Walking Between Talks

I don’t sense that God keeps score -- 
my guess, believing He already 
has enough pollsters and priests for that,
man’s predisposed world of numbers and 
profitable confessions, 

ballot slips and extra altar sips, 
less Jung and more Freudian 

myself reasoning that, Lover and 
Judge are not compatible, the best
leaving their robes at the courthouse,
their own dwellings Duty Free

For sure, by now, have learned my ideas 
often not mainstream, avoiding prescribed
social templates, ducking Bibles, my heart and head
a record of lumps

attempting to understand and follow Christ
not always a Sunday picnic, the devil in
the weather, and “keep off the grass” --

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 10/24/2023 9:19:00 AM
Compassion and love is God's gift to this world. Judgement comes only after death. Blessings.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 10/24/2023 1:43:00 PM
Judgement comes after death, and during life...it is on going...and will continue as long as there is something to judge. God will not let us rest with judgement.
Date: 10/23/2023 11:05:00 AM
God does not keep score, but he always remembers... isnt he the most might and the most merciful? Love that last stanza.. very clever..
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Joe Dimino
Date: 10/23/2023 12:49:00 PM
Thank you, Si, for your thoughtful comments. Of course, this is just my opinion. I am no authority on anything, as I have often stated. God knows everything. He is judgement, but does not judge. Our actions judge us. Blessings my friends.
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