JOURNEYING TO SALVATION: Make A Hard Right Off Sin And Self!

 

In Journeying To Salvation

Remember That The Distance To Arrive There 

Is 

Not Far! 

Make A Hard Right Off Sin And Self 

And

With Eyes Fixed

Walk Straight On Available Grace 

Which Seamlessly Flows Into Free Mercy Streaming! 

Beloved, 

Whatever You Do

See To It That You Do Not Have Converse 

With Decimating Doubt! 

He Is A Liar 

And 

He Will Tell You To Call Him Inky: 

He's Always Changing The Story

Because

His Story ... Even In His Own Mind

Is 

Never, Ever, Straight!

Heads-Up ...

With Great Care 

And 

Unending Gratitude 

And

The Loving Embrace

Enfold Simple Faith Into Your Living: 

She's A Gift That Is New Everyday! 

Do Not, Do Not, Don't Despise Simple Faith: 

You Will Need Her On And At Your Side! 

Look Out For Reason 

And 

Hold His Hand! 

Simple Faith Will Lead You To Truth 

And 

Truth Will Encourage Reason 

- Who You Will Need When You Talk With The Lord - 

To Be Birthed! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

The Lord Of Life 

Is 

Always Near: 

His Word To You 

Is 

Clear: 

You, Personally, Are In His Heart! 

Beloved,

Get The Lord Of Life In Your Heart 

And

The Holy Spirit Will Take Up Residence! 

Accept The Call To Pray 

And 

Open The Book That Truth Will Give You! 

The Book 

   Is 

       The Truth 

        Is 

                The Light 

              Is 

         Love On The Way! 

The Light 

Is 

Kind

And

The Love 

Is 

Time-Tested ... Real! 

Look Up ...

Your Destination 

Is 

Home: 

Follow The Truth With Simple Faith 

And 

You Shall Arrive There Safely! 

Obey Always 

And 

Be Blessed Always! 

Peace Is Precious!

Thanksgiving!?! Giving Thanks + PRAYER: I Bow My Heart Before You, Lord!

When I Am Giving Thanks To Almighty God
It Is Impossible For Me To Hate
To Lie
To Steal
To Envy

And
To Indulge Greed!

I'm Thankful To The Lord Christ, Who

With His Own Blood

For My Pardon Does Plead!

I Have No Time To Indulge Malice
And To Be Busy In Other Men's Matters!
I Have No Time My Ego To Inflate
When I'm Rattling Off The Myriad Blessings
That My God Holy Has Lavished Upon My Life
And
Upon My Plate!

My Season Of Thanks Giving
Is Not 

Just For A Grand Holiday!
It Is Day By Day
Hour By Hour

And
Moment By Moment
For A Sacrifice Made In My Behalf
The Price For Which I Can Never Repay!

I'm Thankful ...

For Food
For Shelter
For Life
For Hope For The Day
For Peace
For Rest

And
For How With Life Successfully To Cope!

I'm Thankful ...

For Mercy
For Eyes That See
For Buds That Taste
For The Hope That Has Me Looking Up To The East
And Thinking Upon That Spot In Orion
Out There In Deep Space!

I'm Thankful ...

For Protection
For Direction
For Correction
For Ever-Present Help

And
For The Leading Of The Holy Spirit!

I Know How I Feel

To Be By The Eternal God Totally Blessed

But The Words Can't Be Spelt!

I'm Thankful ...

For A Life Lived For Christ ...To Lose

For A Life To Live With Christ ... To Gain
For A Story To Tell To The Nations That Are Lost
Of The Blessed Savior
The Great Redeemer
Who For All Our Sins 

Was Cruelly Nailed On Calvary's Cross!

I'm Thankful ...

For Grace
For Faith
For Laughter
For Tears

And

For The Holy God
Who Surely Welcomes My Daily Prayers!

I'm Thankful ...

For Friends
For Family

And
For A Beloved Son Who Gives Me No Reason To Cry!

I'm Thankful ... Most Thankful

To My Creator God
For The Plan Of Salvation
For The School Of Jesus Christ
Where My Character Is Being Reshaped
Into That Of My Lord
In Whom Is My Soul's Only Saving Hope!

I'm Thankful ...

For The Kingdom Of Grace ... Now
And
The Kingdom Of Glory ... Soon To Come
And
The Blessing Of The Good Shepherd That
Personally Leads Me To The Green Pastures Of Living Truth
And
The Still Waters Of Eternal Life
Where I Will Not Have To Fear The Great God's
- The Only Judge -
Condemnatory Frown!

PRAYER:

Father, Most Holy

I Will Not Offer To You Feigned Praise!

I Bow My Heart Before You

And

Utter Willing Prayers!

I'm A Child Of The Dust

And In Death

To Dust I Shall Return

But

In This Hour Of Giving Thanks

To You My Gift Of Life I Return

Because

With You Leading

I Will Not Have To Fear

The Fire And Brimstone Burn!

I Thank You, Lord

For Causing Me To Be

For Placing Me In A Time Such As This

For Giving Me The Opportunity

For Your Living Kingdom To Work

To Help To Point My Brethren Known And Unknown

To The Holy God Who Loves His Children

Who Saves Men's Souls From The Second Death

Who Lifts Up The Fallen

Who Frees The Captives From Sin

Who Gives True Sight To The Blind

And

Who Blesses And Has No Desire To Curse!

Father, 

I Am Thankful For A Mother

Who Saw Fit To Ensure That I Learned Of

The Holy Jesus

From A Tender Age

And

For A Grandmother

Who Kept Me On The Way Written

On The Holy Page

And

For All Those Persons Who Had A Hand

In My Spiritual Progress

And

I Am Truly Thankful For Your Holy Love

That Put It All In Motion 

So That With Enduring Faith

In The Great Day Of Small Things

I May Be A Kingdom Success! 

Dear Lord, Let It Be!

Let It Be, Lord

That My Thanks Giving May Turn Into Your

"Well Done, Good And Faithful Servant! 

Enter Into The Joy Of Thy Lord!" 

Father, 

This Is My Soul's Desire!

I Love You, Lord

And

I Beseech You

To Please Remember The Praying People

And

Those Who Give The Trumpet Call Of Warning

It's True And Peculiar Sound!

 

Please Keep Me

In An Attitude Of Gratitude

For Your Myriad Gifts Of Sacrificial Love

This Day And Always

And

Even As I Offer Up My Heart's Prayer, Father

In The Glorious Name Of My Savior

My Redeemer

My Lord

My Master

My God 

And 

My Soon Coming King

Jesus Christ The Righteous!

Remember Us Always

In Your Free Mercy

And

By Your Available Grace!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Look To Your Ways! + PRAYER: Lord, Nourish Our Parched Souls!

Almighty God Says ... Plainly
That He Cannot Forget Us
So, Obviously
He Can't
- He Won't -
Ignore Us!
Hence The Injunction:

Look To Your Ways!

It's Interesting That You Say That
Because
I Remember The Old Days
When Someone Did Something
Seriously Stupid Reckless Careless
Willful
You Would Hear Somebody Say
- And We Picked Up The Habit -

"I Would Really Beg The Lord For Five Minutes 

To Wash Out My Mouth On You

To Damage You

To Tell You Bad Things

To Rearrange Your Face And Your Insides

And
Then Wash My Hands ...!"

... I Remember Those Days Very Well!

It Was A Riot
Especially When Someone Was Considered A Big Christian
And Behaved In An Unseemly Manner
When They Thought They Had "The Five Minutes!"

We Were Really Foolish!!

The Pen Of Truth Shall Record
All That You Do
For The Lord
- For The Fraud -
So Do Not Be Foolish!
You Cannot Rewrite Almighty God's To Do
- Not To Do -
List!
At The End There Is 
- For All -
The Earned
- Sure To Be Paid -
Reward!

I Like It!
I Like It!

I Was Praying
And I Said To The Lord:

If You Ignore Us, We Die! 

If You Bless Us, We Live!

And Then I Stopped Praying
For I Noted What It Was
That I Was Actually Saying!

Indeed!
And Look At What You Were Juxtaposing!

Almighty God's Ignoring Us ... An Impossibility
- For He Will Never Permit Us
To Be Perpetually Willful And Disobedient -
AND
Almighty God's Blessing!

I Remember, Again
When I Was A Child
AND
Being Hard-Ears!
I Would Hear My Grand'other
Or Even My Mudda, Say:

With "That" Voice
Which Says That They Are Going 
To Murder Your Backside With Lashes
If You Do That Ignorance
One. More. Time.

AND
I Quote:

"I Gine Ignore You!"

Hahaha! Wha' Loss!

Girl, The Memories!

I Remember Those Day Very, Very, Well ...!

... I Well Remember The Many Warm Backsides 

I Got For Disobedience!

So Much For Being "Ignored!"

Yup! The Precursor To Punishment!

Makes You Think Of Ephraim!

Huh?!

Jacob-Israel's Son Out Of Joseph ... One Of The Half-Tribes Of Israel!

Oh! Ohhh ...

... Indeed.

Leave Him Alone!

I Never Want To Hear Those Words
From The Lord!

That Would Be Sealing Your Doom
Because ... Obviously
You Know More Than Your Maker
Jesus Christ The Lord
AND
That's Why You're Touching Hands
At Supper With Satan
AND
Not Partaking With A Long Spoon!

You Shouldn't Even Be In Close Proximity To Satan!

I Hear THAT!

Folly Is Not A Friend
AND
Friends Of Almighty God Are Not Foolish!
Sweet Peppers Are Not Hot
AND
Wise Men Don't Act Ghoulish!

Truth, My Brother! Truth!

As Long As Almighty God Chastises Us
We Are Children!
When The Chastisement Stops ...!

... You're Become A Bastard Child! 

You Can Do What You Like

But

Not As Long As You Like

For Time Is A Clock

With A 3,6,9

And

A 12 o'clock STOP!

You'll Never See The End Coming!

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Lord,

Please Help Us

Before We Perish!

Our Parched Souls

By Your Free Mercy

Please, Please, Nourish!

Life Is Hard

When We From You Walk Alone

Depriving Ourselves

Of

The Full Salvation

That

Jesus Christ The Righteous

For Us

Completely Purchased!

Forgive Us Our Sin

For

We Repent!

Teach Us Your Ways!

Lift Us Up When We Fall!

Bless Us With Hearing Ears, Always

So That We May Heed All

In The Gospel Call!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

We Humbly Prayer

And

Believing, Plead!

We Love You, Lord!

AMEN.

I Am A Child Of The Living God!

I See The Living God
Above
Around
Beneath
Before Me!

I Feel The Living God

When I Utter
A Believing Child's Prayer!

I Touch The Living God
When In Faith
I See To The Needs Of Another

AND

Daily Communicate With Him In Prayer!

I Walk With The Living God
Because
He Is To My Heart
My Soul
My Mind
My Being
Wonderfully Gloriously Dear!

I Live For The Living God

For He Is My All And All

My Creator

My Sustainer 

My Provider

My Salvation 

My Peace

My Rest

My Way

My Light

My Redemption

My Beginning

AND

My End!

I Taste Daily Of The Living God

In His Eternal Living Word

Which Is Food And Life

AND

A Delight To My Soul

AND

Not Empty Fillers As Sugared Candy

Necessary To The Sinful Bold!

I Bless The Living God

Because

I Am A Daily Recipient Of

His Matchless Grace 

AND

Free Mercy

AND ALSO BECAUSE

Without Him To Be My Guide

I Would Be Fit And Tied Prey

For The One Who Did To Eve Lie!

Bottom Line ...

I Am A Child Of The Living God

The King Eternal

AND

The Lord Of Glory

AND

I Believe

Trust 

Hope In

Worship

Honor

Wait For

AND 

Obey Him

Because I Love The Living God

AND

I Hold Him In Godly Fear!

What Say YOU?!