Friday, February 17, 2023

HAPPY SABBATH + EVERLASTING LOVE: What A Friend ... And Lover!















Think About The Fact, Beloved, That 
Someone Loves You With A Sacrifice-Of-Themselves Love 
Which Will Not Let You Go 
But
Leaves You Free 
To Walk Away And Associate With Another So Unworthy 
Who Is Basely Encouraging You 
Into Damnation, Into Oblivion, To Go! 

The Someone Who Loves You 
Is 
Your Forever Friend
The Kind Of Friend Who Sees You Clearly 
And 
Lovingly Corrects You When You Are Being Self-Destructive 
And 
Acting To Others Rudely, Crudely
Unfairly, Unkindly, And Even Inhumanely! 

This Someone Who Loves You Without Hope Of Return
Walks With You,  And Talks With You 
Even Though His Overtures Of Love You Treat As Trivialities ... And Spurn! 

I Cannot Condemn You 
Because 
To Him I Did The Same Thing 
Until The Day I Heard Him Cry 
As He Beseeched Me Sin And Self To Deny! 

What Really Caused My Cold Heart To Break 
Was When I Heard Him Call My Name In Prayer! 
He Pleaded With The Father To Let Him Try Another Year! 

He Said That He Would Water Me With His Tears
Feed Me With The Truth 
And 
Cause The Sunlight Of His Righteousness 
To Fall Upon Me In Radiant Array! 

He Pledged To Dig Around My Roots 
To Extract The Stones
To Remove Weeds, The Accumulated Rubbish Of Daily Life
And 
Get Rid Of The Trash Of The Past That 
Over Me A Long Shadow Had Cast! 

I Looked, Really Looked At Him
And 
Was Repulsed When I, In Turn, Really Looked At Me! 

I, Then, In Shame, In Self-Hatred
And 
In That Raging Desire For True Relationship
Reached For His Gentle Hand That 
Had Long Been Extended To Me In Heavenly Love! 

I Now Wear My Love For Him Boldly 
Even Though It Causes Me To Be Coldly Received By Others 
Who Cruelly Say That I'm In Love With And Loving An Illusion 
Which, On My Rush To "Entertainment" Is An Unwanted Intrusion! 

I May Not Physically See The One Whom I Love
The One Who I Know Loves Me First
But 
I Know That He Is Ever-Present
Hears My Call
And 
Answers My Prayers! 

Sometimes He Says "No!" 
And 
Sometimes He Says "Wait!" 
Sometimes He Says "Endure!"
So That I Above This Life May Elevate! 

He Says That In This Way I Exercise
Aka Work His Daily Gift To Me Of Faith 
By Which I Learn Patience 
Which Is Doing A Perfect Work! 

I Tell You The Truth: I Now Love Him As My Forever Friend 
And 
More Importantly
As The Lover Of My Soul ... Who I Am 
And 
I Finally See, Understand
And 
Accept His Word ... It's Alive ... That 
By Constant Communion, Communication
I Will Become Like Him! 

His Spirit Known Holy Comforts, Corrects, Teaches 
And 
Guides Me In The Way That I Should Go 
And 
I Am Glad 
Because 
His Father Has Consented That He Is To Bring Me Into His Home
The Gloriously Lit House In The Eternal City 
Where He, His Name Is Love And Peace, Lives, Reigns
And 
Rules! 

He Is Rich Beyond All Imagining And I Don't Even Care: 
I Just Desire To Be With Him
To Be Forever In His Presence 
Even Though He Is Giving Me My Own Home! 

For The First Time In My Life
I Have Found A Lover Whose Love Gives 
And 
Does Not Expect To Receive! 

If You Have Doubts Believing That He Is Really Real
Look At His Brow
And 
Gently, By Faith, And With Love
Touch The Palms Of His Hands, His Feet, And His Side! 

You, Me, We Did That To Him 
And 
He Still Wants Us Near To His Heart! 

He Is Almighty God, Creator, Savior, Redeemer! 
He Is The King Of Glory! 
He Is The Righteous Judge! 
His Name Is Jesus! 
What A Friend! 

Peace!



















1 comment:

  1. Thank You, Lord Jesus, For Having Me To Be The Apple Of Your Eye: My Heart Is Yours!

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