VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Repentance Before Joy And Peace!

But I Just Want To Be Happy! I Want To Experience The Joy Of Living, And Definitely The Peace That Comes After Pleasure! 

Oh, Boy! You Sound Like A Hallmart Chard, Chelline! Whichever Cartoon Planet You're Now Coming From, They Obviously Never Told You That Your Paycheck Arrives After Your Work For The Specified Period Is Performed! You Don't Get Paid For Playing Around, Sweet Girl! 

Let Me Try, Kelis! 

Knock Yourself Out, Merrie! 

Chelline, We Love You, And We Are Trying Our Best To Help You Not To Have A Hard Row To Hoe In Your Life! 

Regret Is A Bitter Pill To Swallow, And A Hard One To Keep Down, Because It Constantly Rises Up In Your Throat Reminding You Of Things That Should Never Have Been Attempted Or Executed! 

That Sounds Like A "You" Problem, Merrie! 

You Had Better Believe It Was, Is, A "Me" Problem, Chelline, But Thank The Good Lord For His Grace And Mercy, I Came To Understand That Holiness Comes Before Happiness ... !  

... And Repentance Comes Before Joy And Peace AND None Come Before Jesus In Me! 

Oh, Cry Me A River, Kelis! 

You Sound Just Like I Did At Your Age, Chelline! 

Not You, Too, Figgi! 

Yes, Chelline, All Three Of Us Walked The Road That You Are Attempting To Enter So We Know What Happens There ... And Next! 

But I'm Not You! I Can Handle Myself! 

Oh, Chelline, I Feel For You! We All Said The Same Thing! Same Song Book, Same Song, Same Tune ... Same Result! Same Regret, Same If Only, Why Did I, If I Could Go Back! The Same Why Didn't Somebody Warn Me ... When Somebody Did ... Multiple Times! 

You're Just Trying To Scare Me! 

I Hope It's Working! 

Not You, Too, Aunt Mags! 

Yes, Chellie, Present And Accounted For! I Will Add Only One Thing To This Conversation: Jesus Christ Is Your Light And Your Salvation: Make Him The Love Of Your Life Now, While His Door Is Open To You, Before Mercy Steps Aside And Justice Is Enthroned, And Regret Will Never Become A Blip On Your Radar! 

You Are A Free Agent! You Are Blessed With Free Will, And You Have The Freedom To Exercise It ... As You See Fit! 

Prepare Your Canvas! Pencil Your Design! Pick Your Colors! Now, Go Paint Your World! 

Chelline!?! 

Yes, Ms. Merrie!?! 

You Will Notice That Your Aunt Mags Said "Pencil Your Design" And "Paint Your World!" Why Do You Think That Is!?! 

Everybody Knows That Pencil Marks Are Temporary Because They Are Erasable But Paint Is Permanent! 

Good Answer! So What Does That Mean To And For You!?! 

Pencil Is Planning Which Means That I Can Course Correct ... Hmmm ... But If I Lay Down Paint, I've Turned Plan Into Action, Indulged In Production, Committed To A Path, No Turning Back, End Result Is Rejoicing Or Remorse! 

I Can Try To Course Correct But The New Colors Might Clash, Or Become Muddy, Turning My Painting ... My Life ... Ugly ... Until I Want To Throw It All Away ... Unless I Cry Out To Jesus ... In Repentance ... And He Gives ... Me ... A New Canvas ... A New Life! 

That's My Girl! You Figured It Out! 

Yes, Ms Kelis! 

Okay, Here's One Last Thought For The Road: Can You Unreel Sticky Tape Without Marring The Sticky Part Or Leaving A Fingerprint!?! 

Of Course Not! 

Well, Ms Chelline, That's Your Life! Whatever You Touch, Torches You, Whatever You Mar, Marks You! Think On These Things! 

Choose Jesus First! 

I Love You, Baby Girl! 

Make Your Peace With The Lord! 

Thank You Ever So Much, Bonus Mumsies! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Buying Fruit Trees!?!

 Today, I Am Going To Talk About Buying Trees, And More Specifically, Fruit Trees! 

Bro. Bam, I Don't Have A Green Thumb So I Have Sworn Off Buying Fruit Trees, And Plants, And Flowers Because I Unfailingly Kill Them All! 

Well, My Friend, Asshur, You May Want To Listen In On This Session! 

Brethren, When We Go To Buy Fruit Trees, It Is Always With The Hope That What They Bear Is The Identical Thing To What You  Planted Aka Plum Tree: Plums ... Preferably Sweet; Tomato: Tomatoes; Mango: Mangoes ... Sweet And Juicy, And So On! 

Well, Let Me Tell You About Mortal ...! 

... What Kind Of Name Is That!?! 

It's The Name That His Parents Gave Him, So Back Up A Lot, Trundle! 

Well, Mortal Went To Eden's Garden Shop And He Bought A Half-Dozen Quick-Bearing Fruit Trees! 

Those Trees Already Looked Like They Were Pregnant To Him, So He Was Excited, And Then Some! He Even Started Singing A Lil' Ditty About Fruit In A Year, Then In Six Months, And Then In A Month! 

People Even Heard Him Muttering About How He Should Be Able To Get Fruit In A Week, And That He Would Get Fruit In A Week, Or Even A Day If He Made The Tree Himself! 

People Started Making Spirals Around Their Ears When They Finished Having A Conversation With Him! 

Well, One Day, Someone Who Had Grown Tired Of Mortal Disrespecting The Creator's Handiwork And Growing Process Asked Him What Kind Of Trees He Had Purchased! 

Puffed Up Like The Old Windbag That He Was, Mortal Arrogantly Said: "Choice! 

I Purchased Quick-Bearing Choice Trees!" 

I've Never Heard Of A Choice Tree, But I'm Willing To Taste The Fruit Of Your Harvest! 

Sorry, Foundit, That Fruit Is Already Spoken For, And It's All Mine! 

Okay, Mortal, Knock Yourself Out! I Can't Fight You For What's Yours! 

You Got That Right! Byeeee! 

Well, Long Story Real Short, The Day Of Harvest Came And Mortal Was Heard Screeching About Sabotage And A Boatload Of Other Rubbish Until Foundit Turned Up! 

Mortal, I Hear You Had A Fitting Harvest! 

What Do You Mean Fitting Harvest, Foundit!?! This Is A Disaster Of Gargantuan Proportions! I Don't Like The Fruit! 

I Don't Know Why, Mortal! You Said All The Fruit Was For You Alone! 

Yes, I Said That, Foundit, But I Don't Like It! 

Wow, Mortal, Astonishing! You Don't Like The Fruit Of Your Own Choice!?! Don't Make Me Laugh! 

Ain't This Just Like Life! You Made Your Decision, You Know, Your Choice! Your Consequence: You Know, Your Fruit To Eat ... AhhLone!!! 

How Do You Like Them Apples, Mortal Aka All For Me!?! 

Brethren, Mortal And His Fruit Trees Called Choice, Are A Metaphor For Life! 

You Pick Your Own Path With Or Against Good Advice, And You Enjoy, Or Don't, Your Chosen Journey! The Results, The Consequences ...! 

...  Stop Right There! Split The Word: Con Is "With" And Sequences Is "Steps" BUT The Problem Is That The Prefix "Con" In This Instance Is A Negative Hence We Have Negative Steps Aka Steps Down For Us ... Mortals! 

My Peoples, See That You Get Wisdom, And In All Your Getting, Get Understanding ...! 

...  To Use Knowledge The Right Way To Fill Your House, Your Rooms, With Pleasant And Precious Things! 

AMEN!!! 

Brethren, Learn From Your Mistakes And The Mistakes Of Others: Let The Good Lord Show You Which Fruit Trees To Cultivate To Bear Choice Fruit Fit For His Table! 

Peace! 

 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: We Are Suggestible But ...!

Pasha, Do You Remember Playing That Game, "I'm Not Touching You!" When We Were Little!?! 

Dolly, That Was Not A Game! That Was An Annoyance, Torture, A Fret, A Switch Making You Itch To Lay Out Someone In A Ditch! 

Awwww, You Remembered! 

Who Could Forget!?! 

Why Do You Ask, Dolly!?! 

Satan Aka The At-A-Distance Cattle-Prod Bane Of Christian Life! 

You Must Mean The Not-Social Media Influencer Racking Up Subscribers And Views! 

Yup, That One! 

Dolly Dinks, That Damned Devil Can't Make Us Do Anything But, Oh, He And His Cohort Can Annoy Us Until We Act To Make Sure He And His Mess Misses Us, Or Encourages Us To Succumb To Suggestion And Make A Mess Of Our Lives, Forgetting Our Mission For And To The Master! 

Pasha, You Do Remember That There Is No Sin In Temptation, Don't You!?! 

Dolly, I Remember And Am Glad For And Blessed By It! All I Need To Do Is Pray And Aggressively Swat That Suggestion To Sin Down Hard With A "Thus Saith The Lord!" So That It Does Not Rear Its Ugly Head Again! If I Don't Do That, It Is Going To Get Closer And More And More Intrusive, And Annoying, Until I, Offended, Aggrieved, Wishing The Relief Of Peace, Choose Interaction, And Foolishly Loosen My Leash On Love! 

Lord, Forbid It! 

We Need To Be Sober, Vigilant, Against That Lion's Roaring! 

What He's Doing Is Common To Man, So By Almighty God's Grace, His Favor, His Blessings Upon Us, We Can Overcome! 

Indeed! 

We Must Deny The Liar And Reach For The Hand Of Hope That Brings Help And Healing! 

Mistakes Happen, But The Lord Has Given Us The Pen Of Truth AND The Eraser Of Sin That Is Sure Salvation! 

Let's Lean On The Love of God That Is The Light Of Love Which Is Plain! 

We Have The God Of Grace! 

Don't Forget The Prince of Peace! 

Dolly, I Have To Go! 

Don't Forget Your Appointment At The Secret Place Of The Most High! 

I Won't, Pasha! My Very Life Depends On It! 

AMEN!!! 

We Are Suggestible, But We Don't Have To Be Gullible, So Let's Not Give In To The Temptation To Touch! 

I Hear THAT, And I Will Trust In And Lean On My Jesus! 

AMEN, Again And Again! 

Peace!