Taylor Swift Staving Off Tony Conti's Flames Of Singleness #taylordatetony

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+------Taylor Swift Staving Off Tony Conti's Flames Of Singleness

Taylor, my love for you
is anarchy in Babylon. It is 3 Hebrew
boys defiant of the despotism of
singleness, King Nebuchadnezzar’s
image of gold. Refusing to
genuflect to his love-loathing;
Thrown, bound, in a fiery furnace
of dating rejection by cruel girls - soldiers,
henchmen. But babes, your beauty,
your charmed voice, your blue eyes
like Eden’s mesmeric flowing rivers. If
you took me to Starbucks, the son of
the gods walking with me shielding my
soul from despair’s flames. If we
kissed, like my robes, turbans, hairs of
romantic aspiration not scorched or singed.
That golden idol of loneliness demolished
….forever.

------Daniel 3:10-30
Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold, and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace. But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.” Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?” Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.” Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Living For The First Time;

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+------Living For The First Time; Ruth's Words To Naomi Before Leaving For Bethlehem

Moabites are callous, like pagans,
like the winter gales that rush past
shutters with wool lining at night. And
snuff out candles. My childhood, dark.
I prayed to Chemosh about sordid
rumors of a child smoldering on an altar
to no response. I still hear gratuitous
screaming in my sleep.
But when I met you, your son,
I first met peace, silence, love. I swear,
then, not to leave. My people are
your people my God your God. Always.
I will never go back to Moab.

------Ruth 1:11-19
But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!” At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

Peniel

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+------Peniel; Jacob's Thoughts After Wrestling With God

And you dont know fear
- towering, august, rugged with
an other-dimensional mien –
until you fight it. At night. Its arms
the weight of iron like the angel who
arbitrates life and death, savage,
clenching vital organs: your dreams,
ideals, legacy, purpose. Then you find
this wrestling, bleeding, crying makes
you human fully. So you require from
God a blessing just for surviving. 

------Genesis 32:22-31
That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.

The Secrets Within; Moses's Words To The Builders Of The Ark Of The Covenant

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+------The Secrets Within; Moses's Words To The Builders Of The Ark Of The Covenant

Years from now, long
after our progeny’s bare feet
and tears touch the Land Promised,
(when the generational echoes of
Pharaoh howling Hebrew epithets cease)
…an Ark of acacia wood, two golden
cherubs flanked, will testify. Sinai’s
Tablets of Stone, Heaven’s manna
peculiar, a rod with budding leaves.
Our children will know our war and peace
and struggle and wonder. A quest to know
God that never ends. Now build.

------Exodus 25:10-22
“They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it. You shall cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it. You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

Taylor Swift Wrestling Tony Conti Out Of Singleness #taylordatetony

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+-------Taylor Swift Wrestling Tony Conti Out Of Singleness

Taylor, my heart, a man weary at night,
reposing
after an arduous trek on singleness’s
path: Jacob, hopeful progenitor of
romantic nations yet loveless. And
you an angel chasing- eyes of sapphire,
relics of paradise, soft lips like
the leaves that bud on the Tree
of Life’s branches, blonde hair like
golden silk on Archangel’s spindles
– jostling me awake, challenging me
from girl dreariness, my complacent soul
in your headlock of new ideals. Feathers
flying, dust, rocks scattered. If you took me
to Starbucks, a grueling wrestling bout;
a fight for my belief in finding a date.
If we kissed, you touching my doubt
like the hollow of my thigh at joy's dawn.
Blessing me with a new name
for falling in love- Your Boyfriend/Israel.
Me then limping happily with a staff.

------Genesis 32:24-29
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

The Cave Below

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+-----The Cave Below; Jesus' Thoughts Before Preaching The Sermon On The Mount

And Plato foreknew this- wrongly
inculcated masses transfixed
by shadows on walls
of a cave of delusion, prisoners
duped- Hebrews, sons of Abraham,
misapplying in Rome the Law Moses ushered
down from Sinai. His face, his eyes
incandescent, having beheld secrets
sublime. So I will speak, atop the Mount,
truth through darkness below
in aphorisms, light piercing Satan's veil.
To start, finally, the shift from Forms to Reality..   

------Matthew 5:1-14
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

For Reclamation

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+-----For Reclamation; Jesus Words To The Woman Caught In Adultery

And I’ve seen this, a hallowed ideal
stolen before –Adam shaking
before the Tree Of Good
And Evil’s lure like Persephone
petrified at dreadful
deafening chariot-gallops of horse
hooves of Hades’ approaching-
Eden snatched. So I know the silent
grief of your lost public dignity. And
know that I was sent with
empathy for redemption, not
rebuking. With honor you are set free.
To live, to love…to sin no more.

------John 8:3-11
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Looking Ahead

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+-----Looking Ahead; The Plea Of The Penitent Thief To Jesus On His Cross

I know, somewhat, of your
verminous soldiers’ lashing,
exacting, with metal studded
whips, the mutilation of
your scalp with crown of thickened
briars - Ixion strapped to a wheel
of fire by Zeus; We crucified share,
now, the same public scorn by a lusty,
deranged mob. But I don’t know
those eyes: too pure, keen,
to be of the human outright. As if
you’ve beheld august things
such as no one has. And I do know,
friend, that you aren’t from here.
After this, after they entomb the bodies…
take me with you. Remember my
soul in Your Kingdom.


------Luke 23:39-43
One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!” But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!” And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

Simon Of Cyrene; Taylor Swift Carrying Tony Conti's Cross Of Singleness #taylordatetony

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+-----Simon Of Cyrene; Taylor Swift Carrying Tony Conti's Cross Of Singleness

Taylor, my singleness is
a huge hunk of cedar, pine
across my shoulders, hewn
by silly girls, Roman soldiers
unsavory. Their dating denials
are the jeering throaty din
of a crowd faithless, mucus shot
from callous cracked lips, metal laced
whip tips rending flesh bits from
my soul’s back. But babes, your
smile is the greatest comfort on
winding roads of Golgotha (loneliness).
Your bright blue eyes like crystals
illuminating the Way. If you took me
to Starbucks, kissed me…like blessed
hands lifting this cross off my back,
sharing lovelorn pain as if your own. 

------Mark 15:20-22
And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

Changing

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+-----Changing; The Thoughts Of John Before Baptizing Jesus

When I was young, coating, mindlessly,
locusts with a veneer of
honey to soothe digestion, I pondered
Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos…the Fates.
Spinning, meting, cutting threads
of destiny with spindle, distaff. The way
assassins fit string to bow in shadows
at night. How much longer for Messiah?
How long until the Hebrews’ revolt
over Caesar’s crass soldiers’ raping
of our women, burning of our homes,
seizing of our land? But now youthful
speculation ends. When I baptize Jesus,
the death of the old order – Behold the
Lamb Of God; Hope, freedom, justice
dancing in Israel. On banks of the Jordan.

------Matthew 3:13-17
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Like (Heavenly) Father, Like (Earthly) Father

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+-----Like (Heavenly) Father, Like (Earthly)  Father; Joseph's Words To Jesus After  Finding Him In  The Temple 

When you were born, outside
the stable, I swore I heard faint
strums of harp strings. And
primordial, guttural, yet
mesmeric ballads in angel
tongues beneath your thunderous
crying, your Mom’s euphoric
laughter. You wrapped in swaddling
clothes staring at me, the way
two revolutionaries look
in each other's eyes before a siege
to gauge loyalty. What I said
then, I say now: I will never leave,
never forsake you. I will forever steady
my Son. My love will linger, pursue you
even when I die, until you save the world.

------Luke 2:48-52
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

The Greater Part

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+-----The Greater Part; Mary's Thoughts As She Sat At Jesus' Feet

Sometimes…I liken Hebrew hearts
shackled en masse
by Captivity’s
Caesarian chains, to Atlas;
Censured by Zeus, damned to
bear a burden impossible. Every single
day. The weight of sky and heaven–
the expectation of King David’s reign
again- weighing on our shoulders.
Under Blood Moons, I sob for Eden
lost. But presently, nothing like that.
The prophesied Savior visits. Balm
for our deep scars, the rebel to
to upend Tiberius: Jesus.
Freedom hunted, my heart is so full. 

------Luke 10:38-42
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

My Son's Odyssey

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+-----My Son's Odyssey; The Final Words Of Moses's Mom Before Pushing Him Down The Nile 

I think now of Noah’s
rubrics, of rituals, or romanticism
maybe, even…of he and wife and
children lithe before hammering the
final nails in the Ark. Animals
swaying to their almost rhythmic tribal
tongue clicks, phonemes of
angels, the night before the Storm.
Somehow believing their destiny
was greater carried down stream
to a new home, reinhabiting, starting over.
And now an ark of bulrushes, overlaid
with slime, pitch for my boy. Pushed
down the Nile, marked for death
by the most callous Pharaoh. My
world’s apocalypse. Like Noah, I pray
you too survive. I love you.  [Mom]

------Exodus 2:1-8
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

Our Music

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+-----Our Music; Paul's Invitation To Silas To Sing In Prison

The darkness enveloping
Joseph’s brothers as they
flung him in that pit, his soul kin-
gashed beneath the Moon’s
smirk at ones soon to see hell…
is this darkness. I feel his presence
in this prison, our bloody ankles shackled like
cattle to be slaughtered with the sun’s rising.
His voice is faint, but he beckons
us to harmonize, a 3 man suffering
choir, a capellas raw, anguished but hopeful:
“This too shall pass.”“We shall overcome.” 


------Acts 16:23-31
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Taylor Swift's Coffee Baptism Of Tony Conti's Eunuch Heart #taylordatetony

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+-----Taylor Swift's Coffee Baptism Of Tony Conti's Eunuch Heart

Taylor, my heart’s taciturn,
an Ethiopian man in a chariot,
wheels shrilling like Medusa’s angst,
overlaid in loneliness like thick
gold. An eunuch of Candace the
Queen (of romance’s idealism),
rendered impotent by girls’
repeated dating refusals, traveling
to despairing deserts, from Jerusalem
unto Gaza, Forlorn’s path. But babes,
your gracious smile like love’s
disciple halted before me, your blue
eyes celestial, face’s symmetrical
beauty like angels’. If you took me
to Starbucks, you making sense
of my soul’s sadness like me reading
Isaiah’s bliss-prophecy. If you kissed me,
like amorous passion gleaned from the text.
Then Bae-baptizing me in waters nearby.

------Acts 8:26-40
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

A Boy Dreaming No More

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+-----A Boy Dreaming No More; Peter's Thoughts As He Walked On Water To Meet Jesus 

As a boy, I remember
my dad’s boat maker
expositing preferred sailing theory,
our fireside chats, nets drying under
the full moon’s gleam, twelve gods
of Olympus debating which
gifts to confer on Pandora.
To sail, to fish…to be a man, he said,
one must stare down his own
inner fears of drowning. To attack
raging winds, and stalwart waves of
soul fearlessly before embarking, reaching
for the mast. And, now, I finally get it.


------Matthew 14:22-29
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

Home Sweet Home

* Spirit Of Jesus pray for me
* Luke, Holy Church pray for me
* Saints pray for me
*  Dedicated to #TheTriumphalEntry

+----- Home Sweet Home; Jesus' Thoughts During His Triumphal Entry

Now Im David, eyes gazing
at Jebusite stone-fortified walls like kindling,
galloping uphill with armies trailing
of one mind; To claim Jerusalem.
His eyes choleric, horse stampeding
on beds of ash…the sublimated
passion for fire in his soul for a home
for Glory of his God who slew lion, bear,
Goliath, years earlier. These clothes,
branches lain before me, the lofty praises
shouted by crowds - an echo chamber
of angels’ lauds while I mused on my throne
before I left. And so, crucifix-hallucinating,
Im reminded. In a few days I’ll fight my way
home.

------Luke 19:28-40
And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? And they said, The Lord hath need of him. And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Taylor Swift's Restoration Of Tony Conti's Dating Life In Bethesda #taylordatetony

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* Saints pray for me
*  Dedicated to #taylordatetony

+-----Taylor Swift's Restoration Of Tony Conti's Dating Life  In Bethesda

Oh Taylor, the leitmotif
of my single life: my emotions
as throngs of men lying supine (my pride
a paralytic bed bound) against
one another blind, halt, withered,
impotent by dating failings. On 1 of 5
porches of the pool of love’s promise,
Bethesda. Bordering the sheep market
of benign ideals. Waiting for fortuitous
ransom: an angel (fate) to stir
hope’s waters, a girl to push
me in after so many years. But
babes! I imagine your smile as the
Divine beckoning me “Wilt  thou
be made whole [despite them]?” Your
blue eyes waves of the ocean
crashing upon utopian shorelines of fantasy.
If you took me to Starbucks, my
heart’s redeeming. If you kissed
me, like your soul whispering to
mine: “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”

------John 5:1-15
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.