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Thursday, January 24, 2019

For My Brother, Marvin, At The Interment Of His Beloved Wife, Cherri-Ann


I Remember, Well
When You Found My Heart!
And, Yet
Here, Today
In This Trying Hour
Your Flesh ... From This Vale Of Tears
Shall Forever Depart!

I Have Lost You From My Life And Time
But Memory, Memories
Beautiful Memories Of You
Of Us
Our Love
Our Life Together
From Me 
Shall Never Depart!

You Trusted Me With Your Heart!
I Trusted You With Mine
And Though We Shall Never Meet Again
In This Life
We Have Two Beautiful Daughters
Who Show To All The World
That Our Hearts, Lovingly
Did Entwine!

Of Knowing You, I Have No Regret!
Of Loving You, I Have No Pain!
Of Releasing You
That For Me Is Another Matter
But I Trust The Glorious Lord
Who Already Bore For Us Pain
And Great Shame!

Our Father Is In Heaven!
We Belong For A Short Time On The Earth
But Through The Shed Blood Of 
The Lord Jesus Christ
By Faith
We Have Promise Of The New Birth!

Whatever Is For Our Good
Is Ever For God's Glory
And
The Lord Christ Knows That
That Is For Our Peace
And, So, Beloved
You, From Mortal Strife
Gained Your Release!

I Was Not Ready To Let You Go!
I Am Not Ready ... Yet
But
The Eternal God Runs The Life Of Man Show
And, So
And, So, Cherri-Ann, Beloved
Bone Of My Bone
Flesh Of My Flesh
Till Death Was The Vow!
You Kept Your Word!
I Love You!
And Only God Knows How!
I Shall, With Love, Always
Remember You!

Rest Easy ... Until The Resurrection!






Sunday, December 16, 2018

ACTIONS: The Words

Hear D. Word
Speak D. Word
Do D. Word
Love D. Word
What A Lovely Clan The Words Were
Are
Should Be!

ProbLEM ...

Hear D. Word Loved The Word
But
He Didn't Do The Heard Word!
He Was Too Malicious Minding 
And
Meddling In Other Men's Matters!

Speak D. Word Listened To The Word
Believed The Word
And
Lovingly Shared To The World The Word
But
He Had No Personal Love For The Living Lively Word!
Too Many Do's And Don'ts!
Too Much Set Aside Self!
Too Much Lift Up The Lord!
Too Much Follow The Shepherd!
Too Much Look After Your Brother!

Do D. Word Hooked Up With Love D. Word!

It Was An Interesting Relationship
Which Some People Called Strange
Because
Do D. Word And Love D. Word
Had Blood In The Name Game
And
Some More People Went So Far As To Call 
Their  "Knowing" Relationship
Ever So Slightly ... Profane!

To The Public, It Was A Shame!
To Do D. Word And Love D. Word
It Was The Precursor To Heavenly Gain!

If You Will Step A Little Closer
My Brother My Sister My Friend
I Will Let You Eavesdrop:
Make Sure You Have A Pen!

Do D. Word!?!

Yes, Love!

I Tell You True:


The Word Is A Light
A Lamp
The Truth
And If You Will Walk Ever
In Its Glow Warmly Shed
You Shall Be A True Disciple Of
The One Forever Living
Who Was Once Good And Dead!

Love D. Word!?!

Yes, Do, Do, Darling!

I Tell You No Lie:

The Light Of The Word Shed Abroad
Will Mark The Way Home
When With The Lord Glorious
To Highest Heaven
We Shall On The Wings Of The Wind
Assuredly Fly!

How Sweet!

Slightly Sickening But ...

... Still A Tasty Treat!

Time Flies ...

With The Passage Of Time
Hear D. Word Got Tired Of 
Speak D. Word's Constant Carping About
Do. D. Word
And
Love D. Word
And
Speak D. Word Got Tired Of Seeing 
Hear D. Word Ignore The Spoken Word!

Speak D. Word ... That Self-Righteous One
He Couldn't See That He, Himself, Was 
A Regulation Hypocrite 
Because
He Loved To Tell The People
"Do As I Say Not As I Do!"

Methinks The Brother Might Be 
A Border-Line Fool!

Calleth Not Thy Brother A Fool!

"The Fool Hath Said In His Heart:
There Is No God!"
And
I Distinctly Heard Speak D. Word
- When He Was Waxing Philosophical -
Denying The Need For God
Setting Aside The Blessings Of God
And
Saying In A Booming Voice:
"With God In Control, I Have No Voice!"
In A Pejorative Sense
As Though That Is A Bad Thing!

Almighty God Is In Control
So I Cannot See
What Making A Fool Statement Like That
Will Do For Any Christian Body!


What I Don't Understand
Is Preachers,
 Teachers
And Promulgators Of The Word
Who Do Not Believe In The Word
Or The Giver Of Word
Preaching Teaching And Promulgating The Word!


People Need The Lord!
Ask Your Questions!
Reason With The Lord
Who Asked You To Reason With The Lord
And
In Godly Fear
Come To The Conclusion Of The Whole Matter
And
Depart From Sin And King Fraud!

The Word Has Power!
It's Mighty To Save
And
It Is Only One Devoid Of Common Sense
- Misguided -
Who Will Set Aside The Word ... Of Truth
And
To Lies And Lying
- The Works Of The Devil -
Become A Locked-Down Slave!

I Will Tell You Plainly
I May Not Like The Sting Of The Truth
But
I Prefer To Know The Word Of Truth
And
The Truth Who Is The Word
And
Being Stung By The Truthful Word
Seek To Change
Than To Ignore The Word Of Truth
And
In The Great Day
When The Lord Christ Shall Come
Try To Hide
Running To The Rocks And The Hills
Calling Them To Cover My Head
And
Still Ending Up Dead!

I Hear You!

Better To Die To Sin
Than To Die In Sin
And
Then To Be Raised From The Dead
Only To Die Forevermore!

I Don't Want To Die More Than Once!

I Agree With You!

I Desire To Die The Death
Appointed Once To All Men!
After That
I Desire To Live ... Forever
With The Giver Of Eternal Life
Free ... Forever
From A Life Of Constant Strife!

There Is A Bottom Line ...

Preach The Word - It Is The Truth!
Love The Word - It Has Eternal Benefits For You!
Live The Word - In The Word Is Life!
Die In The Word
And
Rise And Live ... With The Word Of God
Jesus Christ The King
In The Sweet By And By!

Jesus Is Coming Again!
Let's All Joyously Sing ...





Saturday, March 31, 2018

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: HEAVEN AWAITS THE FAITHFUL! (By Special Request)









Today Is Missing A Moment
The Moment I Would Spend With You
The Moment I Would Hear Your Voice
As I Would Spend Precious Time In The Lord With Just You!

I Feel You
And
I Think Of You, My Love
And
I Turn To Say Something To You
But ...
You're Not There!

I Stop ... Stunned
Angry ...
Sad ...
Realizing That 
There Is No More Looking Forward
To Tomorrows With You
And Wanting To Ask ... WHY!?!

But, THEN ... 

True To Our Shared Faith
In The Living God
I Remember That We Had
- I Still Have -
This Hope Within Our Hearts
That Jesus Is Real And Returning
And From The Vale Of Tears
We Shall One Glad Day
Forever Depart
And, So
I Stand Today
     In This Hour
         In This Moment
And I Say:

I Loved You - You Loved Me Back!

I Miss You - Cruel Death Attacked!
I Hope In The Lord Jesus
For
He Has Given
Sin Satan Death And Hell 
The Eternal Sack
AND
I Know We Shall See You
- Whole Healed Healthy -
When Heaven As The Scroll
Rolls Back
AND
I. Am. Blessed!

Beloved,
You Were Mine To Know
For A Short Time
As Man's Life Rolls
And Now
To Your Long Home
Your Mortal Coil Goes
BUT
To The Cinema Of Remembrance
Our Time Together Shall Go!
I Shall See You There!
How? When? Where? Why?
Who Knows?!
The Cinema Of Remembrance
Always Has A Picture Show!

I Shall See You In My Mind's Eye
AND
It Shall Be Enough
For
You Fell Asleep In The Lord Of Life
When You Ended Your Battle
In The Mortal Strife!

I Shall Cry!
We Shall All Cry For Your Felt Absence
BUT
We Shall Not Mourn As Heathens Do
For
Our Day Of Celebration
Is Fast Approaching
AND
We Know By Faith
That You Shall Be There
AND
Of That Knowledge We Have No Fear!

Sleep On, Well Beloved!
In Jesus Christ's Faith
We Shall Soldier On!
We Loved You
BUT
Almighty God Loves You Best!
Rest!

The Great And Glorious Day Approaches
When 
The Dew Of Eternal Life
Will 
Fall On The Faithful Of God
The Well And Truly Blessed!
Rest, Beloved!
Rest!






Tuesday, April 5, 2016

The Dead Sermon






One Day
I Listened To A Dead Sermon!
I Even Heard A Funeral Dirge
For The Pastor That Was Preaching
Was Giving His Congregation
The Last Rites' Words!

Grant You
There Was No Casket
No Funereal Flowers
Scent Wafting About
BUT
I Tell You
It Was Indeed A Funeral
For 
The Real Truth
Of The True And Living 
All-Seeing
All-Knowning
Ever Present
Unchanging
Faithful
Wise
Holy God 
Was Not Talked About!

'Tis True!
'Tis True!
I Tell You!
I Have No Reason To Lie!
The Words Of The Comforting Minister
Were Enough To Make The Dead - Already In Comfort - Delightedly Sigh!

All Right!
I'll Prove It!

The Pastor Said:

"I Have No Desire To Tell You
Of Fire And Brimstone!
No Need To Tell You To Change Your Life!
You Have Enough Problems Daily To Deal With
AND
I Am Not Here To Judge You
AND
It Is Not My Mission To Add To Your Strife!"

"Listen To Me!
God IS Love!
God Loves You!
You Love Him!
He Knows That You Love Him!
And He Knows That You Know That He Knows That You Love Him!
And You Know That That's True!
So, Beloved
Bring Your Offerings!
I Don't Need Them
But I'll Not Tell You To Stop Giving Them To Me!
So
Plant Your Seeds!
Do A Good Work
AND
If You Can
Help A Brother In Need
For
The God That We Love Is Quite Lovely
AND
He Loves Us All
No Matter Our Living Estate!"

"Trust God
To Work Out Your Salvation!
Just Be Ready - When He Is -
To Walk Through Those Heavenly Pearly Gates!
You Are Over-comers
So, You Get The Win!"

"Don't Worry About Your Dying!
All Of Us Are Going To Die
BUT
God Will Take Us
Immediately
To Heaven!
Don't Worry!
It's All Good
For 
When You Die
By God You Fly!"

"Be Good!
Do Good!
See Good!
God IS Good!
Understood?!"

Yet, The King James Bible Says:












BUT ... Shockingly ...

Everybody Joyfully Shouted:

"Hallelujah!"

AND ...

Having Drunk 
Of The Poisonously Sweet Milk
The Cookie-Cutter Accolades Sallied Forth:

"What A Sermon!"
"Man Of God!"
"Anointed!"
"I Was Blessed!"
"That Was Heavenly!"
"I Needed To Hear That!"
"God Bless Him!"
"Good! Good!"
"Very Good!"
"I Really Understood That Blessed Word!"

BUT ... BUT ...


Is God A Facing Liar?


Sooo,





For It Is Written ...