VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Good Report!?!

 

Okay, That Is It For Roll Call! 

True, Honest, Just, Pure, And Lovely

I Am Truly Glad To See You Again! 

I See That Good Report Is Late Yet Again! 

Brother Choosy, Good Report Is Not Late! 

He Has Chosen Not To Show His Face! 

Really!?! 

And Why Is That, Lovely!?! 

Well, It Is Not My Story To Really Tell 

But Since You Pressed Me

Good Report Reported That 

He Has Not Found Anything Of Good Report To Report 

So His Report Is Not To Report His Report! 

Lovely Lady, Would You Care To Run That Pretzel By Me Again!?! 

Ohhh, Never Mind! 

I Have A Mind To Mind My Mind! 

Please Go And Ask Good Report To Come On In! 

Will Do, Brother Choosy! 

MOMENTS LATER ... 

Thank You, Good Report, For Gracing Us With Your Presence! 

Please Tell Us What Has You In Such A Tizzy!?! 

Brother Choosy, I Have Never Been So Discouraged In My Life! 

I Could Not Find A Single Thing That 

I Could Say Was Worth Thinking On Because 

It, Of Itself And In Its Present State

Was Nothing Good To Hear, See, Or Do! 

It Was As Though People Are Hell-Bent 

On Joyfully Gracing Hell With Their Presence! 

It Was The Young, The Old, The Grey And The Grizzly! 

Biting My Tongue Was All I Could Do Not To Cry 

Knowing That The Adversary Must Be In His Glee!

 

It Was Almost Like What We Read About 

The Cities Of The Plain In Lot's Day! 

Okay, Good Report, Calm Down! 

We Can Figure This Out! 

First, You Should All Know By Now That 

You Cannot Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Sow's Ear! 

Secondly, If A Thing Has No Redeeming Features

It Must Be Cast Out Of Our Minds 

So That We Are Not Cast Into Outer Darkness! 

Thirdly, If That Thing Has No Virtue

Much Like Point Second, Then We Cannot Lift It Up By Praise! 

Remember Always: Heavenly Treasure Before Worldly Pleasure! 

Dear Ones,

Look At Your Own Names And Assignments 

And Pay Close Attention To Me! 

You Are All Brethren, And You Are Linked In A Chain: 

If You Are True, You Are Honest! 

If You Are Honest, You Are Just! 

If You Are Just, You Are Pure

And If You Are Pure, You Will Be Lovely! 

Now, If The Five Of You Run True To Form 

- Pardon Me, True - 

Good Report Will Smile And Make A Good Report 

Stressing Heavily On Its Virtue

And Will Sing Its Praise

And We Will Be Completely Free To Think, To Meditate, On That Thing! 

Remember, My Children:

Our Lives Are What Our Thoughts Make Them 

So Jealously, Zealously, Guard Your Heart! 

Stick Together 

And Good Report Will Indeed Smile! 

Peace! 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Cossie

 

You Real Up And Down, Cossie! 

I Know, Mavis! 

Isn't It Wonderful!?! 

Are You Mad, Cossie!?! 

Mavis Is Insulting You! 

Mavis Would Like To Believe That She Is Insulting Me 

But, Truth Be Told

She Just Paid Me A Wonderful Compliment, Cuddy! 

Oh, Brother! 

I Have Got To Hear This! 

It Is Like This, Cuddy! 

I Am A Christian And I Have Committed Myself 

To Walk Consistently In The Light That Leads To Life! 

To Do This, I Must Grow 

And To Grow, To Show Growth

To Show That I Am Growing Up 

Into The Stature That Is Jesus Christ The King

I Must Put Down Roots As In 

I Must Be Rooted And Grounded In The Word! 

I Must Know And Live, Practice, Preach, And Purvey That 

Which I Know, Understand, And Accept 

Is The Saving Truth

The Truth For Today Always Current! 

Wait A Minute, Cossie! 

Where You Get That Line From!?! 

Wait, Mastic! 

Don't You Read Your Bible At All!?! 

I Read My Bible And I Ain't Never Seen That Sentiment! 

Wow! 

Another Surface Reader! 

Another One Who Is Reading Without Understanding! 

I Know, Reggie! 

Do You Want To Tell Them Or Should I!?! 

I'll Take A Piece Of That Action! 

Brethren, 

Have You Not Read The Parable That Jesus Told 

About The Sower And The Seed!?! 

Of Course We Have! 

Nice Story! 

I Like The Part About The Harvest That Was 

30, 60, And 100-Fold Return! 

Cossie, It's The Usual, Isn't It!?! 

Yup! Look Only At The Reward And Not At The Regrets! 

Sigh ...! 

Okay, People! 

Listen To Me Carefully! 

Jesus Firmly Spoke About The Seed That 

Fell On Rocky Ground! 

There Was Little Soil 

And Even Though The Seed Sprouted

It Had No Depth Of Earth 

To Send Down Roots To Hold Nourishment 

And So It Could Not Grow Up 

To Bear Fruit To Be Harvested 

And So It Died! 

So, You See, Up And Down Christianity 

Is Good Theology! 

Dig Deep Into The Word 

And Grow Up In Sanctification 

Which Is The Work Of Lifetime 

As The Holy Spirit Leads Us Into All Truth! 

Brethren, Think Carefully! 

A Tree Without Roots ... Deep Roots

Cannot, Will Not, Endure A Storm In Its Life! 

Troubles Toss Rootless Trees! 

Christians Unschooled In The Word Of God 

Do Not Know How To Live 

Or Why A Christian Lives In The Manner That 

The Lord Specified! 

Oh, My, Reggie! 

I Feel Really Ashamed Of Myself 

Now That You've Explained The Story! 

Cossie, I Am Sorry For Attempting To Insult You! 

It's Okay, Mavis! 

Some Good Came Of It! 

Yes, Cossie! 

I'm Going To Read That Parable Again 

And I Am Going To Start My Journey Again 

And Be An Up And Down Christian ... The Good Way: 

Down In The Word 

And Up Toward Sanctification 

Which Leads To Glorification! 

Hear, Hear! 

Lord, Lead Me, Lead Us Gently Along! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Learning The Language Of The Saved!

Chubbles, You Won't Believe The Language That I Have Been Learning Lately! 

Do Tell ...! 

Girl, It Has Been Exciting And I Am Learning A Lot! 

But What Is ...!?! 

Chubbs, You Have Got To Learn This Language! 

It Sweet Fuh Days! 

But, Mavis, You Are ...! 

Will You Stop Interrupting My Flow!?! 

I Am Trying Real Hard To Tell You About This Need To Know Language 

In Which All Committed Christians Must Have Proficiency! 

I Would Love To Hear About It, Mavis! 

Say On! 

Well, Chubbs, I Was Talking To Carson 

And He Said That He Heard About It From His Cousin Aunt Husband 

Who Heard About It From The Pastor's Sister-Friend! 

Anyway, It Seems As Though All The Church Members 

Have Here Of Late Been Moaning, Groaning, And Complaining That 

If They Are So Blessed, How Come That Their Blessings Are So Few! 

Uh, Oh ...! 

You Said It Right! 

Anywho, Pastor Hisone Got Good And Tired Of 

The Members Behaving Like Agony-Aunts 

And He Read Them The Riot Act! 

Sufficed To Say, What The Pastor Said 

Lit A Fire Under Those People And It Is Spreading! 

What Is The Language, Mavis, The Language!?! 

Oh, Sorry! Pastor Hisone Told Those People That 

If They Learned To Speak Grateful And Stop Speaking Gimme

Maybe The Lord In Mercy Would Permit Them To Physically See 

More Of HIS BOUNTIES! 

Why Are You Shouting, Mavis!?! 

I'm Shouting Because I Was Blind! 

We Have Bibles, Don't We!?! 

Should A Pastor Have To Tell Us To Be Grateful!?! 

Doesn't The Word Say "Give Thanks!?!" 

You Can't Give Thanks With An Ungrateful Heart You Know! 

You Ain't Lie At All, Mavis

And I'm Guilty Of The Same Crime ... Ingratitude! 

Well, Let's Get Over Ourselves

And Be Grateful And Thankful Always

And Our Lord Jesus Will Bless Us 

And Give Us His Peace And Rest! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Touch-Starved!?!

 

Platonic Physical Contact!?! 

Yeah! It's A Thing! 

But Why!?! Isn't That What We All Do 

With Friends, Acquaintances And The Like, Chari!?! 

What I Want To Know Is 

Why There Is That Particular Modifier '"Platonic" Appended! 

Well, Let Me Tell You About It, Brown Girl! 

As I Understand It, This Desire For Platonic Physical Contact

Comes About A Result Of One Being Rendered "Touch Starved" 

After The Breakup Of An Intimate Relationship! 

Really, Colly!?! 

I Kid You Not, Bramble! 

So Whose Fault Is That!?! 

That's A Very Good Question, Youme! 

So Who Has The Answer!?! 

I'll Take A Stab At It 

But You May Not Like The Answer! 

Alright, Bamsee! 

Let's Hear What You've Got! 

We Are Christians, Right!?! 

Of Course We Are! 

And We Are, Or Should Be

In A Committed, Intimate, Relationship With Our Lord Jesus!?! 

Of Course We Are! 

That's The Foundation And The Backbone

The Head And Belly If You Will, Of Being A Christian! 

Nice Point, Phensic! 

Sooo, When You Are In This Committed And Intimate Relationship With The Lord

How Do You Have Or Preserve And Grow Your Relationship!?! 

Come On, Bamsee! That's An Easy Question! 

So What's The Easy Answer, Bramble!?! 

As If You Don't Know

We Reverently Say Our Prayers

Enthusiastically Sing Praises To His Holy Name

And Deliberately Read Or Listen To His Word

And Lovingly Think On And Speak About Him 

As We Remember His Goodness To Us 

And His Sacrifice For Us! 

That's A No-Brainer! 

So What Would Happen If, No, When We Neglect 

To Do All Of Those Things 

Noted In Your "No-Brainer" Answer, BRAMBLE! 

Bamsee, Like In Any Intimate Relationship

The Gentle, Gradual, Erosion Of The Intimate Points Of Contact 

Turns That Relationship Into Something Platonic 

But With A Nasty Twist Called "Friends With Benefits" 

That Is Decidedly One-Sided  ... 

Until  ... The Relationship  ...Ship Sails  

... To Parts Unknown!  

And  ...!?!  

In Hindsight, And With Regret, And Sorrow

Recognizing Our Sin Against Our Soul, Our Self

And The Savior Of Us All

We, Touch-Starved  ...!  

... Did You Have To Use That Horrible Phrase, Chari!?! 

Yes, Brown Girl! 

And, As I Started To Say

Instead Of Going Back To Jesus

We, Stubborn, And Resistant To Truth - Just Like King Saul - 

And The Calling Of The Holy Spirit

We Turn To Yearning For What Cannot Satisfy! 

We Turn To Seeking Out Platonic Physical Contact 

Aka Contact Without Commitment 

Aka A Berth, A Work-Station In The Devil's, The Deceiver's Workshop! 

Dear God, Help Us All! 

You've Turned This Whole Platonic Physical Contact Touch-Starved Thing 

Into An Indictment Against Us! 

Yes, Youme! 

I Told You That You Wouldn't Like The Answer! 

You Did And I Don't BUT Facts Are Facts 

And Reality Bites

The Pain Of Separation Hurts

And Truth Elevates! 

So, Are We Going To Do Right And Get Your Wrong Things Righted 

So That We May Live In The Light Of Him Who Is Our Peace!?! 

Do You Remember That Song, "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul, Let Me To Your Bosom Fly!?! 

Yes, Brown Girl! 

Let's Sing It! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace!