Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Giving Thanks! For All Things!?! + Prayer







HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

It Is A Good And Wonderful Thing To Be Thankful
To Bless Almighty God In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
For All The Bounties We Receive
The Most Of Which Our Minds Didn't Think 
The Request To Conceive! 

We Give Thanks For The Pleasures
The Treasures
The Good Days
The Days Great 

But

Brethren Beloved,

Let Us Dare Today 
To Give Thanks For The Challenges
The Tests
The Trials That By The Worldly-Wise 
We Are Told That We Should Hate! 


PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 
We Humbly Thank You For The Difficulties We Face 
Which We Know Are For The Perfecting Of
Our Christian Character 
Which Will Have Us Ready To Meet You
In Perfect Peace! 

We Are Thankful Always
For Food, Family, And Friendship
And
Even The Few Foes
Who Drive Us To The Throne Of Grace
Into The Hands Of Him Who
Our Every Need Knows! 

Please Remember Our Brethren
By Blood, Faith, And Affection
And
Keep Us All In Your Holy Care 
As We Await The Glad Day Of Our Elevation 
To The Land Of The Blest 
Where We Shall No More Be Reckoned 
As Being Among The Least! 
Thank You For This Blessed Day's Feast! 

Please Bless Us To Be Humble, Faithful
Giving, Kind, And Ever True
As We Diligently Seek
To Become More And More Like You! 

Thank You, Lord
For Always Being So Very Good To Us! 
We Love You! 
Please Come For Us Soon! 
AMEN!!!





Tuesday, May 11, 2021

FRIENDS: Every Skin Teet' Ain't A Laugh!






When We Fully And FinallyCome To The Realization That 
Our Creator, Savior, And High Priest 
Is Also
Our Forever Faithful Friend
We Should Then Look Seriously At What We Call 
Our Personal Friendships 
To See How They Match Up To The Exemplar Aka Example! 

Is Our Friendship A Circle!?! 
Is It Giving!?! 
Is It Taking!?! 
Is It Going Sideways!?! 
Or Has It Already Acquired The Wings Of The Wind 
And 
Is No Longer Mutually Beneficial!?! 

Beloved, 

To Have A Friend We Must Make Ourselves Friendly 
And
Available For Friendship! 

General Moses 
And 
Father Abraham 
Were The Friends Of Our Almighty God: 
God Himself Said So! 

Jesus Christ, Our King Blessed Forever
Called His Disciples His Friends! 

Soon-To-Be-King David 
And 
Prince Jonathan, King Saul's Son  ... And Heir
Were, By Covenant, Forever Friends! 

Friendship 
Is 
Built On Love, Trust, Mutual Consideration
The Desire To Bless
The Willingness To Care
And
To Complete ... Not Compete
And
The Desire To Know 
And 
To Be Known
And
To Give 
And 
Not Just Take, Use, Abuse, And Deliberately Confuse! 

Oooh, Light-Bulb Moment ... 

Jesus Christ Had Judas Iscariot  ... The Traitor
The "Friend" Who Only Wanted Benefits
Close At His Right Hand! 

If The Lord Of Life Was Betrayed 
By His Bosom Friend Who Ate His Food
So Will We
Because
WeAre Following In Our Lord's Footsteps! 

Think, Dear Ones
And 
Ever Remember That 
A Cold Heart Cannot Form A Warm Friendship 
And
Let Your Bible, The Preserved And EternalWord Of God
Be Your Pattern 
And 
Your Guide! 

Every Skin Teet' Ain't A Laugh 
Aka Not Everybody That Shows You Their Teeth 
Is 
Your Friend: 
Pet Dogs Show Their Teeth 
And 
Bite The Loving Hands That Feed Them! 
Choose To Be Wise! 

Peace!





Saturday, February 13, 2021

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Keep Close To The Lord Christ!







Worldly Wisdom Says:

 
"Keep Your Friends Close
And
Your Enemies Closer!" 


Jesus Christ 
Is 
Our Forever Friend 
And
Satan
Is 
Our Forever Enemy! 

Jesus Christ Creates, Recreates
Saves, Redeems, Revives
Regenerates, Cleanses, Helps, Heals, Blesses
Uplifts And Elevates! 

Satan Deceives And Destroys! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Says: 


Draw Near To Me
And
I Will Draw Near To You 
And
Be Your Shepherd
Lord, God And Kind King
And
Lead You Gently Safely Home
To Life Everlasting! 


Satan The Damned Says: 

"You Are As God! 
Do What Feels Good! 
Do You! 
Rest When You're Dead!" 

Beloved, 

Worldly Wisdom 
Is 
Not Wise 
And Is Not
For Anyone Who Has Taken The Hand Of Jesus Christ 
And 
Is Living Under The Banner Of The Blessed Hope! 

The Way Of Our Forever Friend Does Not Include Self
Selfishness
Self-Serving Or Self-Aggrandizement! 

Please Stay Away From Satan
The Enemy Of Your Soul
The Accuser Of Our Brethren
Who Wants You To Be As He Is: 
Homeless, Stateless, Condemned 
And 
Damned! 

Satan Wants You Dead! 
Jesus Christ Purchased Everlasting Life For You 
With Everlasting Love! 
Stick Close To King Jesus 
And 
Live Forever! 





Sunday, June 10, 2018

THE PROXY-PARADISE : Followers, Fanatics, Friends Or Family Of Jesus Christ!?!

Following The Lord Christ
Cannot Be An Act Of Fitfulness
An Act Of Caprice!
Following The Lord Christ
Is
The Act Of Faithfulness
Because We Have Seen The Great Light!

Many Men Of Many Minds
Purport To Follow Christ
But 
This Following Is Only Because
In It
There Are Dollar Signs!

Many Followers Of Christ
Follow As Fanatics
Aka Fans
Because It Is The Popular Trend
BUT
They Only Know What He Is Supposed To Do
In A Future Time
And Not What He Can Truly Do In Their Lives ... Now
In This The Testing Time!

Many Following-Fans Of Christ
Consider Him A Magician!
Many Others Think He Is A Grandly Personal Piggy Bank
AND
Many Others Believe That He Is Their Personal Sharp Sword
To Sever The Obey-The-Law Cord!

Many Others In Grand Confidence
Believe That They Are Appointed
The By-Proxy-Christ
AND THAT THAT
Gives Them The Authority
To Create For Others On Earth
The Proxy-Paradise!

Yada! Yada!
All Well And Good!
Enough With The Preamble!
What Are You?!
Friend Follower Fan?!
WHO Are YOU?!

Glad You Asked!
I Am A Faithful Follower Of Christ Jesus!
He Is My Savior!
He Is My Forever Friend!
He Is The Lover Of My Soul
AND
On His Strong Arm
I Totally Totally Completely Truly Depend!

I Am His Blessed Child!
I Am His Faithful Servant!
He Drew
- He Draws Me  -
To His Side
AND
He Did Not Need A Warrant!

I Choose To Daily Walk With Jesus!
He Is My Lord
AND
He Is My Only God!
He, It Is, Who Paid My Bride-Price
AND THEREBY
Made The Way For Me
To Get Out Of The Unholy Clutches Of
The Damned And Wily Satan
The Known And Murderous God-Fraud!

I Am No Fan Of Jesus
Because
Like Any True Fanatic Would Know
Allegiance Turns Every Which Way
AND
I Refuse To Live My Life With That Playing Card!

I Follow Where Jesus Christ Leads
AND
I Will Not Have It To Be
Any Other Way
Given The Time Of This Dying World's Day!

I Am The Committed Friend Of Jesus!
We Walk Together
Because 
He Loves Me
AND
I Love Him
AND
With Him
I, Believing
Agree!

We Reason Together
AND
By The Leading Of The Holy Spirit
AND
My Heart's Personal Desire
He IS My Shepherd
He Leads Me
AND
I Follow Him ... Willingly
Eagerly
Conscientiously
On The Safe Straight And Narrow Way
Every Single Solitary Day!

I Lean Upon His Goodness!
I Fall Upon His Grace!
I Stand Upon His Promises
AND
I Have No Desire
To Make Shipwreck Of His Faith!

Wow, Wee!!
All I Asked Was Who And What Are You!

Yes! YOU Asked!

Indeed, And YOU Answered!

Sooo ...

Now That We Have Established Who I Am
Would YOU Please Be So Kind
As To Tell ME Who YOU Are?!

Oh, It's No Secret!
I'm Just Like You!
A Run Of The Mill
Bible-Believing
Jesus-Follower
Thankful For Grace
Grateful For Mercy
Blessed With Faith
Basking In Free Salvation
Looking Forward To Seeing Jesus Christ
Face To Face
And Going To Glory!
He's Preparing For Me A Place!

Wuhloss!
If You Are Speaking Truth
That Means That You're My Family!
Are You Really My Family!?!

Family, Indeed!

Thank God For Grace
And Bless My Heart And My Eye-Sight!
Hugs And Smooches And All That Good Stuff!

Pleased To Make Your Acquaintance!

Care To Take A Walk With Me?!

Sure Do!

I Believe That That Means That We Agree!

Indeed It Does, Family!
Indeed It Does!

So, Tell Me How Is Your Walk With The Lord Progressing!

Do You Want The Short Version Or ...!

... Whatever You Feel Impressed To Share, Brother!

Wellll, It All Started When I Saw The Lord ...!







Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Hidden Meaning Behind the Word IMPOSSIBLE




The Hidden Meaning Behind the Word IMPOSSIBLE



Most days, minding my own business is easy for me but this particular day was not one of them. 
 I sat and openly listened to the conversation going on around me because the theme of it was how “impossible” this is to handle, how “impossible” that was to overcome, and how life was “impossible.” Everything in the conversation was impossible.

I was so intrigued by what I heard that my thoughts went off on a tangent of their own as I tried to figure out why we, humans, believe that impossible is a word worthy of use, and why we automatically default to impossibilities when faced with life’s challenges.

I started writing the various definitions for the word “Impossible” on my notepad and was astounded to notice that there was a pattern emerging:

The Hidden Meaning Behind the Word IMPOSSIBLE
The Light of Life
Parts of Impossible
The Dark Side
Inc(k) - to write what you know
Congruous - things that fit
In-Us - is the answer to everything (remember that you are the temple of God, and the Holy Spirit lives in you)
1 Corinthians 3:16
Incongruous
Con - I fooled you
Inc(k) - to write what you know
Conceive - birth the concept
Able - you can do it
Inconceivable
Con - I fooled you
Logic - let’s reason this out
Illogical
Ill - you’re going be sick before you finish
Uni - single mindedness
Imagine - the possibilities
Able - you can do it
Unimaginable
Un-Able - you can’t do it
Able - you can do it
Desire - you must want it
Undesirable
Un-Able - you can’t even see it
Able - you can do it
Suit - put on your armor to do battle
Suitable - it’s good enough for you
Unsuitable
Un-Able - you can’t do it
Able - you can do it
Ten - they’re 10 reasons why you can do it
Untenable
Un-Able - you can’t do it
Ten - they’re 10 reasons why you can’t do it
Able - you can do it
Think - that it’s possible and doable
Unthinkable
Un-able - you can’t do it
Think - impossible
Able - it can be done
Work - put your back and mental effort into it
Unworkable
Un-able - it can’t be done AND
Un-able - you can’t do it
Probe - dig for deeper meaning
Probable - it’s doable
Able - you can do it
Improbable
Imp - I’m going to give trouble
Bab(b)le - You’re talking nonsense
Proper - it’s all good
Prop - lean on the Father
Rope - wrap up with truth
Improper
Imp - I’m going to give trouble
Rope - I’m going to tie you in knots
I’m Able - yes, I am!
Practice - you’ve got to work at it
Practicable - it can be done
Impracticable
Imp - I’m going to give you trouble
Able - you can do it
Surmountable - you can overcome it
Insure - look to your faith for insurance
Insurmountable
Un-Able - you can’t do it
Prep - you need to prepare yourself
Poster - write down what you know
Preposterous
peter (out) - your strength will fail before you accomplish this


The more I looked at the word “Impossible” and all the things it means, I realized that there was mischief afoot.
That’s when I saw the “Imp” who freely ran around wreaking havoc whenever we uttered the word “Impossible” which was the Pandora’s box in which he dwelt — obviously, he was not alone.
When I considered the kinds of friends someone like this would keep company with, I realized that it was time to expose him for what he is — a liar and a cheat and a perjurer and a trickster. A demon.
He was carrying his friends, Ill, Unable, Peter, Babble, Con and Rope to confuse, confound, puzzle and perplex us and cause us to throw up our hands in defeat. This is how they do it:

The imp makes us feel ill and useless and the con tricks us into feeling as though our strength has petered so that rope can tie us up in so many knots so that our thoughts defy logic rendering us unable to think of 10 things to put on a poster to give us the will to suit up and mount an attack to work toward our goals. In so doing, we will throw up our hands in disgust and cry “Impossible” and give up the fight.

          Now, since we know how they lead us to failure and disillusionment, here’s how we can fight 

them:
Nothing is impossible with God! Acknowledge it, believe it and live 

it. We need to realize and accept that in each of us is the means to 

solving all our problems. We need to be single-minded in the pursuit 

of our goals, after saying “Thy will be done!.”


We must remember that we are indeed able and that we must suit up 

for our success – must look the part – and make preparations to 

succeed. We must acknowledge that we can’t do “it” by ourselves and 

that our back prop is the Father.


We should then write (ink) down on our poster the 10 things which we 

believe make this “thing” which we desire, possible, after we have 

ascertained that it is indeed good and proper for us to have it.


We must then probe for the truth of the thing we desire, and imagine 

that it is ours for the taking.


We are then required to put all things in perspective to make sure that 

these things match, or belong together.


We should then map out the logical steps to be taken to achieve this

goal, and then take out insurance from the Father against those 

naysayers who are purveyors of self-doubt and indecision.


Thereafter, with work, i.e., mental and physical effort, clear focus and 

faith that all things are possible, we will overcome.


Anything and Everything is now indeed possible! 



Impossible

Impossible is not a word

That I care to conceive

Because it makes a liar of

The King whom I believe!


And since the King whom I believe

Has never let me down

Impossible is not a word

Around me to be found!


For me, all things are possible

Impossible holds no dread

Believe God — He will deliver

And impossible will be dead! **BJC**



Thursday, October 9, 2014

YOU are Invited to a ... PITY PARTY!



Pity Party


I host a Pity Party
When things are going wrong
The guests who come are just like me
But they don’t stay very long.



Feeling Sorry for My Self and Oh Poor Me
Are always first to arrive
And by the time Misery comes along
The party’s really alive!


A few hours in their company
Make me feel worst than before
And so I can’t wait for them to leave
To reclaim the life I adore!


I realize there’s no reason to fret
My life is a lot better than most
I tell my “friends” thanks for their time
And invite them to get lost! **BJC**


Jesus Loves ME!! 
Yippee!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Today I am Counting ... BLESSINGS!



Greetings, Dear Ones!

Today, I am


Counting Blessings!

I awoke this morning and thought
What a blessing!”
I looked at the sunrise and thought
What a blessing!”
And then as I started my busy day,
It dawned on me and I thought to myself
I’ve got a lot to be thankful for so I know I should 
be counting blessings!”


I sat down for a little while and did a short review
Yes, of course, there were blessings to count
And more than just a few!


Blessing No. 1 - I’d awakened today
Blessing No. 2 - I was healthy
Blessing No. 3 - inside the cupboard door
Blessing No. 4 - I was wealthy


I cast around inside my life
Looking for blessings to count
And as I concentrated on this
The blessings started to mount!


Blessing No. 5 - is hands that could work
Blessing No. 6 - seeing eyes
Blessing No. 7 - is ears to hear
Blessing No. 8 - I’m alive!


I thought some more and realized
So far I’d thought just of me
I’d not even touched on family and friends
Counting blessings could take at least a week!


I knew I’d never complete the task
Of counting the blessings that I had received
So I just gave up this impossible task
And instead thanked God on my knees!


As I got up from giving thanks
I vowed to count blessings each day
Even though the blessings are infinite

At least I can say “Thank YOU!” when I pray!**BJC**