Minus God + Pray a Prayer

Life - Christ = Death
Free Will - Responsibility = Death
High Life + Satan = Death
Gluttony + Greed = Death
Money + Access + Reach + Grasp - God = Death
What God + I Am A God = Death
Wilding + Witchcraft = Death
Drugs + Alcohol  = Death
Deviltry + Debauchery = Death
Devilish Deals + Desire + Free Will = Death

I'm A Sinner + I Need To Be Saved + Give Me Jesus = Life
Deny The World + Accept Salvation = Life
Not I + Christ = Life
Confess Sin + Confess Christ + Repentance + Baptism = Life
Grace Of God + Death Of Christ = Life
Give Him My Will + Give Him My Way + Jesus Is Mine = Life

Pray a prayer about the present
Pray a prayer to repent of the past
Pray your prayers for The Holy Jesus
And Heaven's Coming down at the Last

Pray a prayer for your friends
Pray a prayer for your enemies
Pray a prayer for Jesus to rid you
Of Sin and its myriad disease

Pray a prayer in the morning
Pray a prayer at noon and at night
Pray a prayer for Jesus' help
To Satan and his minions daily fight

Pray a prayer of thanksgiving
Pray a prayer for keen sight
Pray a prayers for eyes for only Jesus
And Satan won't find in you delight

Pray a prayer against The Predator
Pray a prayer for the lame
Pray a prayer for assistance
That Satan wouldn't find you good game

Pray a prayer and bless Jesus
Pray a prayer and Bless God
Pray a prayer and Bless The Holy Spirit
And tell them you know that Satan is a fraud

Pray a prayer to the Father
Pray a prayer in the Name of The Son
Pray a prayer under the Agency of The Holy Spirit
And soon ... you will be flying with the Saints through the clouds!

I Have Taken A Lover

I have taken a lover - but I am selfish.

My lover speaks to me in calm, and soothing, whispers of his love and his hope for us to spend together, Eternity.

I hear the words.

I hear him speak of the things I will perceive, the things I will receive.

I like things, but - and - I am selfish.

My lover comes to me time after time, often and again.

We walk on lush and verdant carpet, in his country home beside quiet and gentle streams.

He speaks to me of gifts, of beauty, of Love, of his willingness to sacrifice for me.

I hear the words, but I am selfish.

Today, he wants to hear my voice. He wants kind words, even a word, singing praise.

He wants to see my face in the light of his love.

He touches my head, and my bosom, and his arms enfold me.

My heart is startled, and words as prayers, of Love, of adoration, hope, glory, Love, home, Love, the light, my sight, my heart, His help, of Love at home, no loss, never alone, pour forth.

I have, heretofore, not known LOVE!

He LOVES Me!

He LOVES Me bodily!

His LOVE consumes my heart for He LOVES my very Soul!

No longer am I selfish!

Realization dawns.

It's not the gifts.

I want HIM!

In my bosom is His LOVE to Me expressed.

In my head, and through my heart, by voice, is my love for Him confessed.

My head, propelled by His Heart, is thrown back in ecstasy.

I truly see Him as He is!

I am no longer tethered to time.

I am ... I have left mortality behind.

I know now, for sure, that this time, this Lover of mine, is True LOVE, and Divine.

This LOVE will last
For it is cast
In beautiful and beneficial blood
Bound by brutality
Cornered by carnality
But blessed with bounty and belief
In Christ's proficiency
In denying the Devil his dance of destruction upon me
A child of chance
Begotten in wild romance
Crazy by circumstance
Now LOVED in permanence
And awaiting the arrival of
The Cloudy Coach and Caravan
Propelled by Wings and Wonders
Wonderfully wheeling and whizzing
Captivating and calling
Colorful
Justly joyous
With golden crowns
Glorious garments
Smiles and laughter
Saints singing in satisfaction, and ME
Along
In the midst
Of the throng
Voicing glad, and prayerful, song.

My LOVER - The LORD!

We are alone, together, in One Accord.

We belong.

We are alone
Together - finally and forever
In His heavenly
Heavenly Home.

One question.

Why did I wait so long to Commit to be to Him a bride, walking side by side, earth and hell denied?

Oh, My! How You've Changed!?

"Ooh, my! You've changed!"

"Yes, I have! Isn't it wonderful!?"

"Yes, yes! It truly is!"

"All those Yesterdays when I looked in my mirror, I saw Spirit Ravaged With Sin! There were no pretty pictures returning, and it was like looking at ... seeing ... myself through the gloom in some dark-black cave.

Then, on a very recent yesterday, came the Day of Decision! The Day was make it or break it for me as I could no longer stand looking into that mirror - it was either the mirror-me, or really me!

Time for Change had come, and I made a phone call to a Sister of Faith named Pauline who had been trying for months to get me to see The Truth! She was the one I wanted to pray with me so that Heaven would remove the Scales Of Sin that were clouding my sight!

Oh, how that Sister prayed with me throughout that day, and for many, many more days and some besides, and after each encounter with her Jesus, a look in the mirror showed in me a new and different side:

I lost Callous, Cryptic, and Cavil
I lost Rude, Resentment, Riotous Living, and Roaring Risk
I lost Offensive Remarks and Obfuscation
I lost Despondency, Dire Straits, Primping and Prance
I lost Lustful, Loophole, and License to Sinning and Sordid Romance
I lost Ticket to Theft and Trash Talk
I gave up Gluttony, Grifting, and Palmistry
And I took on Bless the Lord, and Comfort - Just Because
And Praying and Love Thou the Least.

I latched on to Gospel's Good News, and Faith Brings Great Victory
I laced on Prayer is Power, and Walk in God's Light
I utilized Confession Is Good for the Soul
And I expended much time in Prayer of Repentance, and
I woke up this morning with Life With Christ Is The Only Goal!

Such change! Such Glorious change has been made in this dying body! Life-altering Change has been wrought upon this old Sinful Soul!"

"And now?"

"Just now, Grace and Mercy are holding my hands and
I am Walking In Faith and pushing
The Work Out Your Own Salvation In Fear and Trembling Plow!"

"Praise be to God!"

"Amen, Amen!"