Saturday, October 14, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Times And Things!

 


The Lord Be Ever Praised!







Our Town Was Always Hopping! 
The People Were Wild And Wooly 
And
You Were Guaranteed An Experience 
Sure To Take A Few Years Off Your Life 
On Any Given Weekend! 
At Least It Had Been So 
Until Master Jesus Opened Grace 'N Mercy! 

Grace' N Mercy Was A Different Kind Of Establishment! 
It Didn't Sell Anything! 
It Had No Cash Registers
No Security Guards
And 
No Officious Sales Associates! 

Their Slogan, Written In A Strangely Comforting 3-D Bright Red, Was 
"New Lives For Old!" 

Truth Be Told
I Had Been Getting Tired, Really Tired, Of My Old Life 
So I Said To Myself: 
"What The Hay!?!" 
And 
Boldly Walked In Like I Owned The Place! 

I Was Met By The Master Himself 
And 
He Explained What I Would Need To Do 
To Get A New Life From Him! 

He Sounded Sincere
Had A Lovely Voice Which Was Truly Comforting
And 
His Offer Appeared To Be Legit! 

The Only Thing That I Balked At 
Was When He Said That I First Had To Get My Eyes Healed
Get My Ears Unstopped
And 
My Tongue Cleansed With Some Hot Coal 
From His Altar Of Sacrifice (Really!?!) 

And Then 

Empty Everything From My Pockets
My Purse
And 
My Tote Bag Before Stripping Myself Bare ... In His Presence! 

I Looked At His Cross-eyed And Said: 
"Pull The Other Finger!" 

Master Jesus Just Continued Looking At Me With Amazing Love 
And 
Great Compassion In His Beautiful Eyes 
Before Gently Touching My Right Hand With His Own! 

I Saw That His Hand Was Severely Marred! 

I Looked Up Into His Face 
And 
It Was Then That I Saw The Terrible Scars Across His Forehead! 

But, But ...!!! 
It Couldn't Possibly Be Him! 

I Shook My Head To Clear My Mind! 

Something Happened! 

Joy Flooded My Very Being 
And 
I Committed To Making That Transaction! 

Beloved, 

I Said All Of That To Tell You That 
My Old Crazy Self 
And 
My Wild And Wooly Town Started Slowly Changing! 

It Seemed That We All, Willing
Had Gotten New Leases On Life 
As In We Had Received New Life 
Just For Trusting The Word Of The Blessed Life-Giver! 

Truth Must Be Told:
It Had Truly Been A Great Day 
When Master Jesus Had Opened His Door
- Became The Door - 
In Our Town! 

What A Wonderful Change Is Being Wrought! 

Oh, The Peace That Passes Human Understanding! 









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