"chat" Thread For Poetry And Devotional Sharing . . .

Hi . . . I'm Bill, a new guy, here. And I did not find where there is a specialized forum for poetry. And I appreciate just sharing about how we are discovering with God and loving. So, I thought we could have this thread for "chat", where we can share poetry and what we have been personally discovering, and others can come at different times and read and share, here. Active scrolling chats, I notice, can run by too fast, plus all that is shared might be unavailable to be good for others who come later. So, please make yourselves at home, here, in case this works (c:

I have a poem that came to me, once; I was lying on my bed and had a simple vision of being in mist on the harbor near the house. And I have tried to translate it into Spanish (c:

beauty of the lilies . . . . . . . . . . .hermosura de los lirios
and the daisies . . . . . . . . . . . . . y las margaritas
wedding-light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ligera para la boda

kissing mist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .neblina besandome
upon the waters . . . . . . . . . . . . sobre las aguas
of the harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . del puerto

filtered sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . filtrada luz del sol
sharing caring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . compartiendo cuidado
warmly daring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . calurosamente osando

glances of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . .miradas de las
dancing waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . ojas bailando
washing in the foam . . . . . . . . .bañando en la espuma


t - i - c - k - l - i- n - g. . . . . . . . . burbujas
bubbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . haciendome cosquillas
in my troubles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .en mis problemas

"in the presence . . . . . . . . . . . .«en presencia
of my enemies" . . . . . . . . . . . . .de mis angustiadores«
I have this table . . . . . . . . . . . . .tengo esta mesa
before me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . delante de mí

God bless you, today. I have been involved, a little, with a lady in our church, and she can be so beautifully and gloriously loving and delightful, and she says I am a great Christian and so giving to the church; but she does not seem to want to spend much time with me. She talks about going out, but I am interested in first having prayer and the word with a person, so we are sure we get spiritual in God's Holy Spirit of love, together, so I am not just attracted to how beautiful she looks and how charming she can be, and then be confused and distracted. I can tell I have been getting effected not really with God's love with her; so I am considering I need to pray and become how God has me become in His love, and be satisfied with Him and with loving all people.

I wanted her to spend time with me so we could get strong and intimate in prayer and the word of God; but she did not phone me when she had time for this, and has not answered phone calls. So, I could get cantankerous about that. But now I understand something: I need to be not so concerned about what I want from her, but be concerned about what You, LORD, want of *me* ! ! ! Thank You for the deliverance of this.

Also, Paul has shared, "Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need." (Philippians 4:11-12) So, in God's loving, I can be content with a lot or a little, with her.

So, you too are welcome to share, here. God bless you (c: In a chat, what is shared may not be recorded so others can come later and benefit from reading it. So, I would like for us to chat, here, so others can later come and benefit from what we share with each other, plus they can join in, even though they were not here, at the same time.

Miss Hepburn

Yes, Miss Hepburn . . . it just came to me, today, that she does not need a guy who is going to just add to all the demands that are already on her.

And I can be quite too serious. Yes.

Thank you . . . God bless you, too (c:

Oh, you think I could call her "Susan" (c: Ok . . . lololol