in a large ante-room. His audiences were much smaller back then, but his music no less demanding.

This morning; I am reminded of JM Talbot because you mention 1Cor 11-13… which are the most life changing verses in New Testament living.

Once I realized the true definition of Love; there are in the end three things that last — there is faith, there is hope and charity. From this standpoint the greatest gift of all is Charity, our highest love. And God is Love. In this truth only then was I released from my obsessions and various adolescent behaviors… go figure. You, probably saying: “…but, you still act like an adolescent… PD… ” (/`-} aaargggh, Mateys!

John Michael Talbot is a purist, or apologist, Franciscan, and gives the same introductionback then before concerts that you hear published in these youTubes. In all respects he is amazingly consistent, except his audiences are much larger. Good all around… gives that old spirit a lift…

Not found here, though recorded in his tapes\albums include 1Corinthians 13: “Love is patient, love is kind…” I would sing it for you if I were there. Again you probably saying,”Thank the lord for small miracles…”

It is I who says thank you for sharing. You and your family’s bravery is making us all brave too.

I just wish when I will be old, to be healthy because you can never tell how things are going. I guess your father is lucky [and blessed] to have you around. (Ovid)

Love and hugs from the Darnell’s,
PD and Clan

ps. Dr J -- if you are visiting here, I want you to know I have cousins, and a brother who need very much what you have provided in your recent postings.

The Sunday 2:56 PM Poem Moment [#Two]

Leaves
astound
a single leaf
grows year round
natural requiem
as incursions surround
to blow it from its stem

it flutters
twirls, unhurried
filling gutters
skimming ground

here I stutter:
I live in a cell
it's insane, I know
I wait for a bell
they bring food

What next they bring
glimpse of life outside
or possibly paper, and ink
or nature of my crime

Possibly a letter with a leaf
from home would suffice
to explain my identity
explain I am young not twice
with work still in my hands

but I speak a language
my captors do not know
whether they understand me..

waiting is too cold

unbound me
send me away
as a leaf in winter
blowing far and free

Apocalypse and the End Times

Maybe what we Leave Behind is Life
by Pat Darnell


Life is what we Humans do between literal fulfillment's of Prophesy. Huh?
Yes, as found in Torah and New Testament Bibles writings of the Hebrews' trials and tribulations are fabulous prophesy's described in great detail.

I am sticking my neck out; I confess most of my life has been spent thinking I am too smart for all those silly stories.

They must be symbolic, I had thought. Because, a big question has been nagging me, skirmishing in my mind from my very first encounter with Bible Prophesy. What was my first? That's easy -- "'Christ is Born...' while later that year 'Christ is Risen.'"

In all its Books: do these things happen literally, or metaphorically, or is it all symbolic?

You may have heard something about Magog, a pure Red Bull, restoring the Hebrew Language in Israel, growing vegetables and fruits in the desert.

Also, something else about a million troops army marching on Israel, but not before Hebrew speaking people have accomplished rebuilding the Temple.
As might those futurist ideas mysteriously entered your consciousness; they get my ear and linger there; yours too?

Big question leads to big answer, eh? Go figure. Yes, go figure, because it is written in the Word of both old and new Testaments, in great detail. Prophesy fulfillment is impossible to miss while reading your Bible.

Thief in the Night, is a movie presented on God TV, GTV,dealing with our questions.

"We are certainly living in the most exciting era of world history, as we earnestly await the Return of Our Lord Jesus. Over the past year however, the Lord has laid on our hearts a tremendous sobriety concerning the End-Times and we believe that it is so important to the Lord that His people were prepared in their spirits for the shaking that lies ahead and that they are not ignorant of satan’s devices. That is why we at GOD TV are sounding the alarm this month, as we bring you an extensive line-up of End-Time programming. Much of it is sobering – eye opening, but we feel it so important that all of us begin to understand the times and seasons that are upon us and that we accomplish our part in the great End-Time harvest the Father wants to bring upon the earth before the return of His beloved Son. [Rory and Wendy; 2008. Message from; HERE ]

"..We [Rory and Wendy] will personally be hosting a brand new End-Time program ‘Apocalypse and the End-Times’. We’ve had a hectic November in Washington DC after Missions Week, filming and interviewing guests such as Grant Jeffrey, Chuck Missler, Paul McGuire, Mike Evans and many more fascinating guests who specialize in eschatology, so be sure to stay tuned to GOD TV!"

You may have seen my ongoing Parody's of Life and Society at MooPig Wisdom and other places on the internet. Generally I am a hard case to get past in here. I don't go away; like old tires I'm hard to bury, even worse to burn.

I have learned through styles and method of writing just how important prophesy fulfillment is to our understanding things in the material world. Many wise people claim today in January 2009, that a full 80% of Biblical prophesy has been fulfilled literally. Now even a twisted mind has to sit up and notice when accuracies are that incredible. Read on brothers and sisters, read on; and live on free, free, free; and write, write, write.. and believe me, you will smile when you realize it is all true.
(Patrick)

Enjoy this Barry Smith Mystery of Babylon

If you have an hour and a half or so, find out secret names of George HW and his son George W Bush, PoPPy and Temporary, and check our obelisks of Washington, DC.

Prophecy, Dreams and Visions are our emails from God the Father Almighty:

Early Birds

The word for May 22 is earlybirditude

the (often annoying to others who don't share it) overly happy attitude of early birders - often associated with a great eagerness to call 7am committee meetings and to embark on sales-related shopping trips that mimic dawn raids on enemy encampments

"it's his earlybirditude i can't stand - he doesn't seem to realize that if i'm awake at 6am it's because i'm still up from the day before, not because i had a sudden urge to go running"

"only the most manic earlybirditude could make the shopping mall seem appealing the morning after thanksgiving"

Testimonial of a Poet

by Pat Darnell

At one point in my adult life I re-read Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah. I then shied away because... [this will sound silly]... I felt I was puffed up with knowledge. In other words as I with my family be-bopped around the newer, exciting, rock and roll churches in Chicago area, fellow Christians would ask me about a subject, but become troubled by my answers. Not good for one-another group gatherings. I think I became a buzz-kill, party-pooper in my circle.

But I am compelled to tell others about other dimension of some of the books in Old Testament. This is, therefore, an apology for wondering. May I explain?

One wise person once said "If you continue writing poetry past your twenties, then you are a poet..." Paraphrased here, and who wrote that, I have forgotten; the point is universal though. I found this prerequisite when I was in my thirties, and still very much a closet poet.

I then found another fantastic phrase somewhere, probably in a preface to a Zondervan Bible... "Ezekiel, Jeremiah, David, and Isaiah and the poets had lives only artists have. In the message of the Torah these writers have given us a record of the feelings of having a faith."

Poetry is that, precisely, a record of faith beyond regulation and law; in otherwise "feelings." The passages of these writers have given us a path to the depth, height and width of our feelings in relationship with God, Jesus, and Our Comforter.

Also, if I have read correctly, lives of the poet authors follow closely Vasari's Lives of the Artists. Or Stone's Agony and the Ecstasy: lives of artists are not all that Christian-looking when evaluated from a seven deadly sins perspective. Let's look at a modern poet. Say, Willie Nelson -- long-lived amidst short-lived musicians and songwriters -- is not a candidate for sainthood, it turns out his life is full of pitfalls that most others do not want to record in poetry or prose. Right?

Most persons have actually expunged from all public record deeds that are derogatory. Could I contrast Willie to Al Gore...? ...and Google to find any juicy, naughty, revealing poetry written fubu [for us/ by us] for Gore and his kin? Both Willie and Al are trying to influence society in their own time. Who is to say they are not the same person, saying the same thing in entirely different ways? One abides with poetry and feelings; the other finds his way through law and politics.

I believe articles of the Old Testament give us believers our expected standards for Faith. Interpretations matter less than our absorbing our experience as we forge ahead into the future, no matter how one reads it. In my old age I am now more convinced that Jesus considers me His present being, and it turns out He is my Past and Future being. This allows me freedom from my consternation, fear and otherwise greed, feelings that are not derived in the Spirit of Christ.

Go figure that I would be so blessed... and a total baby crying all along the way too... who would give me a chance? That is why when I see someone studying Ezekiel and the poets, I perk up:

Here is a very interesting discussion from this amazing website... thank you for reading:
Based on what I have just communicated, I now ask you: Are you also a poet?

Heaven Awaits: Bible Predicts final Fate of Gaza and Palestinians

Prophecy from the Book of Isaiah

Isa 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent.

Isa 14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

Isa 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, [are] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times.

Isa 14:32 What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.