Kindness Doesn't Cost Anything!

I Have Never In All My Born Days
Heard Of Anything So Selfish And Unkind And Cruel
Or Known Of Anyone 
Who Could Have Been So Proud On Top Of It!

Satan!

Can You Imagine A Person Boiling 24 Eggs
Having Several Children Around Them Begging For Just One
And 
The Person Saying: "These Are Mine!"
Refusing To Share
Eating Only Two Of The Eggs
And 
Then Maliciously Throwing The Other 22 Eggs To The Pigs
Before They Would Feed The Hungry People!?!

Satan!

Old Elise Told Us That She Wickedly Did That
When She Was A Young Girl!

We Know That She Repented Of Her Pride And Her Folly
But She Had Ample Opportunity 
To Eat The Bread The Very Devil Kneaded 
Before She Died!
She Came To Know The Feel Of Unkindness
And To Experience The Taste Of Hunger!

Almighty God Doesn't Like Ugly
And Comeuppance Has A Nasty Way Of
Biting The Ugly Heart When It Least Expects It
Or Is Able To Handle It!

Repentance Does Not Negate Consequence For Sin
So We Need To Think Before We Do ... Foolishness!

We Would All Do Well To Remember That 
When We Act In Haste
We Will Always Have The Opportunity 
To Repent In A Leisurely Fashion!

Listen To This ...

He Who Sows, Reaps! 

He Who Gives, Gets! 

He Who Blesses In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 

Is 

Blessed By Jesus Christ Himself! 

Those Who Are So Selfish

Not Even Willing To Give Away 
A "Good" Cold Or A Bad Idea

And 

Choosing To Demand Payment 
For Whatever Departs Their Pocket, Purse Or Premises 

Will Inevitably Have To Buy All That They Need! 
Sells All Buys All!

Know The Right ...

There Is No Profit In Selfishness

And 

There Is No Loss Experienced 
By Those Who Freely Give Of What 
They Have Freely Received 
From The Generous Hand Of The Eternal God 

Who Is Ever Faithful, Blessing, Giving, And Good! 

In The Name Of The Only One Holy

Willingly Give

And 

By Almighty God's Preserved Word Of Promise

It Will Come Back To You ... With Profit! 
Believe The Living Word 
And 
Do Right
Because
It Is Guaranteed That You Will Be Blessed! 

Remember,
Jesus Christ Gave His All
- His Very Life's Blood -
For You, Me, Us All!
All That We Are Being Asked ... Encouraged To Do
Is
To Willingly Give Up A Lil' Bit Of What We Have
Which Will Certainly Come Back To Us Again!
The Living God Does Not Lie!

 Man Cannot

Recapture The Lost Opportunity

Recall The Unkind Word

Recast The Cruel Deed

Or

Repay The Goodness Of Almighty God

But

We Can ... By His Great Grace

Relieve A Soul's Daily Burden

By Willing Giving

Sharing

Commiserating

And

Caring!

HAPPY SABBATH + Laboring For The Wind!?!

Clean Yuh Come
Had A Siamese Twin
Whose Name Is
Clean Yuh Shall-Go
AND
Between These Brethren
Their Task Was To Daily Tell
Laboring For DeWind
That His Life
IS
On All Points
A Car With An Engine That Doesn't Go!
That It Will Be At The Winner's Celebration
A Definite No Show!

Laboring For DeWind
Is A Pompous Donkey
AND
An Airs And Graces Parade Horse
Haughty Head Held High
Decorated Tail Swishing In The Air
Stepping Pun De Grecia!
(He Did Important). He Liked Everybody At Him To Look Around!

Problem ...

There Is Always A Problem!

Problem Is
He Thinks He Is Really Smartly Brilliant
BUT
He Truly Lacks Common Sense
Because
The More He Has
The More He Wants
AND
His Marriage To Peace N. Rest
Is Being Steadfastly Ripped Apart
Just Like His First Marriage
To Sleep N. Peace!

He Is An Obtusely Greedy Oinker!
AND
He Is Also A Studiously Presumptuous Puppy!
He Loves The Banquet 
AND
The Gluttonous Feast!

One Day ...

There Is Always A ... One Day!

It Was One Of Those Fair To Middling
Neither Hot Nor Cold
Neither Windy Nor Airless
Just About Right Days
When All Is Well
Grass Is Green
Bread Hot
Biscuits Crispy
Butter Smooth
Eyes Sorta Kinda Blinky
When Preacher Ecclesias Ticus
Paid An Unannounced
Unexpected
Unappreciated
Time For A Reality Check Visit
To Bigman DeWind
Who Was In His Counting House
Counting
AND
Gently
Oh, So, Gently
Massaging His Individual Stacks Of Money!

Laboring For DeWind's Favorite Saying Is:

Small Notes Suit Small People!

So There Was Not A Note Smaller Than A Twenty
In The Humongous Pile
AND
The Smile On His Face Was ... Well

Plainly Vile!

You Should Note That ...

When You Have More Head Than Brain
AND
Consider Lack Of Daily Monetary Gain
A Crime Against Conscience
AND
A Thing Sordidly
Egregiously
Profane
You Have Crossed The Pale!
You Have Raised Up The False God!
You Have Crossed Into Comeuppance Land
AND
You Are Headed For
House Built On Sinking Sand
Storm Coming
I'm Pedaling Fast
But My Feet Ain't Moving
Soul-Security Check!

Laboring For DeWind
Had The
"What Did God Ever Do For Me!" 
Clean Knocked Out Of Him!

He Cried Foul!
He Cursed The Big Billy Goat!
He Called For His Mama Gotta Virtue
BUT
At The End Of It All
He Didn't Have A Groat!

All He Had Was A Black Coat
With A Collar Made Of A Stoat!
He Lost His Big Able Boat
AND
He Had To Get Rid Off All
The Living-Large Luxuries
That Luck Is A Lady
Had Treacherously Rammed Down 
That Open Sepulchre That He Called His Throat!

It Was Not Pretty!
It Was Not Polished!
It Was Not A Performance!
It Was A Plain And Simple:

You Could Be Over And Done With

BUT

Your Cup Of Iniquity Is Not Yet Full

SO

The Appeal Of The Father

Is Here!

Thankfully
It Was Not The

"Your Life Is Done!"

Laboring For DeWind

Got The

"Look Here!

Take This Pencil

AND

Go Over Your Life!"

What Is The Total?! 

Check That Sum!

He Peed!
He Pooped!
He Fell And Knocked Out 
A Prized Diamond And Gold Tooth!
He Rolled On The Floor
AND
Winded ... Finally
Cried Out:

I Didn't Know There Was More!
Much More!

I Ate!
I Drank!
I Got ... More And More
AND NOW
Look At Me
At Death's Wide Open Gate Door!

He Was Shook! - Not Shaken!
He. Was. Shook!

Conclusion Of The Whole Matter ...

Fear God!
Don't Labor For The Wind!
You Can't Take "It" With You!
AND
Recognize That

The Living God Holy

Faithful Just Trust

Doesn't Do That Man-Thing Called
Negotiating!

Riches Are A Vanity!
Life ... However Long
Is Short
AND
When The Living God Says:

"Enough!" 

You Ain't Got Nuh Retort!

Bow Before God - He Made You!
Bend Before God - His Is Sovereign Will!
Take The Chastisements That He Graciously Sends You
AND
You Will Not Be A Drop
That Will The Lake Of Fire Fill!

You Are Not Your Own Property
To Do With Your Life As Your Vanity Wills
For
Simply Put
In The Great Day Of Accounts
Your Own Soul Will
Your Bad Record Spill!

Our Actions Provide The Ink
With Which The Recording Angel
Writes Our Permanent Record!
So, Be Careful
For Everything That We Do
The Good 

AND
The Evil
Will Be Written Down In That Record!

Don't Be A Dunce For A Rotting Dollar Bill! 

Give The Lord Christ Your Will
AND
Satan - In Your Life -
Will Have To Chill
AND

Keep To Himself
His Burnable Dollar Bills!

Call On The Lord Jesus

For Your Own Soul's Salvation

AND

The Holy Spirit

Will Your New Heart Fill!

A Wholesome Tongue!

I Wrote A Check
With Careless Words
AND
Comeuppance Cashed It

For
I Recognized Not
That Words Have Weight
Until I Was Lashed And Bashed By It!

A Wholesome Tongue
Is A Tree Of Life!
A Perverse Tongue
IS
A Goad Of Strife
Which Makes Life
Bitter And Torn
When We Become The Lambasted Recipients
Who Have Been Basted
By The Bitter Butter
That We Ourselves Undeniably Blasted!

Be A Word Watcher

Wise And True
For
All Words Have Weight
Be It To Energize
Enervate
Elevate Or Excoriate
Good Friend Or Foe
AND
Me And You:

Look ... Before You Leap! 

Think ... Before You Speak!

Trust In The Lord

AND

The Good Word Obey

AND

Speak Peace

Ever Always

For Soon Comes

The Judgment

And

The Glory Days!

HAPPY SABBATH + Where Is The Everyday Thanks?!

Confession

Is Good For The Soul!

Unrepentance

Makes The Sinner Most Bold!

Comeuppance

Has For Herself A Lofty Place

AND

Life

Has An Uncanny Knack

For Dealing Disgrace 

To Those With Pride

Sowed

In Their Heart

And

Marked

On Their Face!

Food Shelter
Clothing Peace
Happy Children Health
License Land Lease
Work Water
No Sorrow To Bear!
Walks Through Willfulness!
Of Pettiness
AND
Foolishness
I Even Had A Substantial Share!

Thoughtlessness
Stinginess
Wildness
Waywardness
Faultlessness
Of Recklessness
I Can Tell You
I Spared Not A Tear!

You Could Have Been Dead!

Dead?! Me?!
You Must Be Kidding!
The World Was My Oyster!
My Life Was My Pearl
AND
I Wore It On A Gold Chain
AND
I Treated The Living God
As One Does A Churl!

But ...

The Day Came ...

...  And Someone Said:

It Would Be Better 

If People Would Try To Give God "Thanks!" 

On A Daily Basis 

Rather Than Waiting 

Until There Is Food Involved!

And Then ...

Contrary 
To My Perfect Conception Of My Life 
Comeuppance Was Glorified ...!

And I ...!

You Should Have Heard Me Praying:

Dear Lord,

Let Me Give You

Thanks And Praise Today

For I Don't Have Tomorrow

Far Less Next Week!

I Don't Know 

How The Tide Of My Life Will Turn

Or That I Will Be Able To Utter 

Even A Tired Mouse Squeak!

Father, My Heart In Me Burns!
Forgive Me For Taking The Life You Gave

And Doing As I Well Pleased!

Forgive Me For Eating My Daily Bread

Without Feeling The Desire To Say In Gratitude:

Thank You, Lord, For Filling My Need!

Lord,

I Have Been A Total Ingrate

Taking Your Bounty For Granted As I Overfilled

My Overflowing Plate!

Please

Accept My Contrite Heart's Apology!

Please Forgive My Descent Into The Realm Of Satan

That Greedy Reprobate

And Help Me To Walk

According To Your Calling

And Doing It Now

Rather Than When It Is Too Late

And

I Am Forced To Say:

Lord, Please Save Me Now!

Thank You For The Tears That Flow!

Thank You For The Grace You Bestow!

Thank You For The Mercies

Seen And Unseen
Known And Unknown
Unexpected And Unappreciated

And

Thank You For Christ's Sacrifice

That Makes This Wretch

By Confession

And Repentance

Forgiven

And

Clean!

It Is Good To Give A Gift 
Of Heartfelt Thanks
And Glorious Praise 
Unto Our Almighty God!
Amen!

Indeed!

Let Us, In Heartfelt Appreciation

- Today And Every Day -

Thoughtfully Say To Him 

Who Daily Provides:

"Father,

I Give Unto You My Heartfelt Thanks 

For All My Blessings

Even Though Your Giving

Is Not Dependent Upon My Thanks!"