LIVING AN EMPOWERED LIFE: The Restoration Of All Things Is Coming!

Were You Afraid 
When You Came To Life In Your Mother's Womb!?! 

Can't Say That I Was! 

Let's Just Say That I Was Oblivious ... Unaware! 

Lord Of Glory, God Of Grace

I Come Before You

Heart In Hand

Presenting My Soul's Petition

In The Name Of The Holy Son Of Man! 

I Have A Need, Lord

And I Know That For Me You Care

So I Bring My Burden, My Father

I Give You All

I Will Not Retain A Personal Share! 

I Used To Be Afraid Of Death
And
The Sight And Smell Of The Dead
And The Stench Of Those Flowers ... Uggh! 

Whaaat!?! 

Why Were You Afraid Of Death!?! 

It Just Seemed So Cold ... So Harsh

So Very Final

And 
It Made Me Feel Powerless! 

What's Wrong With That!?! 

Nothing Is Wrong
Because

It's The Truth 

But 
Something Mightily Changed 
And
I Went From Being Powerless
To Being Empowered ... Even Feeling Powerful!

There's Life, Power And Strength

In Faithfully Trusting

The Living Word Of

The Eternal, Holy, God! 

I'd Always Loved Job 19:25
"I Know That My Redeemer Liveth...!"

And I Added The 18 Words Of

A Very Telling Verse Also In The Living Word! 

I'm Intrigued: Do Share! 

Everybody Runs To 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Offering Up At The End:

"... Comfort One Another With These Words ...!" 

But 
Even Though I Was Comforted

I Was Not Comfortable! 

I Didn't Just Want To Be Comforted When Someone Died

I Desired To Be Comfortable Walking In Life

Proceeding Unto My Own Death! 

Good Gracious! 

I Thought I Was The Only One Who Thought Like That! 

Nope, Nope, Not Even Close! 

Death: Harsh, Cold, Final, Makes Man Powerless

And

We Feel Powerless 
Because 
We Seemingly Have No Personal Control! 

I Wanted Control ... After The Godly Sort, Of Course! 

I Don't Understand What You Mean! 

Look At It This Way:

Man, Me, You Are Known Finite, Terminal!

Jesus Christ, Creator, Lord, God, Savior
Is
Eternal

And

He Says To Us Us All To Trust Him

Worship Him

Obey Him

Rest In Him

Live For Him

Die For Him

Die In Him

But

There Seemed To Me To Be A Disconnect!
I Knew What It Meant In My Head
But
My Heart ... My Desire To Live Abundantly
Wasn't Getting "It!"

I Know That "Feeling!"

We Were Never Meant To Die

But 
After The Curse ... We All Die
Because
We, By Sin, Are Disconnected 
From The Source Of Life!

Death Is Our Enemy!

Death Is The Final Enemy To Be Conquered

And

Death Always Seemed To Have 
Some Upper Hand Against Us ... Again Me

Until I Read

The Light-Bulb Went Off

And

Just Like That ... I Am Free! 
I Am Plugged Into The Source
And
I Get "It!"

Whom The Son Frees 

Is Free Indeed!

When The Author Of Life

The All-Knowing, All-Seeing, Ever-Present 
Feeling-All-Things-That-Concerns-Me-God 

Is 

Your Personal Retained-By-Prayer-And-Faith Shepherd
The Special-Force Guide For Your Life

Even Unto Your Prophesied Death 

- It Is Appointed Once For Man To Die - 
You Have Every Reason To Live Your Life In The Light

To Walk Wise Before Angels And Men

To Bless Others And Not Curse

To Freely Give As You Have Freely Received

And 

To Endure All Things With Patient Faith! 

The Life-Giver 

Is 

Life Maintainer And Life Sustainer

And 

Glory Be To God

He Is Also The Life Restorer
And
I Am Permitting Him To Lead Me ... Guide Me
All The Way To The Heavenly Home!

I Tell You The Truth When I Say That
We Are Blessed Indeed 

Who Permit The Kindly Light Of Life 
To Lead Us Unto Death: 

He Has Promised ... In Blood, That 

He Will Call Us Up From Death 

And 

Unto His Glory! 

Jesus Christ Conquered Death For Us
So We Must Willingly Take Him As Our Own
So That We Will Finally, Personally, Conquer Death
When He Calls Unto Us To Go Home!

Sinner Or Saint

The Mortal Coil Will Rest In Peace

In The Cold, Cold, Grave

Returning To The Soil

From Which It Came

And The Breath Of Life

Returns To God Who Gave It!

Beloved, 

There Is No Need To Fear Death Nor The Dead

When Jesus Christ Is Your God And Your Guide! 

Let Him Lead You 

And 

You Shall Surely Live Again! 

The Dead Know Nothing

And

Can't Do Anybody Any Harm!

I Am At Peace In And With The Eternal God 

Who Calls Me To Enjoy His Abundant Life Now

And 

His Eternal Life Hereafter! 

I Am Reassured And I Am Blessed

Because

I Know Who Knows The Unknown

And So

The Unknown Holds No Brief For Me! 

I Am In Jesus Christ The King

And

I Am At Peace! 

Apostle Paul Said That He Died Daily!

Indeed, And I Remember The Sentiment
Glory To Glory

And 
Life Unto Life!

The Death Of A Saint Of God And Christ, My Brethren

Is 
A Short Sleep! 

Between Death And Resurrection

There Is No Knowledge Of

The Passage Of Time!

Your Last Thought At Death

Is Your Continued Thought

At Your Resurrection!

We Have The Blessed Hope!
We Who Believe Jesus Christ's Word
And
Trust His Sacrifice Once For All Mankind
Know That The Restoration Is Coming!

The Dew Of Life Will Fall

And

All The Saints Of God And Christ

Shall Triumphantly Answer

When Their Names For Everlasting Life Are Called! 

I Am At Peace
And

I Thank My God For Relief And Release! 

We Live ... Though We Die
Is
The Promise Of The Lord Christ
Who Cannot Lie! 

We Must Endeavor, In All Things, To Live Righteously
And
Endure All Things Faithfully So That We Will Live Eternally!

AMEN! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Seed-Time ... And Harvest!?!

Character Is The Harvest
We Get From Living Life
And
Character Determines Our Destiny
In The Here And Now
And
No Surprise
Whether We Shall Inherit Satan's Declared And Damned End
Or Jesus Christ's Glorious And Eternal Life!

King Solomon Was Granted The Gift Of Wisdom
Which He Used
And
Subsequently Misused
And
Received In His Heart
In His Person
The Profits Earned For A Life Abused

But

Almighty God
In His Love ... His Mercy
Sent Solomon A Reality Check
And 

Being Wise Unto Soul Salvation
Solomon Did Upon His Life ... His Time On Earth
Did Solemnly Reflect
And
Came To The Cutting Conclusion That
As In The Crop Of Nature
Where Harvest Always, Always

Follows Seed-Time ... Sowing
Cultivating ... Growing
Maturing
So In The Growth Of Man:

We Have A Life: Seed
We Grow From Baby To Adulthood
We Develop Attributes Of Character
And
Attributes Actively Assimilated ... Nurtured
Are Those Very Character Traits
Which In Our Lives
Will Dominate And Lead Out
And
Shape For Us A Final Destiny
To Or Against The Holy God
And
In The Great Day Of Small Things
We Shall Reap ... Receive
Our Just, Fitting, Cultivated, Reward!

There Is No Risk In Serving The Savior!

There Is Only Great Reward!

Consider This ...

The Blessing Of The Lord
It Maketh Rich
And
He Addeth No Sorrow To It!

Blessed Are They Who Die In The Lord!

If We Are Blessed Who Die
In ... The Lord
It Stands To Reason That
Cursed Are They Who Die
Without The Lord!

Jesus Christ Said:

I Go To Prepare A Place For You

In My Father's House Already Built

Where There Are Many Mansions!

I Am Coming Back For You

And I Shall Receive You Unto Myself

That Where I Am

There Ye May Be Also!

Jesus Christ Is Not Receiving Dead Men!
He's Receiving Reinvigorated, Glorified Saints!
The Righteous Dead Live
In ... Jesus Christ
So, Hallelujah To The Lamb!

Just As He Asked Martha:

"Believest Thou This!?! 

I Ask Us:
Do We Believe Enough
To Accept The Promise
To Live The Life Of Christ
Modeled On The Faith Exercised By
And
Gifted To Us By Jesus
And
To Die The Death That Is Sleep
For The Saints Of God
Trusting
The God Of All Grace
Who Cannot Lie!?!

The Word Of God
The Glory Of God
The Character Of God
Are One And The Same Thing!

He Is Jealous Of His Name
His Character
And
A False Promise Is Not In, Or Of, Him!

Will You Believe And Trust The Living Word
And
Believe And Trust Him
Despite What You See And Hear
And ... Feel!?!

Jesus Christ Raised The Rotted Dead Back To Life!
He Proved His Word
And
He Will Do The Same For Us

So Let's Praise, Worship

Honor And Obey
Bless And Ever Believe
The Word Of Our King Jesus
Who, Being Ever Faithful
Is

Coming To Earth Again ... Real Soon!

The Second Coming Of The Lord Christ

May Be Morning
May Be Evening
May Be Even At Noon
So, Know Of A Surety
Whatever The Life You Lead
Whatever Character You Cultivate
At The Grand Appearing

Whatever The Time Of Day
You Will Not ... You Cannot
- Even If You Wanted To -
Change Your Tune!

Let Jesus Christ

By His Holy Spirit

- The Spirit Of Truth -

Groom Your Character

So That In The Fullness Of Time

You Shall Inherit

The Eternal Youth Bloom!