VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Cossie

 

You Real Up And Down, Cossie! 

I Know, Mavis! 

Isn't It Wonderful!?! 

Are You Mad, Cossie!?! 

Mavis Is Insulting You! 

Mavis Would Like To Believe That She Is Insulting Me 

But, Truth Be Told

She Just Paid Me A Wonderful Compliment, Cuddy! 

Oh, Brother! 

I Have Got To Hear This! 

It Is Like This, Cuddy! 

I Am A Christian And I Have Committed Myself 

To Walk Consistently In The Light That Leads To Life! 

To Do This, I Must Grow 

And To Grow, To Show Growth

To Show That I Am Growing Up 

Into The Stature That Is Jesus Christ The King

I Must Put Down Roots As In 

I Must Be Rooted And Grounded In The Word! 

I Must Know And Live, Practice, Preach, And Purvey That 

Which I Know, Understand, And Accept 

Is The Saving Truth

The Truth For Today Always Current! 

Wait A Minute, Cossie! 

Where You Get That Line From!?! 

Wait, Mastic! 

Don't You Read Your Bible At All!?! 

I Read My Bible And I Ain't Never Seen That Sentiment! 

Wow! 

Another Surface Reader! 

Another One Who Is Reading Without Understanding! 

I Know, Reggie! 

Do You Want To Tell Them Or Should I!?! 

I'll Take A Piece Of That Action! 

Brethren, 

Have You Not Read The Parable That Jesus Told 

About The Sower And The Seed!?! 

Of Course We Have! 

Nice Story! 

I Like The Part About The Harvest That Was 

30, 60, And 100-Fold Return! 

Cossie, It's The Usual, Isn't It!?! 

Yup! Look Only At The Reward And Not At The Regrets! 

Sigh ...! 

Okay, People! 

Listen To Me Carefully! 

Jesus Firmly Spoke About The Seed That 

Fell On Rocky Ground! 

There Was Little Soil 

And Even Though The Seed Sprouted

It Had No Depth Of Earth 

To Send Down Roots To Hold Nourishment 

And So It Could Not Grow Up 

To Bear Fruit To Be Harvested 

And So It Died! 

So, You See, Up And Down Christianity 

Is Good Theology! 

Dig Deep Into The Word 

And Grow Up In Sanctification 

Which Is The Work Of Lifetime 

As The Holy Spirit Leads Us Into All Truth! 

Brethren, Think Carefully! 

A Tree Without Roots ... Deep Roots

Cannot, Will Not, Endure A Storm In Its Life! 

Troubles Toss Rootless Trees! 

Christians Unschooled In The Word Of God 

Do Not Know How To Live 

Or Why A Christian Lives In The Manner That 

The Lord Specified! 

Oh, My, Reggie! 

I Feel Really Ashamed Of Myself 

Now That You've Explained The Story! 

Cossie, I Am Sorry For Attempting To Insult You! 

It's Okay, Mavis! 

Some Good Came Of It! 

Yes, Cossie! 

I'm Going To Read That Parable Again 

And I Am Going To Start My Journey Again 

And Be An Up And Down Christian ... The Good Way: 

Down In The Word 

And Up Toward Sanctification 

Which Leads To Glorification! 

Hear, Hear! 

Lord, Lead Me, Lead Us Gently Along! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

 

HAPPY SABBATH + WAITING ... For The Day! + PRAYER

I Am Of The Virgins

But

Not One Of The Foolish Ones!

I Am Ground

- Not The Stony One -

Good Ground!

I Am Not Of Those Women

- Those Churches -

Which Wear Their Own Raiment

AND

Which Provide

AND

Eat Their Own Bread

All The While Desiring

Just The Name Of The One

By Whom We Are Faithfully Lead!

I Am Not A Pharisee

A White Washed Tomb

Pretty

But Filled

With The Bones Of The Dead!

I Walk The Way Holy

Keeping Close

To The Separating Line

Having It Ever In My View!

I Walk In The Light

Holding The Hand

Of The Son Of God

Jesus Christ The Lord

Holy

Alive

Divine!

I Wait

For Day

- Not The Dark -

When

Redeemed

Glorified

Crowned

I Shall

- Having Been Caught Away -

Walk On The Glorious Golden Way

Having Face To Face Converse

With My Jesus

After

Having Forever Cast Away

The Marks Of The Vile Curse!

I Go

- Not To Hell -

To Glory!

I Go

Even If I Go Alone!

I Go

Because The Rock Of My Salvation

Calls Me

By Love

Holy Love

To Come Home!

Home ... HOME!

Where He Who Holds My Heart

 - My Beloved Jesus -

Has For Me

Prepared A Blessed Place!

Home

Where All Is Peace

Rest

AND

Joyous Consort

Comfort

Home

In The Bright Light Of

The Eternal God

Where The Living

Has Not A Taint

Of Earth

Nor Of The Old Disgrace!

PRAYER:

Oh, Lord

You Who Art In Heaven

You Who Give Comfort

To The Wanderer's Soul

You

Who Gave Your Best

To Redeem Those

- By Sin -

In The Universe

The Worst

I Bless You!

I Love You

And

I Thank You

Because

- In The Glorious Future -

I Shall

- Having Held On To Christ's Enduring Faith -

Get Up

From The Place

From Whence

I Would Have Been Deposited

By That Transport Vehicle

The Dreaded Hearse!

Lord,

I Took "E" Off Of Hearse

For My Ear Hears!

I Took "S" Off Of Hears

Because

Christ Had Unstopped

My Previously Stopped Ears!

I Took The "A" And "R" Off Of Hear

And

"HE!"

Was Revealed!

He Who Conquered Death

So That I May Be Redeemed!

I Rejoice

With Heart

Soul And Voice

That Glory Came Down

And

Did Fill My Soul

So That Now

I Can Say

At This Very Moment

 - Today -

That Heaven Is My Goal

And

I Am Walking

Faithful

On The Glorious King's

Highway!

Thank You For The Great Blessing

In Jesus Christ's Name!

AMEN.