Enduring Unto The End!

I AM A Speed Racer
I Always Tear Up The Track!
There Isn't A fellow In The Class To Beat Me
For 
Those Other Racers Do Not Know Jack!

One Day ...

The Word came from The Mount Of Endurance That
Volunteers were Needed to Run The Long Race
AND
If Any of The Speed Runners Were Willing 
Training Would be Available After The Try-Outs!

I was The Boss when it Came to Running!
I was Going to Scrape Up The Floor at The Trials
On The Given Day!
I was Going to be The Champion
For
I was Not Going To With Those Untalented Plebes Play!

I was First in the 100 meters!
I was First in the 400 meters!
I was First In the 800 meters!
I was First in the 1500 meters!
I was FIRST in the 3000 meters
I AM Always FIRST!
Yesssss!!

Day Two of The Try-Outs Started ...

5000 meters was Hard - I placed Second
10000 meters was Harder - I placed Third
BUT
At least I had Three of The Wins IF if I was in The Decathlon!
I AM The Winner!
I will Win This Whole Thing!

Big Words from He Who Knows Not
What's around The Corner!

Big Words from He Who Thinks 
He Knows The Final Score!

Big Words from He Who Is 
Facing Elimination
If He Does Not Put Self At The Garbage Chute Door!

Surprise! 
Surprise!
I Got Me A Surprise!
The Head of The Trials
Gave Me The Surprise!
I Am Entered for The Decathlon!
Surprise!
Surprise!
SURPRISE?!

... CONFUSED!!

I Lived by My Speed!
I Make Other Runners Wheeze!
I Bring Other Runners
Humbled
To Their Knobbly Wobbly Knees!

I Run Other Runners Into The Ground
AND
I Will Do It Again E'er Long!

OR ... SO I THOUGHT!!

110 meter Hurdles!
High Jump!
Long Jump!
Pole Vault!
I Hurt So Badly
I Felt Like An Old Frump!

Shot Put!
Discus Throw!
Javelin Throw!
Lord Jesus, Help Me!
I Can Not Take Anymore!

AND ... THEN

Lord God Almighty
This Cannot Be True!
These Mad People Want Me
To Run A Full Marathon
On This Day Two, Too!

What Do They Think That I Am Made Of?
Iron?
Brass?
Even I Know That A Marathon
Is Not Run Fast!

Distance!
Long Distance!
Hill Climb!
Slippery Slope!
I Even Had To Run Around
A Big-Horned Rough Goat
Who Seemed To Really Like Me -
He's Running Toward Me Again!

Lord Jesus, Have Mercy
Is All That I Have The Energy To Pray!

I Am Out Of This Race!
I Cannot Go On!
I Have No Inner Resources!
My Resistance Is All Gone!

I Ran The Race
As If It Was A Sprint of Mine
Forgetting
Forgetting
That Long Distance
Calls For Time
AND
Endurance
AND
Resistance
AND
Energy Reserves
AND
Systems For Performing
Against Unexpected Inclines
AND Gully Washers
You Know? The Unexpected Deluge
Of Cold Rain
AND
Bramble Bushes Grabbing 
Ripping Flesh and Causing Pain
AND
Evil Goats
With Taste Buds
For Eating The Overconfident
Runner's Pants
Leaving Said Puffed-Up Runner
Calling For His Mummy
In A Seriously Off-key Note!

I Returned To The Point of Starting
Humbled
Tired
Hurt
Angry
Disappointed
Confused
Chagrined
Upset at The Folly
At Self The Race Leading!

I Spoke As A New Man
Repentant Of Old Ways!
I Asked For Opportunity
To Run For The Home In The Clouds
BUT
I Was Told That
I Could Run The Race
BUT
To Win
My Heart To The King
Must Be Bowed Down!

I Must Not Be Prideful!
I Must Not Pout!
I Must Humble My Self!
I Must Follow The Directions
That The King Himself Handed Out!

I Must Internalize The Teachings!
The Teachings Must Guide Me On The Way!
I Must Repair Often To The King The Master
AND
I Must To The Heavenly Father Constantly Pray!

I Must Practice Self-Denial!
I Must Yearn For The Win
Which Has Already Been Won
For Those Who 
To The Living Almighty God 
Reverently Bow Down!

I Must Resist The Damned Devil
Which The Master Himself Did Defeat
AND
I Must Resist and Resist
For That Devil Is A Murderous Cheat
Who Has Not Compunction
About Creating Cross Winds
To Bring Storms Out Of Quiet
And Marauders Who Are Friends Turned About!

I Must Start The Day With The Master!
I Must Make The Master Throughout The Day Mine!
I Must Let The Holy Spirit Guide and Lead Me
No Matter Where The Self Would Me Incline!
I Must - Even When I Fall Down -
Acknowledge Call God
My Lord Divine
And Know
A Guardian Angel - Excelling In Strength
Is Protecting This Body of Mine!

And ...

Even When That Slithering Wild Rough Goat
Has Trampled Kicked Bitten Butted Me 
Where It Truly Hurts The Most
I Must Resist
Resist Him In The Name Of The King The Master
And Sing
Sing for Jesus
Even If All I Have Is 
Piercing High Quiet Low Pained Inaudible Notes!

Time Has Passed Is Passing!
I Am Running For The Win
In The Championship Race!
I Am Running How The King The Master Stipulated!
I Am Running With Mercy By Grace
For I Do Not This Race Alone Face!

The Race Is Ongoing!
I Must Run With Patience
For
I Am Running One Day At A Time!

I Am Running A Race Of Resistance
For
The Pacer Is My God - The Great God - The Divine!

I May Exit My Race By My Death
Before The Race Itself Does End
BUT
I Know That I Will Win The Gold Crown
For
Jesus Christ - The King The Master
Is Carrying Me 
Is Carrying Me To Victory
For My Home In Glory On This Depends!

THE ETERNAL CURE: Sin Comes A' Calling!

Sin is All Around Us!
Sin Goes By Very Many Fanciful Names!
Sin Wears Sophisticated Garments, and
Struts About - Day and Night
Wearing Expensive Dark Glasses Sun Shades!

Sin Is Familiar To Sinners!
Sin Is Well-known To Now-Saints!
Sin Is On The Commodity Market, and
Sin Is Even Carrying Holding Out Church Offering Plates!

Sin Has An Advertising Agency!
Sin Has A Merchandising Team!
Sin Has An Electronic Game Board!
Sin Holds State Town Country City Elections!
Sin Has Rockets, Horses,  Jets and Gold-plated Banana Peels, and
Sin Is A Beautiful "Circumspect" Woman 
Wearing Expensive Garments and High Heels!

Sin Has Friends and Enemies which State
Makes No Difference To Sin!
Sin Is Really Wicked Unjust!
Sin Lives Laughs and Lures The Unwary With Lust, and 
When They Are Lost
Asks Maliciously:

"Well,  Now? What's Created This Great Big Little Fuss!"

Sin Is A Malignancy!
Sin Is As Cancer In Man's Flesh!
When Sin Is Conceived 
Sin Burrows
Sin Crawls
Sin Spreads
Sucking Life's Blood
Strangling Vitality 'n Life
Trying It's Best To Kill The Host
Though Knowing Full Well
That Killing The Host
Will Kill Sin Dead As The Proverbial Door-Post!

"Big Deal!" says Sin
"There're More Like Them
Waiting On Cracking Tree Limbs To Perform My Vice!"

"I AM Sin!"
I AM The Master Of Deception! 
I AM The Pretty Polished Poseur
Peddling Posies from
Putrid to Plain!"

"I AM The Purveyor Of Phantasms
Poison Parties Pens and Pins, and
Pointy Pebbles Poking Pinkie-Toes
And ... Believe It Or Not
My Personal Favorite Has Got To Be 
Rusty Nails In Ill-fitting Shoes With 
Hidden In Plain View Open Holes!"

"I Do Not Care About You!
I Just Want To Destroy You and 
Keep You From Holding On To The Holy Christ Jesus
The Only Savior Who Sacrificially Loves Man!"

"Seriously, Friend! I Really Do Not Care About You!
I Just Want You and Me To Special-Touch!
I Just Want You To Hold-Squeeze Me!
I Want You To Trustingly Loyally Lovingly Console Enfold Me!"

"I AM SIN!

and

I 

Secretly Satisfy 

Intense Internal 

Natural Needs!

So, You Need To Get A Grip

and

Give Me A Feed!

Just Give Me A Little Seed

and 

Watch Me Grow!

Then ... Lo 

and 

Behold

I Shall Be Your King!

I Shall Be Your Master

Even If I Have To 

Block You

Tackle You 

and

Put You In Traction

In A Whole-Body Plaster!

Won't You Please Love Me A Little

Even Though I Can't Love You Back?"

*******

Sin-Loving Is The Insanity

Propagated by 

Sophisticated Lies 
and 
Vacuous Inanities

Sold By Scent

Packaged By Charm

Sorted By Alarm

Causes Great Harm

with

Celebrations Held 

at 

Eternal-Dead Lodge Happy Farm!

Shun Sin!

Seek Jesus!

Save Your Soul!

HAPPY SABBATH +The Way of Jesus Christ School

Looking for Jesus

IS the Right Thing to do

He has Eternal Life Waiting

To Present to Me and to You!

Longing for Jesus

IS the Right Thing to do

He Left Heaven

'Cause He Longed to Give Heaven to Me and to You!

Living for Jesus

IS The Right Thing to do

He Gave Up His Life

To Save Me and to Save You!

Learning of Jesus
At The Way of Jesus Christ School
Grants Students Great and Special Rights, and
Royalties are Set Aside
For Those who Study The Word by Day and by Night!

There is a Race for Life!
There is The Stay The Course Course
And Election and Perfection and
Pray and Fast Class and
There is Love The Lord to The Last and 
Burdens on Christ Jesus You Cast!

There is Burden for The Soul of The Outcast!
There are Vineyards and Fields Far-flung and Vast!
There is Turmoil and Temptation and 
Baptism By Fire Class
And There is Indwelling By The Holy Spirit
For those who Confession and Repentance Pass!

Jesus Christ Himself
IS The Principle Principle!
He is The Principal
The Pastor
The Lesson for Sure
And The Door
And The Lock Most Secure!

He is The Husbandman
The Shepherd
The Knocker on The Door
He is Seal and The Savior, and
The Boat and The Harbor and
The Sure Sheltered Shore!

Jesus Christ - Himself -  teaches The Way and
Brings Light and 
Holds Out for All The Eternal Life Light!
Jesus Christ - Himself - Demonstrates
How The Faithful Ones Should Fight
And He - Himself - also Demonstrates
How One in The Desert of Temptation should 
The Evil One Fight!

The Way of Jesus Christ School
Admits All Comers to The Light!
Nationality
Previous Spirituality
Not Color nor Speech
Nor Income and Education
Have Any Bearing At All as
Acceptance for Anyone Can't Ever Be Bought!

Each Student by Foreknowledge Father
IS Designated A Way
Wherein They Themselves
Will Work, Walk, and Witness as 
Tuition on The Faithful Pathway!

Some will be Christian: Martyr
Some will be Christian: Missionaries
Some will be Demonstrators of God's Love
Some will have Terrible Deprivations
But All Will Serve By Jesus Christ's Love, Love!

All Students in Holding Jesus' Hand
Will Intimately Know and Have Jesus' Peace
And All Who Daily Deny Self and Will
Will Decidedly Know and Feel Hate Unrelieved!

The Master of Mercy is Himself
The Teacher of Prayer!
He also Teaches Compassion and 
Blessings in Burdens Shared!

Lunch at The School
IS Served by Daily Grace and God's Love and
Strength For The Journey
Provides Courage For The Way Dessert Tubs!

Personal Support is Provided by Companions
Excelling in Strength
Who are Guardians and Protectors
But Not sThinkers on The Fence!
Whether by Cool Waters Running or
Rocky Rugged Roads
Whether Resting or Wrestling
They be There
Guiding
But Never Making You Their Way Go!

Many Students will Die During School Time
Before The Graduation Glory Day
But
All Faithful on Their Personal-End Earth Day
Will Rise Up Before those
Last Men Standing
At Christ Appears To Meet His Bride Happy Day!

BUT ...

Sadly, I Must Tell All Of You Living True
Of Those who Started School and 
Then Suddenly ... Withdrew!
Of Those who Refused to Be Seen with 
Sweet Jesus Christ Dear, and
Those Who Held  Satan as 
Their Lord and God Here!

Those Christ Deniers
Those Christian-Haters and
Persecutors and
Ridiculers Large
Torturers and Murderers
And Scoffers who Assuredly Knew
The Truth ... but
Chose The Lie
Who Will at The Appearing of Jesus Christ
Scream, Blubber and Cry for 
By Their Own Personal Choice
They Are Going To Eternally Die, and
The Remnant of God
Will - Church Triumphant -
To God's Glorious Glory
In Glorious Glory Glide!

God's Gift of Glorious Glory

Is For Those

Who Gladly and Gloriously Glorify God

By

God's Great and Glorious Grace

Under

The Agency of The Quiet Holy Spirit

By

The Risen Righteous and Reigning 

Jesus Christ's Living Holy Faith!

*******

LISTEN for Your Call

NOW Is Your Time-Ball

You May Stumble

You May Fall

It Will Not Be Fatal

IF

YOU ANSWER, ANSWER, ANSWER

Jesus Christ's Holy Spirit

And 
Walk By Faith

As 
TODAY

He You Calls!!

*******

A Living Faith Does Not Trust Dying Eyesight!

A Dying Eye By Faith Trusts He Who Made The Eye!

Prayer: Help Me, Lord, To Remember

When ugly sin within me roils and boils

Help me to reject it, and from it recoil

When my known sin I must confess

Lord, help me never again it to possess!

When sin masquerades in pretty dress

Let me suspect it, and thusly address

All the pitfalls, and pranks, and put-ups inspired

To my Lord who has me through Jesus' blood covered!

When I’m acting all lily-livered

Not wanting to offend my friends though they do slither

Help me, Lord, to remember that Jesus Christ bought

Me new life when His Precious Life was made nought!

When I’m behaving stupidly

Saying and doing things right foolishly

Lord, I plead for, and accept, the rod of correction You apply

For I do not want to lose my home with my Jesus Christ on High!

Lord, I love You! Yes, I do!

And for this Old Satan has targeted me for attack

But, thank You, Father, for Mercy and Grace

For because of Christ’s sacrifice I will win this race!
AMEN.