HAPPY SABBATH + The Door To Forever!

The door was ... wide open
Inviting who would to ... enter in!
Everybody before him had just ... walked in
But he ... knocked?!

My response was immediate
My pulse began to race
And if you would believe this
There was a blush upon my face!

Hmmm
This is different ... but why
This is strange ... and how
Memory is ... awakened
I know him ... somehow
I have met him before but ... where
Were we lovers ... before
I should know.

I look at his face and ...
Oh, yes!
I know Him ... Immanuel a/k/a Jesus
He is the One I truly loved ... but
He is the One I truly needed ... but
He will give me tomorrow ... but
He erases the past ... but
He gives ... peace ... but
He provides ... rest, but
He wanted
Oh, how He wanted ...!
He wanted me!
ALL ... OF ... ME!

When we had been together ... before
He had wanted me ... not my offered 99%
He wanted all ... for that is what He had spent
No half measures
No momentary shares
Not just tonight
Not maybe tomorrow
He wanted my all
He caused me much sorrow
Yet gave me such joy!
With my soul in His heart
My heart in His hand
My body in His keeping
The world I was defeating and ... yet
I gave Him up and ... regretted it
Every ... day ... since ... then!
Now ... He ... is .... HERE ... again!?!
In my personal, private, room
We are alone
No interruptions
We can talk ... freely
Of life
Of LOVE
Of longing
Of neglect
Of regret
Of sorrows
Of shame
Of changes
Of SECOND CHANCES
Of HOPE
Of ... FORGIVENESS
Of ... ACCEPTANCE
Of ... union ... reunion
Of ... COMMUNION
Of ... narrow roads
Of ... wide travels
Of ... trials
Of ... tribulations
Of ... TEMPTATIONS
Of ... GUARANTEES
Of ... HOME
Together
Forever
In  ... rapturous ... Bliss
He asked for ... my heart
I gave Him ... my hand
He asked ... for my hand
And I gave Him ... My Hurts
My Hopes
My Fears
My Dreams ... and My Heart!
My ALL ... for His ALL and ALL ... FOREVER!

Around The Truth?!

Today I found out something
That made me feel real bad!
I liked being "around the truth"
And that, of course, makes Jesus sad.

Now, if I had been "in" the truth
My life would be so peaceful
But being around the truth
Allowed me to act wholly deceitful.

I put on my "stepping out in-the-truth" clothes
I put on my "walking in-the-truth" shoes
I put on my "showing myself to be in-the-truth" face
But I did not ingest the truth - nor did I seek its embrace.

I spoke great words of truth to all
I sang the songs of truth for all
I even went down by the market stalls
And that is when I had a bad taste of bitter gall.

Old Delbert was a simple man
Who knew His God and His Salvation Plan
And when he asked me to stay for a span
I should have run for he proceeded my guilty conscience-flame to fan.

Old Delbert lovingly tore me to shreds
Asking me to believe in God and not only with my head
He strongly, gently, pushed, and urged
Me to stop trusting in God by using the Bell curve.

Oh, dear, I said within my mind
If he wasn't so nice I would have cussed out his behind
For denying me my most sacred cows
Lip service, good works but no holy unto God vows.

What more does this God want from me?
I already give him my time and money!
Shouldn't I have something for myself
For after working hard I need to set me a spell!?

I must have me some "Me-time!"
No sharing, no touching, no thoughts
Of others - nor God - just leave me alone!
I gotta have me a gossip! Where my telephone?

Well, I had me my good old gossip, see
And that is when I realized that Grandma FiFi
Was writhing on the floor and reaching out for me
And that is when I screamed out for God
And realized all along that ...I ... had ... been ... a real fraud
For I wanted God to do me a good
Because I wanted, no,  needed it - not because I soundly stood
Upon His Words of Life
But because - for good or ill - I was under life's knife
And needed a friend - The True Friend - God - He
Who would do me a solid even though I was ... ungodly!

My heart in my hand!
My head in the can!
I finally realized that God ain't a Man!
Denial, disrespect, dishonor to Him I gave
But now that I'm in trouble
I want Him to save me
From hurt, grief, destruction
And I saw myself for a slave
To life, to time - I could bondage escape
If only the Truth wasn't just on the page!

Lord, help me to stand!
Please, please, forgive me!
I now understand!
Have Mercy!

Dear Ones,

Even though we take Jesus Christ for granted, He welcomes our Repentant, Humble, Sorrowful, Broken, Hearts to His Everlasting AND Forgiving Arms!

He is waiting! Call on Him! He will answer YOU!!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH - The Comfort of The Pacifier + Prayer: Lord, Let Me

I had a pacifier
Thumb Left it was by name
He was the very best friend I had
And he was always ready for a game.

Our most favorite game was called Comfort
Oh, how often we indulged
We did not need to have an upset
All it took was a touch look smell of Love.

When Comfort was being savored
You would not image the bliss
For the taste was indescribable
Even without added starch, color, preservative or fill.

Well, Thumbie served me well when I was childlike
But as I grew I needed to play Comfort less and less
Until finally with age, I entered upon Grown Persons Stage
And Thumbie was placed on Put Away Childish Things Page.

Today, I no longer have a pacifier for Comfort
I have a Comfort called Jesus for Joy
And, oh, what challenges we've conquered and walked through
Oh, the petty things set aside all because of Joining Jesus for Joy!

The hardest by far were Savior Calling
Acknowledge Sin, Confession Is Good for the Riven Soul
Repenter's Baptism Is Glorious
And By Faith Saints Always Follow Through.

Today, Jesus woke me up and told showed me
The new journeys upon which we are embarked
He said Follow God, Spirit Lead
Satan's The Fraud, Deny Flesh, and Take a Stand
Were precursors to Final Not Fantasy, and Arrival in Beulah Land.

Jesus promised that hard though these journeys will be
With Him I shall overcome and be free
And will have Heaven's Rest for Eternity
Where, Love knows no bounds
The Grounds of Heaven will stun and astound
Taste will amaze
Light of God will there blaze
And Ecstasy will not be passing or a phase.

Dear Lord,

Help me not to preach 

Peace with a sword nor

Love with a fist nor

Hope with a heel nor 

Healing with hunger 

But

Instead, Lord

Let me 

Show and share Your Divine Light in the Darkness

and

Let me

Point the People to the safety of Your Ark

As I sing of Your Mercies as the Lark!

Oh, Lord, bless and keep me faithful by Your Grace

For I ask this in the name of Him who is Faithful

Jesus Christ, the King. 

I love You, Lord.

Amen

Afraid of Satan!?!

Why are you afraid of Satan?
He can do you no harm!
He knows that his time is finite
And his run against you seems to be working like a charm!?

Remember that our Master told us
About being fearful of those who cause bodily harm?
Well, Satan can cause damage to the body, but
Your soul has an Infinity Jesus Alarm!

So, when Satan and his minions are afflicting your body
Count it all to you great bliss
To suffer affliction of your body for King Jesus
Is one more thing that you can cross off
Of the Christian Accomplishment List!

Trust Jesus - His word never fails
Trust Jesus - His resolve never quails
Trust Jesus - His Blood bought your victory
Satan has lost - and is finished - and waiting for the ending details!

Tell Old Satan that he is flogging a dead horse
That ain’t never goin' run no more!
Tell him, thanks for the stripes - no offer of Godspeed
And bless our God for Peace, Joy and entry through Eternal Life's Door!

HAPPY SABBATH + Laundry Day!

Today I did my laundry
For it was black with sin!
I put them in Jesus’ Cleansing Red Blood
And they emerged white after the dipping, and the spin!

How, you may well ask, could Red Blood
Make Black Sin turn Righteous White?
The only answer that I can give you
Is that it’s because of The Great Son Light!

Before I could do the laundry
I had to acknowledge that it contained dirt
And that it needed a cleansing
And I needed a detergent that would truly work!

It was then that I heard about Jesus
And His Cleansing and Renewing Red Blood
So I got me a full-size container
And opened it with a Confession With Tears Flood!

Oh, how wonderful it felt to remove those dirty garments!
Oh, how fabulous to see the working of The Blood!
For all Dirty Sin came pouring from within the cloth
And was no more to make me feel like a common sloth!

How I rejoiced when I saw my new garments emerging!
How fresh tears of gladness spilled forth!
How I cried “Glory Be!” and “Hallelujah!” and
“Thank You, Jesus!”
“Thank You, Lord, for the cleansing that Blood births!”

Please don’t take my word on this matter!
Order Jesus’ Cleansing Red Blood for yourself
And trust God Almighty to deliver
And get your laundry out of the condemned bundle and
Off the Corrupted and Marked for Destruction shelf!

In The Day Of Doubt

In the Day of Doubt
Yesterday, along with Past History,
History in the Making, Been There and
Done That, and Why Bother
Will join with Worry, Wonder,
Why Me, Why Now, Perhaps and
Just Because to cause you to Deny Hope
Doubt Faith, Question God and
cause you to, perhaps, Believe Belial’s lies
and Distrust Jesus’ Divinity and pastorage over your Life!

As you catch yourself, Prayers from the Past
Hope For Glory, Truth Prevails, Yesterday’s Triumphs in God
Why Worry, Prayer is Power, Sunshine In My Soul Today
Jesus Saves, Grace Is Provided, Peace That Passeth Understanding
Pray Without Ceasing and Love In Any Language
Remark that you should Find Hope In God, and remind you that there is
Victory in Jesus!

Then, as you rise from Momentary Faltering, look inside and see
No Spirit of Fear next to The Spirit of The Living God
Whose face is Serene
Whose voice is Comfort
Whose touch is Rest
Whose smell is compassion
Whose embrace is Love Divine, and realize that - though often Pressed
Stressed, Distressed, Bothered, Bewildered
Benighted and Bedevilled
Confronted, Confounded and Cursed - despite the Dizzying Array of
Devastating Deviltries designed to destroy your Deliverance to your
Divine Destination of Heaven At The Last, your Salvation is Secure
As long as you - Child Of The Living God -
Do Not Blind Your Faith by
Wearing Your Sight and
Exchanging Reason for The Feeling Which Always Fools.

The Assurance Of The Blood
That Bought/Brought Believers from Sinners To Saints
Cannot Fail!

Rest ... and Be Refreshed!
Cry .... but Don’t Deny, or you will Fry!

Jesus Christ 

- Lamb Of God ... Lion King, Judge, Jury and Executioner - 

For It All

AND

Playing With Satan!?

Satan suffers from Overconfidence!
He does not suffer from Stupidity!
So if you think you can play
Walk away, and don’t pay
Heads Up! You must be drinking
Rum of Mount Gay!

You can’t go up to Satan and tell him
“Today is our day - let’s play!”
And think that tomorrow
You’ll walk among pretty flowers
Hello! You’re just a popinjay!

Satan knows man from his Study
Satan knows man from their often play
Satan knows man needs Jesus
And that’s why he tries to stop you saying your prayers!

It isn’t that he loves, or even likes, you
It isn’t as though he cares whether you read The Bible every day
All he wants is to make sure you don’t recognize The Real Jesus
And that’s why he keeps your eyes staring at the floor, for
To know Jesus is to love Him
And to pray to God in Jesus’ name
Will get rid of the all the bores/boars
Which bombard you and bite you
And savage your hand
And keep you always facing the unplowed - fallow - land!

Listen up! Pay me some attention!
I was just like you
Only yesterday, but today
I have been renewed
And now Satan and I feud
‘Cause I’m done with down
For Sin I have eschewed!

Read your Bible - and pray!
Sing a glad song on your way!
Don’t look down
Turn that frown over and around and
Look UP! for Jesus IS soon
Coming ... DOWN!

From Jesus and Granny ... With Love

I didn’t believe my Granny loved me
Until the day I had to pray!
I didn’t know how much Jesus loved me
Until I needed a listening ear!

My Granny showed she loved me
By what she taught me by the old rocking chair
And Jesus proved His love for me
By answering this wayward child’s prayers!

I was walking right in the sight of my own eyes!
I did what was seemed right in my cloudy sight!
But, oh, what a mess I made of my life
Seeing the unnecessary stresses that I had to fight!

Doing whate’er I wanted no end pleased me!
I was in charge of my own destiny!
I was made in the image of the Living God
So what better god to follow than the god that was me?

Things didn’t turn out so great, but
I am woman! I was running the show
And would, until my very soul
Was about to be given the old heave ho!

Then I knew I had to let go, and let God
Almighty - He of the Godhead Three -
For I needed comfort, guidance, and love
That could only come from the Unseen, from High Up Above!

Well, Granny’s praying ways finally shone through
And I realized what a favor she’d done for me!
I could, in distress, bend the knee, and beat the chest
And cry out of my soul:

“Oh, God, please help me!
 I need to confess!”

And, believe it, or not, all of Granny’s praying ways
Had sunk deep inside - held in quiet reserve
Until, finally, misbehavior and pigheadedness
Nearly got me what I truly deserved!

But ...
The God of The Mountain
The Valley, The Deep,
The Good Father, yes
The Shepherd of the Sheep
Had pity on my plight
All caught up in sin tight, said:

“Enough! Come My Child!
Come thou unto Me!”

My friends were long gone and
The old heart had no song
And I knew I had been wrong
And had been so - all along!

In sin, and disgrace, with
Distress on my face
I pitifully cried:

“Lord, save me!
I can’t run anymore!”

And He said:
“Come aboard! I will lead you to the Shore
And you are Mine
From now on, and evermore!”

Yes, Jesus loves ME!
And, yes! My Granny did, too!
So, please, don’t ever doubt
The prayers of YOUR Granny
For, all along, she's been looking out
For You, too!

THANK GOD FOR PRAYING GRANNY!

BLESS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

FOR HIS LOVE 

AND 

THE ANSWERS!

The Master vs. The Matador

When Jesus calls me unto life

He tells me before what I am to live for

Yet, Satan calls me unto death

And I am not one whit wiser at the core!

This paradox puts me in a quandary

Betwixt life to live, death to deplore

Do I trust the Master of Full Disclosure

Or Deadly Deception the Dragon Matador!

Heavenly Father - You are God

You live above the cloud - You rule in love

Open my eyes - cleanse You my heart

My will is on the altar - inspiration impart!

Deception, decay, denials, threats repeat

Dishonesty, deformity

Dismay, dread deceits

Deviants dancing in disarray

Demonic activity - everything a lark

If I choose Walking in Hell’s Play Park!

Deprivation  and denial of self

Sorrow for sin

Repentance off the shelf

Narrow walking path

Poor the life and the living

Hard words - oft’ misrepresented by the churls

Open communion with The Lord - not the world

Enter into Heaven when the sky unfurls!

Thank You, Father

For Full Disclosure

Nothing is hid from my sight

I may enter Your enclosure

As long as I walk

The Straight and Narrow Way

No deception from the Matador

From You can make me stray!

Thank You, Father!

Amen! Let it be!

You are The God of Love

This much I can see

I will You my will

My heart to You I give

I choose life today

Lord! Let me Live!

Prized Memory Chest

I have an untidy table

That’s set up shop within my mind

It holds the trials and troubles of yesterday

And sins that I can’t seem to leave behind!

One day, I sat talking to Jesus

And wondered why this should be 

He looked at me so tenderly

And I just started to glow!

“Little One,” said Jesus, so kindly

“You say you trust Me, but no!”

“You give me all your troubles and trials,

But the sins, you just won’t let them all go!”

“I promised that I would cast all confessed sin

Into the Sea of My Forgetfulness!

I’ve forgotten, and forgiven you of them, but

You’ve locked them in your prized memory chest!”

“This is not what I want, Child, for you

For stored sin is like a diseased boil with a crust!

You pick it, and pick it, until you’ve torn the crust off

And it is soon running all over with pus!”

“No! Child of Mine! I offer you better!

I paid the price of your crimes!

I took to myself all your sins -

I love you enough to have died!

So, look to Me!

Give it up! 

Go all in!”

“I AM the Lord of All Creation!

I AM the Lamb of Calvary!

I AM the High Priest of the New Covenant!

I AM the Great King who set you free!”

“Look at my hands! Do you see these nail prints?

This is because I love you so much!

So if you say you love, and trust, Me

Wipe your table clean, and please fold it up!”

“With no space available for storage

No favorite spot for a safe hiding place

You will be free from Satan constantly accusing you

And calling you a Christian Disgrace!”

“My Child:

 I AM able to bear all!

I AM able to carry your load!

I AM the Lover of your Soul!

I AM Your Savior! Your Redeemer! 

I’ve got this!

I’ll see you at The Victor’s Abode!”

Talking to Jesus

Lord, I don't feel like praying

Your voice I do not hear

I have asked, and asked for a blessing

But You really don't seem to care!

My car broke down on the highway

My kitty has gone astray

My pantry is standing quite empty

And the refrigerator has nothing to share

Dear Child,

I know what you need, and provide it

That broken down car spared your life

Your kitty was carrying rabies

And you were eating away your life.

I always answer the prayers of my children

I counted the hairs on their heads

Your trials are for your perfection

And will lead you to eternal life!

Look well at all that befalls you

And know that My hand is there

What was meant to you for evil

In Me will turn out for good!

I called you for My purpose

You say you love your Lord

There is nothing that can take you from Me

For you're covered in My Blood!

Just keep praying to Me, I do hear you

I always answer for your good

Don't worry about the words - just call on Me

For I saved you by My Blood. 

Jesus Takes Care

If you trust, He takes cares!

Become proud - He dismays!

He punishes His enemies -

They will not go free!

Ignore God’s commandment

And then you will see!

He’s patient!

He’s powerful!

He walks on the clouds

And when He is angry

He thunders right loud!

No one but our God

Can e’er be called good

No, not even one of us

On this side the flood!

Evil in thinking!

Wicked in work!

Unkind to our elders

We behave just like jerks!

And yet, when we bring home

Our chickens to roost

We yell and protest that

Someone’s picked our goose!

The fat feathered nest-egg

We stole and set by

Is sitting on a warm plate

Mash and gravy nearby!

Do good! - It’ll attend you!

Plant peace, and make pies!

Give alms to the needy, and

You’ll reap twice by and by!

God’s love is vast ocean

God’s grace is deep sea

God’s power is infinite

Yup! It’s even bigger than pi! 

Knock - He’ll answer you

Speak, and He’ll hear!

Pray, for His comfort

Is near and ready to share!

Don’t worry about the dirt

The desire, the despair

Reach out to King Jesus

And you’ll know that He cares!