Finding God ... Again!

Living N. Handmade Hell
IS
In A Very Peculiar Position!
He Knows Of The Goodness Of Almighty God!
He Has Experienced ... Mightily
The Giving God's Love And Personal Favor!
He Is Living Large Off Of The Blessing God's Bounty
AND
He Daily Tells All Who Patronize
His Very Prosperous Establishment
AND
Visit His Great House
To Trust The Almighty God And Keep His Commandments
EVEN AS HE, HIMSELF
- Having Purchased A Membership In
Wise In Your Own Eyes
AND
Seems To
Appears To Be
Looks Like -
IS
Systematically Rewriting The Law Of God
To Suit Himself
To Make The Law Modern
To Make Serving The Eternal God Relevant

AND

To Cause His Own Mind To Rest Easy
Over Things That
Do Not Comport With His Present Position
His Powerful Personality
His Innate Pride
His Peculiar Penchants
His Perfidious Predilections
His Purchased Praise!

To All Intents And Purposes
Living N. Handmade Hell Is A Pompous Poseur
Who
When He Was Poor
Was Peaceful And Polite
Who Prayed Passionately
Purposefully
Lovingly
Joyfully
Thankfully
AND
Often!

He Obeyed
He Loved
He Trusted
He Served
He Cared
He Was Blessed
AND
He Was A Blessing
AND
He Deliberately Walked With God
Because 
He Truly Believed The Living Words Of Life!

Yuh Can't Seh Dat Now, Though!

Buh Looka Muh Crosses!
Tha' Is De Same Man
That Pointedly Pointed Me
To De Cross Of Christ!

He Should Be Shame Ah 'eself!

Yuh Telling Me!!

Brethren!
Let's Not Be Fair Weather Christians!
Let's Pray For Our Brother!

How Do You Pray For Someone
Who CHOOSES ... WILLINGLY
To Be The Enemy Of God?!

You Pray Very, Very, Carefully!

Christ Died To Save Mankind!
Christ Did Not Die To Encourage Man
To Continue In Sin
Just Because Jesus Christ Is Savior!

You Cannot Mock God And Prosper!

When You Come Out Of Egypt
Aka Unbelief
When You Come Out Of Babylon
Aka Confusion
When You Come Out Of Sin
Aka Death
You Must Not Do A Lot's Wife Performance!

Whoever Out ... Stop, Stay, Stand Out!

When You Have Tasted The Blessed Fruit Of
Sure Salvation
AND
Turn Back To The Dark Paths
All That Is Left
Is A Fearful Waiting For Sure Destruction!

Lord, Help Me Not To Bless Myself
Saying
I Have
I Shall Have Peace
When Disobedience Is Leading Me
To Add The Destruction Of Drunkenness  To Thirst
Because I Walk In The Vain Imaginings Of 
My Known Deceitful Man's Heart!

I Got Four Words Fuh He En 'e Kind:

Who. Can. Best. God?!

Wait! Wait A Minute!
What Is This Thirst You're Talking About?!

As I Understand It
Sin Is A Desert!
Man In The Desert Of Sin ... Thirsts!
Man's Thirst Is For Water!
Water, To Man, Is Life!
The Water Of Life Is Christ
So, Therefore
Man's Thirst IS For Christ! 

Everything Else That Man Drinks
Imbibes
Swallows
Is
Sugar ... Alcohol ... Drunk Man Water
Destruction.

Lord,
Have Mercy
On Living N. Handmade Hell's Soul!

Alright, Then!
You Just Prayed For Him!

He Surely Needs It
Because
There Is No Man
No Created Being
Who Can Change God's Laws
Challenge Almighty God's Authority
Set Aside God
AND
Make A Fallen Man
A Cast Out Angel, A God
Who
- Being Unrepentant -
Will Prosper To Live Eternally!

It Ain't Never No Way Going To Happen ...!

... Tell That To The Big Man Walking In Our Direction!

REPENT!

And

Be Baptized Every One Of You

For The Salvation Of Your Souls!

Are You Dropping Remarks To Me!?!

Brother Living,
You Know Very Well That Only Those Who Go
A-Whoring Drop Remarks
And Swine, The Scavengers Of The Earth
Pick Them Up!

Yes, Yes, Yes!
So What Were You Saying About 
Everybody Repenting!

Welllll,
Since YOU Plainly Asked The Question
I Will Plainly Answer Your Question
With Another Question!

Living N. Handmade Hell
Why Don't You Love The Living God Anymore!?!

Excuse Me!?!

Answer The Question!

Ah, Well ...!

If That Question Is Too Hard To Answer
I'll Make It Easier For You:

Why Do You No Longer Love The Lord Our God
Our Known Creator
The Maker Of Heaven And Earth
Our Perfect Provider
Our Able Sustainer
Our Certain Hope
Our Ever-Present Help
Our Sure Salvation
Our Life's Beginning
Our Constant Blessing
Our Perfect Peace
Our Comfortable Rest
Our Glorification
At The Faithful Life's End!?!

Lord Jesus!!
Help Me!

You Do Well To Call Upon Him!

I Knew This Day Was Coming ...!

Every Long Day Got A Four O'Clock!

Suddenly
Brother Loving Was On His Knees ...

Damascus Road ...!

Jesus Left Heaven For Me ...!

... Take Up My Cross ...!

... Not Worthy ...!

... Man Of Sorrows ...!

... TRUTH In The Inward Parts!

What's Happening To Him!

This IS His Waterloo!

It's Between His Soul And His Savior!

Take Up My Cross And Follow ...!

Bless The Lord ...!

Take Me Back, Lord ...!

... To Where I First Believed!!

Praise God!

Praise God!

PRAISE GOD!

Brethren,
Let's Leave Him Alone!

Indeed!

He Is Wrestling With His God!

A Man Can Only Run So Far
Before He Meets Himself ...

... And The Eternal God!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Get And Give ... Forgive And Forget?!

Get And Give Are Known Brethren
BUT
At The Time Called Present 
They Do Not In The Same House Live
For
Malicious Sin Had Brought About An Estrangement
The Outcome Of Which
Caused The One To Die!

But, He's Alive Forevermore!

Get Is A Child Beloved
Blessed Of The Lord
Living First
In The Pristine Garden
Visited In The Cool Of The Day
By The Holy Creator God!

Enter The Dragon ...

There Is No Dragon That Is Good!
There Is No Dragon That Loves
AND
This Dragon Was Is No Different
For
He Has Been Cast Out Of The House Of The Lord!

Long Story Short ...

Hateful Dragon Malicious
Tempted The Daughter Get
The Mother-To-Be Of All Living
AND
Like A Loose Flying Object
Into Great Sin Did Her Project!

Lady Get Like All Broken Merchants
Was Not Satisfied To Be Broken ... Alone
AND
She Lured 
Enticed 
Him Out Of Whose Rib
She Had Been Made

AND

He
In Love For Her And Out Defiance Of
The Holy Dictate
Chose To Sin By ... Willful Disobedience
AND
Swallowed
The Fruit
The Dragon's Fib!

Long Story Cut Even Shorter ...

Disparate Progeny Was Begotten
AND 
Righteous Obedient Progeny
Was
By Unrighteous Disobedient Progeny Killed!

The First Brother Killed
The Second Brother
AND
From Then Onward 
In Adherence To The Prescribed Curse
The Get Brethren Were 

Are Dying 
To The Fill!

The Day Came ...

The Great Day Came
When Give
- The Giver Of All -
Gave His All
The Gets From Sin To Recall
BUT
Like All Ingrates Known On History's Page
The One Called Get Got The Name
That Name That Marked Him
To Sin
A Known Slave!

Give
The Giver Of Good Gifts All
Is
Give N. Forgive
To All Who Choose
From The Way Of The Dragon
To Be Recalled
BUT
There
In The Midst
Ever Always
Ingrate Unashamed
IS
New-Named
Get N. Forget
Doubter Unfaithful
Profaner Of The Giver Of Good's Name!

Brethren,

We Are The Ingrates
Get N. Forget
Living Off
Give N. Forgive's Bounty
Accepting The Gifts
Taking Them As Rights
Living With Ingratitude
Unrepentant
Unsaved
BUT
This Is Coming To An End
For
The Signs Of The Times Say So
AND
I Adjure You
Please ...

Deny The Liar
That Dragon Profane

AND 
Give The Giver Of Good Gifts
The One God
Give N. Forgive

Your Personal Gift Of Remembrance 
AND
Get Rid Of Your Forgetfulness
So That You ... Me, Too
Will Have Nothing To Regret
When Comes The Judgment Of
The Get N. Forget Crew!

Seek The Name Change ...

Become
Get N. Give-Praise
AND
In The Day Of Appointment
You Shall
To Highest Heaven Be Raised!

Give ... And It Will Come Back To You! 

The Praise You Give Unto Our Holy God
Will Fall Back On You
When You Have Been Adjudged ... FAITHFUL
On The Great Day!

I Am Striving To Be There!
I Pray God That You Will Strive, Too!

PRAYER: Lord, Help Me Not To Turn Aside ...!

Father,

Thank You For The Blessings

In The Here And Now!

Thank You For The Blessings

Great And Small

And

In The Great Day To Come

The Blessings Gloriously Eternal!

Father,

I Beseech You

With All That Is In Me

To Not Let Ingratitude

Impatience

Willful Ignorance

Idleness

Nor Leaning To The Impossible

Become A Part Of Me

Or My Outlook

Because

I Am Looking To

And Longing For The God Who Promised 

To Strengthen Me

To Lift Me Up

To Provide For Me

To Forgive Me

To Save My Soul From The Second Death

To Prepare For Me An Eternal Home

And

To Leave The Beautiful Land

And Come For Me

To Take Me There To Be With Him

Forever!

I Believe The Word, Lord!

Let Not My Faith Fail!

Let Not My Hope Be Crushed!

Let Not The Light Fail To Burn

Because I, Doubting

Become A Fool

And Forget To Put The Available Oil Of Truth
In My Lamp!

Let Your Word, Lord

- From Your Mighty Hand -

Be To Me As My Daily Bread

Needful

Necessary

Provided

And Desired!

Lord,

Help Me Not To Turn Aside

To Fables

To Doctrines Of Devils

And

Giving Heed To The Seducing Spirits

Who Are Even Now In This Hour 

Plying Their Death-Dealing Trade

And

Calling The Unwary People

To Sure Damnation!

Keep My Eyes Open And Healthy, Father!

Grant Unto Me Spiritual Eyes

And

A Heart Of Flesh

Suitable For The Residence Of The Loving King

And Also Make Me Pure

For I Desire To Reach The Golden Shore!

Lord,

Make Me Free - You Promised!

I Love You - I Am Blessed!

Lead Me - I Am Following!

Let Not The Doings Of The Damned

Cause Me Unprofitable Stress -

Give Unto Me Your Peace

That Man Cannot Understand!

You Are My God - I Worship You

And

I Give Unto You My Life

And My Prayers

And My Worship

Until The End Of My Days!

In Jesus' Holy Name I Stand, And Plead!

AMEN.

PRAYER Of A Contrite Heart

I Offer You My Heart, Lord

So That You Will Save My Soul!

I Give To You My Love,  Lord

For Holy Heaven Is My Goal!

Teach Me More To Love You!

Teach Me To Walk The Right Way!

Teach Me So That I May Bless Others

And

Honor You

In All My Ways

For All My Days!

Father, You Are My Father!

You Prove That Every Blessed Day!

You Provide The Best Blessings

For Which I Uttered No Prayers!

You Ever Give

Even Though I'm Oft' Critical And Ungrateful

Even Though I Thank Man

And Leave Thanks To You Blank!

You Give, Lord

And For That I'm Grateful

Grateful That Receipt Of Your Blessings

Is Not Dependent

On My Saying Unto You:

Father! I Give You Praise And Thanks!

Forgive Me, My Beloved Father!

Forgive My Presumptuous Ways!

Forgive My Callous Behavior!

Forgive My Lack Of Diligence

In Offering You Prayers And Praise!

Forgive My Shallow Exercise

Of Faith And Accompanying Belief

And

Accept Of Me Today, Father

A Contrite Heart Ready

Willing And Able

To Hallow Your Name

By Grace

Forever

Today

Tomorrow And Always!

I Love You, Lord!

AMEN.

HAPPY SABBATH + OPTIONS: Gross Ingratitude! + PRAYER: Father, Grant Me Enough

Think About This:

I don't Have The Extra Cash
To Purchase The Extra Clothing that I Don't Need!
I don't Have The Extra Cash
To Buy that Nice Pair of Shoes
That do My Eyes so Please
And
Because of The Shortfall
In The Extra
I Feel Like
My World is Falling Apart!

Father, Help me,  please!

I Listened to My Self 
Bemoaning My Lack
My Worldly Shortfall and 
Wondered at The Gross Ingratitude
Of Us Children of The Fall!

I Decided to Catalog My Benefits
I Decided to Deal in The Facts
To Seek 
To Know 
All of My Needs Lacking
And Have a Father Child Meeting 
With 
The Lord!

CHECK THIS OUT:

Food - Abundance 
Shelter - Adequate
Clothing - Necessary

Family - Good
Friends - Faithful
Work - Fulfilling

Water - Clean
Bed - Comfortable
Book - The Word True

THERE IS:

Sugar
Lime Juice
Lemon Juice
Butter
Flour
Eggs
Nuts - Various
Dried Fruit
Fresh Fruit
Real Essence
Onions
Peppers
Seasonings
Veggies - Fresh, Canned, Frozen
Potatoes
Meat Mock or Real
Fish Imitation or Scaled
Peppermint
Ginger
Sorrell
And, More ...!

HMMM ...

THIS, THEREFORE, MEANS THAT ...

I can Freely Cook a 

"Whatever I Want to Eat Meal" meal!

I can Freely Bake an

"I Feel Like Cake" cake!

I can Freely Prepare an 

"I Feel Like  Drinking a Hot Cold Beverage" beverage!

And 

I Do Not Have To Beg nor Plead and Pray For Them!

POINT IS:

I've Got Options
One,  Two and Three!
I may Eat and Sleep
At Leisure
Not Sharing My Bed with Woolly Sheep!

I can Buy Myself a Candy
Of My Choosing
Whether I Eat it or Not, and 
If My Nose Starts Running
I have Tissues to wipe away the snot!

I am Not Forced to Contend with The Elements
Savory
Unsavory
Natural or
Man-made, and
I Say My Prayers Whenever I Want to, and 
I'm Not Afraid of Being Sold as a Sex Slave!

I can Fellowship with Whomever I Want to!
I can Call a Brother or a Sister
To Ask For or Say Prayers!
I can Sleep Late
Rise Early
Walk,  Run
Have Fun - if I Feel like it, and 
I don't Need Courage as Found in a Pill or Bottle of Rum!

I've Got Options!
I've Got a Craft!
I Can Make a Warm Gift for Some-Anybody!

I've Got Skill in My Hands
Sight in My Eyes
Ears that Hear
I can Talk
Touch
Feel
See
Because Jesus Created Me
And 
He Saved Me
By 
Dying on The Accursed Tree!

My Options are Open but 
I think I will them Close
And Learn Gratitude to God
IS Good and Even Great, and
Appreciate Appreciate!

Extra Cash would be Great, too
But, Know What?
I'd be a Regulation Fool
If I don't Give God Thanks
For Giving Me
Much, and More!

So ...

Father, 

Thanks!

Thanks!

I Give You Thanks

and 

Look to The Day

When We Will Walk Together 

On The Banks

Of The River

Where

Needing Wanting and Thinking Extra

Have No Bearing Body nor Rank!

Grant Me Enough 

Today

For My Self, and Another

This, Father, I Pray!

Let Me Be Contented

With Whatever I've got

And 

Help Me to Never Ever

Look Back

And 

Lose All

Like The Wife of Lot!

I Love You, Lord!

You Are My All and All!

AMEN.

Good Christian

Good Christian

I heard one day of Good Christian

And for a moment I couldn't understand

If over there Good Christian see

Then over yonder Bad Christian be.

Good Christian as we're sure to know

Is gentle, helpful, no worldly flow

Means then Bad Christian is likely

Suffering chronic, and putting on a hyper-show.

Good Christian is eager, approachable too

Bad Christian suffers lassitude and ingratitude, who knew?

Good Christian has fine morals he wears like a skin

Bad Christian – catch him offside – he swears at his kin!

Good Christian seeks to his wisdom share

Bad Christian shows knowledge with so great a flair

Good Christian exhibits a right kindly glow

Bad Christian never fears to tell who he knows.

I tell you all this so that you would know

Wherever the rabbit, the fox it will show!

Good Christian, Bad Christian, the wheat and the tare

Together, a-growing, same garden they share!

Our Bible tells us to watch the fruit

Because a bad tree never a good fruit seed

Bitter water cannot good water contain

And hot mout' will speak what cold heart enchain!

So when you see Christian Good and Bad

Look to Jesus, and then be glad

For Gentleness, goodness, and honesty, see right

In the mien of him who is following the Light! **BJC**

THEY CAN'T HIDE!