Showing posts with label Jealously. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jealously. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

SIN: Eschew! Eschew!

Self-Willed Sally
And
Own-Way Chase
Were Known To Be Crabby
When In The Presence Of Straight-Laced!

The Problem Was Simple
And
The Reason Profound
Because
Straight-Laced Lived On And Walked Faithfully 
On The Narrow Way
And
Worked On The Path Of Verity
And
Shopped At "It Is Written!"
And
Permitted No One
From The Path Of Truth And Righteousness
To Cause Him To Turn Around!

Battle Lines Were Meticulously Drawn
And
Straight-Laced
- Watching, Waiting
And
Working For His Lord -
Deftly Drew Out And Finely Sharpened
His God-Given Sword!

He Never Raised His Voice
And 
He Had No Need To Curse
Because
He Wielded The Sword Of Truth!

Listen To Him
Hear Him Cut Unruly-Sin Down
To The Vanquished-Today Size:

Many Are They That Trouble Me!
Many Are They That Rise Up Against Me! 
Many Are They That Say Of My Soul 
There Is No Help For Him In God: 
But Thou, Oh, Lord, Art A Shield For Me
My Glory And The Lifter Up Of My Head!

I Waited For The Lord And He Inclined Unto Me 
And Heard My Complaint!

Blessed Is The Man
Who Walks Not In The Counsel Of The Ungodly
Nor Standeth In The Way Of Sinners
Nor Sitteth In The Seat Of The Scornful!

The Lord Is My Rock And My Redeemer!

Trust Ye In The Lord Forever
For In The Lord Jehovah Is Everlasting Strength!

They That Wait Upon The Lord Shall Renew 
Their Strength, They Shall Mount Up With Wings As Eagles!
They Shall Run And Not Be Wary!
They Shall Walk And Not Faint!

The Naysayers Were Many ...

Whenever Selfish-Selena
Jealous-Judy
Licentious-Lynbrook
Doubting-Dorothy
Impious-Ilene
And
Gainsaying-Gareth
Sought To Gall Him
By Calling Him A Gull For
Believing In The Living Word
By Them Considered A Dead Letter
To A Bunch Of Space Cadets
Straight-Laced Did Not Take Offence!

He Took The Only Action
Sure, Always, To Be Effective:

He Sighed!
He Cried Over The Abominations
And
Dear Lord
He Prayed!

He Prayed For Their Help!
He Prayed For Their Health!
He Prayed Against Their Hard-Headedness
Their Hard Heartedness
And
He Prayed For Their Revival
Their Reformation
And
He Pleaded With The Lord 
For Their Conversion To The Cause Of Christ
And
Don't You Know
One Rather Gloomy Day
A Crack Appeared
In The Wall Of Willing Sinners
Known Viciously Arreared Against Him!

Falene-Pharisee
And
Sarcastic-Cyralene
- Known Rabid Haters Of Straight-Laced -
Banged, Banged ... Knocked Real Hard
- In An Urgent Tattoo -
Upon His Open, Always Open, Front Door!

They Didn't Give Him A Chance To Offer Pleasantries!

They Just Said:

Give Us Water!
Feed Us Bread!
Point Us To The Shepherd
Or Very Soon We Shall Be Dead!

We Offer No Explanation!
Know This: We Need The Living Light!
Satan Has Proved Himself A Gross Liar!
His Way Of Life Is Blight!

Straight-Laced Asked No Questions!
He Simply Uttered:

Thank You, Jesus!


It Was His Heartfelt Prayer
And
He Hugged And Invited His Guests
- Expected, Unexpected -
To Sit Down For The Meal! 


He Pointed Them To His Simply-Appointed 
Dining Room 
And Fittingly Arrayed Table And Beckoning Chairs!

The Plates Were Plain Truth!
The Knives Were Knowledge!
The Spoons Dug Into Salvation!
The Forks Held Fidelity!
The Cups Were Filled With Confidence In Christ!
The Glasses Told The Surpassing Glory Story
And
In Each Linen Napkin, Clean And White
Were The Words Of Truth And Life
The Aching Soul Sure To Delight!

There Was Grace Before The Meal!

Mercy, The Platter
Did Seasoned Vegetables Various Yield
Showing And Telling That
Mercy Covers All
No Matter The Type
The Stripe!
Mercy ... Is For One And All!

And

There Was A Little Brown Bag
To Hold The Vomitus Of Sin Confessed
A Known Necessity
If
One Willed By The Great King
Truly To Be Blessed!

Repentance Was At The Table!
It Was A Turning-U
Black-Black To Charcoal-Grey
Dirty Beige To Bright White:

It Encourages One Not To Be
The Sin-Slave
And
To The Will Of The Eternal God
Willingly To Cave!

Said Straight:

Jesus Christ IS The Way-Maker!
Jesus Christ IS The Bread-Baker!
Satan Is The Liar, The Faker
And Only You Can Decide
To Be The Narrow-Way Taker!

Turn Away From Self And Sin!
Turn To Jesus Christ And Heaven Win!
Bless The Lord And He Will Bless You
When The Way Of Sin
You Boldly Eschew!

That Hour
That Day
Standing In Faith
On Prayer
Having Hope
Those Two Willingly, Joyfully, Joined
The Heaven-Bound Crew!

Jesus Christ Saves!
He Saved Them
And
He Can
He Will
Save Me And You, Too!

Don't Be Complacent!
Fighting Against Sin
Is
A Moment By Moment
Day By Day Battle
Done In The Strength
In The Faith Of Jesus Christ The Righteous
Our Returning-Soon Savior
Redeemer, Lord And God!
Let's Walk With Him In Total Accord!



 

Monday, January 30, 2017

UNCLEAN SPIRITS: Envy ... Plain Envy!




Precious Pearls
Pasty Pig
AND
Putrid Pennies
Famous Friend
Friendly Fiend
Fractious
False
AND
Fiddly
Blighter, Baxter, Bing
AND
Boss
Outrageous Anger
Cruel Wrath
AND
Secret Praise
Were All In Attendance At
Clear De Aire
Waiting
Some Patiently
Some Worriedly
- None Indifferently -
For Envy ... Plain Envy
To Do The Usual
AND
Blaze!

All The Brethren
Had Individual
Some May Say Peculiar
Some May Say Particular
Issues!
They Intermittently
Cussed Each Other Out
 - Just Because -
AND
As And When Necessary
AND
Made Up Often
- As Appropriate -
BUT
There Had Not Been
A Single Soul
Who Could Hold Their Own Against
Envy ... Plain Envy
Until
Open Rebuke
Into The Family
Had Adroitly
Walked In
Without A Shout
AND
Displaying No Doubt
Unceremoniously
Calmly
AND
Surprisingly Lovingly
Given Envy ... Plain Envy
His Very First Rout!

He Was Not Well Pleased!
But ... I Digress!

Pasty Pig
Always Stepped Upon
Precious Pearls!
AND
Precious Pearls Despised
Putrid Pennies
Because
Well, Because
Pennies Cannot Hold A Light Up To Pearls
Now, Can They?!

High Flying Precious Pearls
Forgot
Ignored
AND
Dismissed From All Consciousness
The Fact That
An Accumulation From
Putrid Pennies
Permits Particular People
To Purchase Pearls
For A Premium Price!

Altercations In The Clan
Caused Chaos
AND
It Is Not Unheard Of
For
The Occasional Crime
To Have Been
Casually Committed
Causing
Considerable Consternation!

But ...

What About Envy ... Plain Envy!
Who, Where, Why ...?!?
What Is He All About?!

Nice! You Called Out His Whole Name!

Envy ... Plain Envy
Is A Hustling Harridan
Who Highjacks Praise
Harasses Effort
Hounds And Hates
Hinders Progress
AND
Highlights Flaws
In Everything
Against Everyone
Anyone
Everytime Anything Excellent
Before Them
As Bounty
Is Placed
Just Because
He Did Not Get It
FIRST!

Envy ... Plain Envy
Is Just Plain Hateful
AND
He Is Past Master
At Getting
Outrageous Anger
AND
Cruel Wrath
To Do His Dirty Work!

Envy ... Plain Envy
Aka Jealously
Is Never Contented
With What He Has
Nor With
What He Gets!

Dissatisfaction Is His Disease!
Discontentment Is His Creed!
Destruction Is His Feed
AND
Hate Is The Strutting Steed
That He Faithfully Leads!
That Is How He Gets "The Feels!"

Remember ...

Envy ... Plain Envy
Jealousy - Same Personality -
Is What Momentarily
"Darkened" Heaven!
Lucifer Wanted
What Was Not His To Have
Nor To Hold
Nor To Know
So He Determined
He Would Have It All
As If His Selfish Desire
Was To The Holy God Of Heaven
Bright Gold!

For His Presumption
Lucifer Received
An ... OPEN REBUKE!
AND
Upon The Earth
He Did Unceremoniously Land!

The Outcome For Lucifer
Is
He Has Been Renamed
Satan - The Adversary
AND
He Was From Highest Heaven Cast Out!
He Can't Go Home Again
AND
Now
He Ever Always
At And Against Frail And Fallible Man 
Plots And Pouts!

Satan Is A Malevolent Spirit!
He Is Powerful
AND
He Is Motivated By Hate!
He Hates What God Loves
AND
In His Dealings With Mankind, My Friend
He Does Not Wear Kid Gloves!

The Continuing Fallout
From That Debacle
Is Still
Disturbing
AND
Destroying
Mankind To This Day
AND
All Who Indulge Satan's Envious Spirit
(Yes ... It Started With Him!)
Will Also Gain And Get
What He Got!
Not A Whole Lot!

Remember Eve!
Remember Cain!

Despise Envy!
Despise Greed!
Embrace Contentment Of Spirit
AND
Let Jesus The Christ
The Eternal God
- Who For Us Died -
In Your Embittered-By-Sin Life
Take The Glorious Lead!