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Decades in America changed me
Yes, piglets are cute, obese ones not!
America regulates farming, pets, husbandry
People of color, here, practice pig-cleaning:
Pigs eat human feces; toilets are rude
And no toilet skills are taught
The public schools say, Kids can't use
Toilets right, so buildings stink, fail
(In my township, as in schools, feces flow
as thick sludge where feet & wheels go)
African owned cows walk the streets too
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Pigs pass my fenced cottage (I rent)
I send them off with rock and stone
A neighbor said, "Don't kill them."
I said, "I'm sending them home;
They don't belong here, near me."
But I like goats & cows near my fence!
This is my missionary work - on defence:
But sharing in this township Jesus sent
Me (as "apostolos") to evangelize
I am making some headway with kids
Only because Holy Spirit leads us
(Wendy and me; she gave up pork
Two years ago; we strive for kosher)
Lazy lives: LORD, prevent us living so
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You know who you are; God knows
I write for peace, not growing senile
As U said, " mixing science" with Faith
Easier to join when Love poems arrive;
Each apostle# peering in my heart,
Intimates medicine, much needed balm
Risking Doctors work in words. Shalom
II
I write because I need to. U comment
When u need not; Jesus helps U help me
NOTE: apostle includes all followers of Jesus. APOSTLE ( Gk. 'apostolos' - means "missionary, literally 'sent out' ones, including Jesus. We use it in RSA to give honour to church leaders. Kevin Sparrow, Adelaide, E. C. South Africa teaches this clearly based on Hebrews/ Bible, viz., Hebrews ch. 3
From the Greek apostolos = messenger
Envoy or Representative
In the New Testament initially the term for the twelve meb
His closes collaborators and witnesses
Paul too was priveledged to consider himself an apostle called by Christ
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Greek apostolos = someone sent, messenger
The names of the twelve apostles are these
First Simon, who is called Peter [Roman Catholic’s 1st pope] and
Andrew his brother
James the son of Zebedee
John his brother
Philip
Bartholomew
Thomas
Matthew the tax collector
James the son of Alphaeus
[Judas [Jude]] Thaddeus
Simon the Cananaean and
Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him
Mt 10 2-4
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