HAPPY SABBATH + Standing On The Promises That Cannot Fail! ... Really!

In Humility
I Choose To Stand
On The Sure Promises
Of The Eternal God
Giving Neither Heed
Nor Credence
To The Bewitching Tales
Of The Winsome Fraud!

Father, Help Me To Trust My God!

I Stand As One Convicted
Convinced
Trusting
Hope-Filled
That The Living Word Holy
Is Wholly True
AND
I Ask You, Dear Brethren:

Are We Trusting Our God
Through And Through?

Am I Willing To Be An Abraham
AND
In Agony Of Soul
Go
To Sacrifice My Most Prized Possession
Most Loved
Loving
Because My God Asked Me
To Answer That Cruel, Cruel, Call
The Great Test Which
To My Taste
Is Bitterest Gall?!

Brethren, Beloved
Are You?!

Am I Willing To Say To My Heart
Speaking From A Reasoning Head:

My God Is Able!
His Word To Me Is True!
He Made Life
So He Can Raise You From The Dead?!

Father, God

I'm Walking In Faith

Your Bidding To Do!

Dear Ones,
Could You?!
Would You?!

Beloved,
We Call Ourselves Christians
AND
Out Of Christ's Character
We
- In Vanity -
Walk Proud
BUT
In The Coming Day Of Trial
Will Our Backs Bend
Even Break
OR
Will We
- Converted -
In Accord With The Father
In The Name Of The Son
With The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
AND
With The Protection Of Holy Angels
Hold The Promise
Even As A Carrot
To Encourage Us On
To Stay Battling
Enduring The Fight
So That The Lord
- Our Lord Christ -
In Us
May Delight?!

I Must
You Must
We Must
Ask
AND
Answer
For Our Own Selves:

Am I Willing
With The Lord Christ
To Go All The Way Through Life
Enduring The Strife
- Even If I Die -
Even Unto Eternal Life?!

Will I Follow Where He Leads
OR
Will I
The Path Of Righteousness
Frightened
Sorrowing
Disappointed
Discouraged Through My Eyes
AND
My Feelings
- Regretful -
Leave?!

Is My God
Good Enough
God Enough
Grand Enough
Up To Snuff Enough
AND
Against Rhyme
Against Reason
Able
AND
Faithful Enough
To Get Me Home Safely
To Be Seated
At Almighty God's
Welcome Home Table

Not A Fable?!

Will We Believe Enough

To Gain

What Is NOT Stuff?!

I Pray The Great God

- For Us All Of The Household Faith -

That We Will Stand Tall

Heeding Always

Faith's Call!

Oh, Lord

Grant Us Your Grace

For

To Us

You Are Our All And All!

In Jesus Christ's Name

We Humbly Plead!

AMEN.

Marston 'n Marcelle's Marriage

Marston 'n Marcelle's Marriage

Marston looked at the rising sun and saw

Another challenge waiting to victimize!

Marcelle looked at the same rising sun and saw

Another blessing – oh praise Him who supplies!

Marston looked at the mirror and there he saw

Miserable weariness on the face of years!

Marcelle looked in the same mirror and saw

Happy tiredness on a face with no fears!

Marston looked at the old horse and saw

Just another drain upon their oft' meager supplies!

Marcelle looked at the same old horse and saw

A faithful laborer who never gave a surprise!

He looked at Her and She looked at Him

Each looked at the other, and saw deep within

He saw the peace that she held most dear

She saw anger, bitterness, and much despair!

They both spoke at the same time!

Both wanted to be heard!

She said: “You go first!”

He said: “Don't be absurd!”

This, my friends, is how it is

When unequally yolked two partners be

She says: “It is an 'A!'” He says: “Oh, you mean 'Z!'”

And so, Dear Ones, they can never agree!

Darkness and Light, Blackness and White

She means By Faith, He means By Sight

She holds her Bible dear, He won't ever come near

He won't go to Bible Class, They are ever at an impasse!

For many years, Marcelle faithfully prayed ... to God!

For many years, Marston faithfully played ... the Fraud

Until one fateful day not too long past

He came very near to breathing his last!

And so it was that perspectives aligned

She asked to pray for him, and he ever so quickly replied:

"Dear Wife, I am sorry for all that I've done and been!

Pray to your Jesus! I need to be made clean!”

So after years of pleading and praying for him

Marcelle prayed to The Dear Lord, and asked Him to draw nigh

To her beloved husband along life's journey e'er long

And thanked the Almighty for His love so kind and true

For keeping this Dear One so that he, too

Could be welcomed into the Household of Faith

As he had now forsaken what was his great disgrace!

“Oh clean him, Lord bless him, as he walks the narrow way

And by Your Grace, Father, we'll see You faith to Face!” **BJC**