Showing posts with label Lamentations 3:22-23. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lamentations 3:22-23. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

UNCONSCIOUS INDIFFERENCE: Unmerited Favor

I Was Walking To Nowhere, Real Fast
And
Supremely Pleased About It
Until ...!

Until He
Giving The Heads Up ... Showing Grace
You Know ... Unmerited Favor
Stopped Me On The Way And Said:

Dead End Up Ahead!
Do A U-Turn
And
Go Right
To Where The Obedient Sheep
Are Graciously Fed!


This Notice From The Good Shepherd
Was, To Say The Least, Unexpected
Because
Perhaps, Unconsciously Unconsciously
I Avoided That Particular Shepherd
Because
He Had The Way ... By Reputation
- In Truth And In Fact -
Of Making One Smell One's Self
And, Thereby Acknowledging The Stench Of Personal Sin
Acknowledging That One Was In A Mortal Strife
Acknowledging That The Sin-Life Was Not Nice
Acknowledging That Sin, Itself, Was A Satanic Device
Acknowledging That The Only Way To Eternal Life
Was Through The Lord Jesus Christ
Acknowledging That Salvation Was Life
And
Acknowledging That For One To Get Out From Under Sin
One Needed Christ To Use His "Knife"
- His Innocent Blood Red -
That Washes The Sinner Clean
Making His Sin Known Scarlet
To Be As White As Snow
His Sin Known Crimson
To Be As Wool!

Oh, Yes!
I Knew Of The Good Shepherd
But ... Previous To NowI Had Had No Real Need
- No Over-Arching Desire -
To Get To Personally Know Him!

Until Now ...!

I Was In A Bind
A Pickle
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea!
I Was On A Rotten Limb Over A Shark Tank!
I Was Living In A What Could Only Be 
Euphemistically Called A House
Because
The Roof Had Windows
The Floor Had Doors
And
The Sides Were Made Of Crackled
And Pocked-Marked Glass
And
It All Stood On Sinking Sand
Far, Far, Far From Rock Solid Ground
Out Of Ear-Shot Of Fair-Weather Friend
Friend With Benefits
And
Family Always Needing Finance
But
Not Far From The Friend Who Sticks Closer Than A Brother
The Good Shepherd
- That Good Shepherd -
Who Always, Always, Always
Seemed To Appear
Whenever I Had Indulged In One Of My Cock-Ups
And, As UsualWas Now Saying
Lovingly Saying:

Please Give Me Your Burden! 
Give Me Your Hand! 
Follow My Direction
And You Shall Arrive Safely
In Beulah, The Beautiful Land!


I Looked Up!
I Saw Light!
I Was Tired
Bone-Weary
Dispispirited
Distressed
And
I Was Finally Ready To Fail At Sinning
And
To Take The Way To Live-Way To Life Test!

I Swallowed My Vaunted Pride!
I Acknowledged My Fair Shame!
I Untied My Gross Back-Pack Of Sin
And
I Gave It All To Him Who Carries The Burden
For All Who His Holy Name Claim!

I Cried Out!
I Laughed!
I Sang!
I Lifted Up Unweighted No Longer Weary Arms
And
I Reached For The Hands Reaching For Me
And
I Triumphantly Praised The Only One Perfect
The One God Holy!

I Had Been Blind
But
I Plainly Now See That
Satan Is The Liar
And
That Jesus Christ The Righteous Sets Fallen Man Free!

But, Then ...

I Asked That Question:

Why Did It Take So Long!?!

Said He:

You Were Not Ready!
You Needed To Want To Be Saved!
You Needed To Desire To Be Blessed! 
You Had To See Your Condition
In Its True Light
And
Of Your Own Free Will
Call Upon God Almighty
To Get You Out Of The Dark Night
Where You Had Adjusted 

To Being Able To See
Without Perceptible Light!

It Is Only When Your Corrupted Sight
Cuttingly Challenged
Convicted Of Darkness
And
Convinced That There Is True Light
Is Begging For Pure Light
That The Light Of Life Is Welcomed
And
You Become Willing To Walk By Faith

And
Not By Lying Eyesight
As Encouraged
By Your Deceitful Man's Heart!


You Removed The Scales!
You Unstopped My Ears!
Would You Please Now Shod My Feet
To Go Share The Gospel, The Truth
So That My Joy May Be Complete!?!

Take A Moment
And Rest A While
And Learn From Me
All You Can About Me
And Soon You Will Don
Your Helmet Of Salvation 
Your Breastplate Of Righteousness
Your Belt Of Truth
Your Sword Of The Spirit 
- The Word Of God -
Your Shield Of Faith 
And
In Daily Communion
- Praying Without Ceasing - 
With The Throne Of Grace
Go Off To Tell Others
That Jesus Christ Alone Saves!


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Brethren,Believe It Or Not
We Have To See
To Be Able To See
That We Need Him
Who Provides For Our Real Needs!

Many See But Are Blind!
Many Are The Blind Who See!
Would That We All Will Humble Ourselves
Getting Off Of Our Pedestals
Whereon We Placed Our Selves As Gods
High
Lifted Up
Mighty
Unable To Save
But Looking Pretty ... On Grandly Decorated Shelves!

Please Do Not Wait Too Long
To Humble Self
To Set Dear-Self Aside
Or
The Day Shall Come
- When You Least Expect It -
When You Shall Embark On The Bark
That Departs For The Last
The Only
Soul Damnation Destruction
One-Way Can't-Return-From Ride
On The Lake Burning With Brimstone And Fire
Set As Sin, Sinner, Satan
Death, Hell And The Grave's
Everlasting Consuming Pyre!

Do Not Be By Sin's Ease Beguiled!
Look To Jesus Christ
And
In His Everlasting Arms ... Hide!


Jesus Christ Always Saves!




Wednesday, July 20, 2016

What Honor?!





What Use Is Honor Before Men
When One Has No Honor Before God?

Why Do We Lift Up Self So Gleefully
When
As We Currently Stand
God Shall Say To Us:

Depart Thou From Before Me!?

Why Do We Pretend That We Are So Great
When All That We Are
Is Purveyors Of Hate
Hugging Each Other
Saying:

Can't We Get Along?!"

When Under Our Breaths
We Are Singing Satan's Song:

This Soul Is Mine!
This Soul Is Mine!
All He Owns Is On My Line!
Forget God And Love Divine!
This Soul Is Mine!?

Why Do We Lie
AND
Pretend To Accommodate
Those For Whom
We Have Contempt
Nigh Unto Hate?

Why Do We Pretend
To Care For The Poor
The Old
The Willful
The Wild And The Woolly
When All We Want From Them
Is The Earth They Stand Upon
And
- As We Often Say -
Sully?

Would It Kill Us To Care?
Would It Hurt Us To Share?

Will It Undermine Satan's Plan
For Man To Bless Man?

Yes!
A Thousand Times:
Yes!
Let Us, Therefore, Do It
For The Love Of The Living God
While We Still Can!

Let Us Be Kind To Each Other
AND
Short-circuit
The Wicked Plans
Of
The Ever-Lying Wasting Fellow
Who Lives To Roar
AND
Turn The Unwary One's Will
Into Plain Old Jello!

In The Name Of The Living God
In The Love And Faith Of Jesus Christ
AND
With The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
Let Us Be Kind
To Each Other
For Our God
Is Ever Always
Mercifully Kind Toward Us!





Wednesday, September 16, 2015

"C.P.D. Disease"



C.P.D is the Not-New Disease
That Mankind is Suffering from
It Effects are Enormous
And there is no Antidote 
Out on The Market Front!

C is The Mange-Marker that Attacks most People!
P is The Easiest from Others to Hide Away!
But D is The One That Does The Most Damage
For it causes Man to Run Walk-away from God
And with Exciting Pretty Sin Play!

Combined, the Effects to Mankind are Overwhelming!
Singularly, the Destructive Force is as The Rushing Rhine
Or better The Harvest Combine!
In any combination, they are 
Right there with Pain caused to the Damaged Spine!

Corruption of The Soul and The Spirit
Perversion of  Actions, Thoughts and Ideals
Diversion of Worship from The Master
Leads Men to let them Satan Steal!

Corruption Perversion Diversion
Perversion Diversion Corruption
Diversion Corruption Perversion
Perversion Corruption Diversion
Corruption Diversion Perversion
Diversion Perversion Corruption
However you Line The Bowl
Mankind will Lose his Soul
For God will not Tolerate Smoking Coal
When Mankind should be by Jesus Christ as Pure Gold!

Mind, Body, Spirit were made 
To Bow before Our Lord
All Things were Made by and for Him
We must Worship Him - He is our Creator
Redeemer, Savior, Jesus Christ, Our God and Lord!



Friday, August 28, 2015

HAPPY SABBATH + The Great Occurrence!








There was The Great Occurrence
Which came from Heaven above
Which tells The  Beautiful Story
Of Sacrificial Love
How Jesus left His Home in Paradise
And came to Earth for to Die
To save the Race of Mankind
Wicked
Unworthy
Sin Defiled!

He thought not of The Great Sacrifice
He thought not of The Grave Pain
He thought only of His Beloved Children and
How He must them Reclaim!

With Great Love and Unending Compassion
He laid on That Cruel Cross
For without His Great Personal Sacrifice
His Children would be forever to Him Eternally Lost!

Now this is The Redemption Story
Hear you well This Song
How Jesus my Savior
His Gold Crown Laid Down
To give me a Way Back
To be Reconciled unto The Holy God
Instead of being Forever Destroyed
Anathema to God!

Jesus Died
Yet He Lives and,
Of this, I'm Certain:

He is Coming Again One Glad Day and
Because I am a True Believer
I am packing my Blessed Faith and
I am Waiting
Ready
Prepared 
For
With Him I shall Fly
Fly
Fly Away!

Glory is Awaiting Me
Glory, No More Cross to Bear
The Glory of Jesus I shall Share
Bless His Holy Name!