VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Open The Letter!

 

Dear Lady Rose, 

I Sincerely Hope And Pray That This Missive

Finds You In Good Spirits And Doing Well! 

As For Me, Besides A Lil' Bit O' The Arthur

I Am Doing Well, All Things Considered! 

Lady Ro, I Want To Ask You A Question: 

Did You Receive A Strange-Looking

Very Large, Padded Envelope By Mail Or Special Delivery 

In The Past, Oh, I Don't Know, Three Months!?! 

I Only Ask Because I Received A Like Envelope

With A Handwritten Letter With The Strangest Instructions! 

It Said, And I Quote: "If You Are Happy, Read The Letter!

If You Are Sad, Read The Letter! 

If You Are Tempted, Read The Letter! 

If You Are Feeling Weary, Read The Letter!" 

The Letter Of Instructions Rattled Off 

A Long List Of Things For Which I Should Read Some Letter 

Which Should Have Been Enclosed But Was Not! 

All That Was In The Envelope Was An Old Book

Rather Expensive-Looking But Nonetheless Old, Like Methuselah! 

I Shook That Book And No Letter Fell Out So I Am Clueless!

Neither The Envelope Nor The Letter Of Instructions

Bear A Return Address So I Don't Know Who To Contact

About The Missing Letter!

I Am At A Loss!

Please Help!

Love Always,

Dorothy

**********

Dear Dorothy,

You Have Surely Lived Up To Your Nickname!

You Are A Real Dodo!

Yes, I Received A Similar Envelope:

Everybody Did, And Anybody Coming Into The Household

Is Going To Receive An Identical Envelope! 

Dodo, Did You Look At The Title Of The Book!?!

Did You Notice That It Said "Holy Bible!?!"

Did You Open Said Bible!?!

Don't You Know Or Have You Forgotten That

The Holy Bible Is Called God's Love LET...TER To Mankind!?!

I Should Box Your Ears!

How Come It Has Taken You Three Whole Months

To Open That Envelope And, Worse Yet

Three Months To Come ... With Help ... To The Realization That

The Missing Letter IS The Enclosed Bible!?!

You Need A Real Cut-Tail With A Hard Rubber Slipper!

Seriously, Though, All Those Points

Telling You To Read The Letter Are For Real And

You Need To Fixedly Pay Attention To And Follow Them!

Of Course, It Must Be Stated That

"No Read, No Power: Read Well, You Flower!"

That's The Lord's Will Concerning You, Me, We, His Children!

Call Me On Meet And We Can Read It Together

Taking Turns, Of Course!

Love You, Bless You, Talk To You Soon!

Your Favorite Sis-Sis!

Peace!

 

Nothing Between ...!?! + PRAYER: Lord, Please Help Me To Spurn The Devil ...!

There Is Nothing Between 

My Soul And My Savior!

How Special!

You'd Better Believe It!

All Joking Aside
Have You Really Considered
- I Mean All Of Us -
What Will Happen When Jesus Christ
Finally Steps Away From Being Between Us
And Our Father God!?!

Oh, I Can Answer That One:

All Hell Breaks Loose

Because

There Will No Restraining Force
To Stay Satan's Vile Hand
And Every Evil
Will Be Unleashed Upon Unsuspecting Man!

Fred, If I Were You
I'd Go Real Easy-Like
On The "Unsuspecting-Man"Thing!

I Agree!
Not To Be Harsh, Unfeeling And Unkind
But You Get What You Pay For!

Preach, Brother!

You Can't Call The Savior Of Mankind

The Lord Of Life

The Creator Of The Universe
A Good Man
A Fable
A Bedtime Story
An Irrelevancy
And Believe That When The Chips Are All Down
- Even Cast Aside -
And You're Totally Exposed 

To The Commodity Called Damnation

That You Boldly Purchased
That Mercy

- Honorably, Permanently, Retired
From Calling Men To Salvation
And Having Given Way To Justice -
Is Going To Saddle Up Again!

Ain't Gonna Happen!

It's Harvest Time! 

You Reap What You Sow!
You Gotta Eat What You Grow!

My Grannie Always Talked About
Walking Back Over Bridges You Burnt!

Mad Man, How Can You Walk Over A Burnt Bridge!?!

Very Easily ... In Your Mind
Because
It Ain't Goin' Happen In Reality!

Ahhhh!

The Realm Of Regret
Recrimination
What If
Woulda Shoulda Coulda
Did Not!

Sounds About Right!

The Saints Of God Will Have Be Sealed!
The Minions Of Satan Will Have Be Marked!
The Saints Of God Will Have Jesus' Peace
AndThe Minions Of Satan
Will Have
The Seven Last Plagues
Upon Which To Feast!

The Mere Thought Of That

Is Mind-Bogglingly
Skin-Crawlingly
Stomach-Churningly Awful To Contemplate! 

If That Is The Case

Then You Need To Remember 

Who Paid The Price Of Your Salvation

Who Daily Keeps You Alive

Who Constantly Blesses You Immeasurably

And

Who Will Raise You Up

To Eternal Life!

Indeed, My Brother!

Indeed!

Think On This ...

Lip Service To Almighty God

Is

Disservice To Needy Self

And

It Is Time, Brethren

That We Get Shuck Of Satan's Ways

And Get His Hell-Bound Crew Off

Our Complacency Shelf!

You Mean It Is Time To Bury Our Complacency!

Hear! Hear!

It Is Time To Destroy All That Is Useless!

It Is Time For Us To Stop Playing The Game Clueless!

It Is Time For Us To Give Up Acting Foolish

And

It Is Time For Us To Really Let The Lord Jesus Christ

Truly, Truly, Reign Over And Rule Us!

AMEN!!!!

PRAYER:

Father,

Lead Me

Not Tomorrow

But Today

In All Ways!

Bless Me, I Beseech You

To Walk On The Straight

And

Narrow Way!

Guide Me And Direct Me

Protect Me And Correct

So That In The Great Day

Soon A-dawning

I Shall Have Nothing To Regret!

Help Me To Be Ever Bold

Where The Words Of Truth And Life

Are Concerned

And

Help Me Always, Dear Father

The Devil's Entreaties

To Confidently Spurn!

May The Holy Spirit Indwell

And

The Holy Angels Influence

Even As They Surround

And

Bless Me, Lord, Please Bless Me

To Arrive Safely At Home

And

Walk Forever On Holy Ground!

In Jesus Christ's Name

I Humbly Pray And Plead!

AMEN!