UNCONSCIOUS INDIFFERENCE: Unmerited Favor

I Was Walking To Nowhere, Real Fast
And
Supremely Pleased About It
Until ...!

Until He

Giving The Heads Up ... Showing Grace
You Know ... Unmerited Favor
Stopped Me On The Way And Said:

Dead End Up Ahead!

Do A U-Turn

And

Go Right

To Where The Obedient Sheep

Are Graciously Fed!

This Notice From The Good Shepherd
Was, To Say The Least, Unexpected
Because
Perhaps, Unconsciously Unconsciously
I Avoided That Particular Shepherd
Because
He Had The Way ... By Reputation
- In Truth And In Fact -
Of Making One Smell One's Self
And, Thereby Acknowledging The Stench Of Personal Sin
Acknowledging That One Was In A Mortal Strife
Acknowledging That The Sin-Life Was Not Nice
Acknowledging That Sin, Itself, Was A Satanic Device
Acknowledging That The Only Way To Eternal Life
Was Through The Lord Jesus Christ
Acknowledging That Salvation Was Life
And
Acknowledging That For One To Get Out From Under Sin
One Needed Christ To Use His "Knife"
- His Innocent Blood Red -
That Washes The Sinner Clean
Making His Sin Known Scarlet
To Be As White As Snow
His Sin Known Crimson
To Be As Wool!

Oh, Yes!
I Knew Of The Good Shepherd
But ... Previous To NowI Had Had No Real Need
- No Over-Arching Desire -
To Get To Personally Know Him!

Until Now ...!

I Was In A Bind
A Pickle
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea!
I Was On A Rotten Limb Over A Shark Tank!
I Was Living In A What Could Only Be 

Euphemistically Called A House
Because
The Roof Had Windows
The Floor Had Doors
And
The Sides Were Made Of Crackled

And Pocked-Marked Glass
And
It All Stood On Sinking Sand
Far, Far, Far From Rock Solid Ground
Out Of Ear-Shot Of Fair-Weather Friend
Friend With Benefits
And
Family Always Needing Finance
But
Not Far From The Friend Who Sticks Closer Than A Brother
The Good Shepherd
- That Good Shepherd -
Who Always, Always, Always
Seemed To Appear
Whenever I Had Indulged In One Of My Cock-Ups
And, As UsualWas Now Saying
Lovingly Saying:

Please Give Me Your Burden! 

Give Me Your Hand! 

Follow My Direction

And You Shall Arrive Safely

In Beulah, The Beautiful Land!

I Looked Up!
I Saw Light!
I Was Tired
Bone-Weary
Dispispirited
Distressed
And
I Was Finally Ready To Fail At Sinning
And
To Take The Way To Live-Way To Life Test!

I Swallowed My Vaunted Pride!
I Acknowledged My Fair Shame!
I Untied My Gross Back-Pack Of Sin
And
I Gave It All To Him Who Carries The Burden
For All Who His Holy Name Claim!

I Cried Out!
I Laughed!
I Sang!
I Lifted Up Unweighted No Longer Weary Arms
And
I Reached For The Hands Reaching For Me
And
I Triumphantly Praised The Only One Perfect
The One God Holy!

I Had Been Blind
But
I Plainly Now See That
Satan Is The Liar
And
That Jesus Christ The Righteous Sets Fallen Man Free!

But, Then ...

I Asked That Question:

Why Did It Take So Long!?!

Said He:

You Were Not Ready!

You Needed To Want To Be Saved!

You Needed To Desire To Be Blessed! 

You Had To See Your Condition

In Its True Light

And

Of Your Own Free Will

Call Upon God Almighty

To Get You Out Of The Dark Night

Where You Had Adjusted 

To Being Able To See

Without Perceptible Light!

It Is Only When Your Corrupted Sight

Cuttingly Challenged

Convicted Of Darkness

And

Convinced That There Is True Light

Is Begging For Pure Light

That The Light Of Life Is Welcomed

And

You Become Willing To Walk By Faith

And

Not By Lying Eyesight

As Encouraged

By Your Deceitful Man's Heart!

You Removed The Scales!
You Unstopped My Ears!
Would You Please Now Shod My Feet
To Go Share The Gospel, The Truth
So That My Joy May Be Complete!?!

Take A Moment

And Rest A While

And Learn From Me

All You Can About Me

And Soon You Will Don

Your Helmet Of Salvation 

Your Breastplate Of Righteousness

Your Belt Of Truth

Your Sword Of The Spirit 

- The Word Of God -

Your Shield Of Faith 

And

In Daily Communion

- Praying Without Ceasing - 

With The Throne Of Grace

Go Off To Tell Others

That Jesus Christ Alone Saves!

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Brethren,Believe It Or Not
We Have To See
To Be Able To See
That We Need Him
Who Provides For Our Real Needs!

Many See But Are Blind!
Many Are The Blind Who See!
Would That We All Will Humble Ourselves
Getting Off Of Our Pedestals
Whereon We Placed Our Selves As Gods
High
Lifted Up
Mighty
Unable To Save
But Looking Pretty ... On Grandly Decorated Shelves!

Please Do Not Wait Too Long
To Humble Self
To Set Dear-Self Aside
Or
The Day Shall Come
- When You Least Expect It -
When You Shall Embark On The Bark
That Departs For The Last
The Only
Soul Damnation Destruction
One-Way Can't-Return-From Ride
On The Lake Burning With Brimstone And Fire
Set As Sin, Sinner, Satan

Death, Hell And The Grave's
Everlasting Consuming Pyre!

Do Not Be By Sin's Ease Beguiled!

Look To Jesus Christ

And

In His Everlasting Arms ... Hide!

Jesus Christ Always Saves!

What Honor?!

What Use Is Honor Before Men
When One Has No Honor Before God?

Why Do We Lift Up Self So Gleefully
When
As We Currently Stand
God Shall Say To Us:

Depart Thou From Before Me!?

Why Do We Pretend That We Are So Great
When All That We Are
Is Purveyors Of Hate
Hugging Each Other
Saying:

Can't We Get Along?!"

When Under Our Breaths
We Are Singing Satan's Song:

This Soul Is Mine!
This Soul Is Mine!
All He Owns Is On My Line!
Forget God And Love Divine!
This Soul Is Mine!?

Why Do We Lie
AND
Pretend To Accommodate
Those For Whom
We Have Contempt
Nigh Unto Hate?

Why Do We Pretend
To Care For The Poor
The Old
The Willful
The Wild And The Woolly
When All We Want From Them
Is The Earth They Stand Upon
And
- As We Often Say -
Sully?

Would It Kill Us To Care?
Would It Hurt Us To Share?

Will It Undermine Satan's Plan
For Man To Bless Man?

Yes!
A Thousand Times:
Yes!
Let Us, Therefore, Do It
For The Love Of The Living God
While We Still Can!

Let Us Be Kind To Each Other
AND
Short-circuit
The Wicked Plans
Of
The Ever-Lying Wasting Fellow
Who Lives To Roar
AND
Turn The Unwary One's Will
Into Plain Old Jello!

In The Name Of The Living God
In The Love And Faith Of Jesus Christ
AND
With The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
Let Us Be Kind
To Each Other
For Our God
Is Ever Always
Mercifully Kind Toward Us!

"C.P.D. Disease"

C.P.D is the Not-New Disease
That Mankind is Suffering from
It Effects are Enormous
And there is no Antidote 
Out on The Market Front!

C is The Mange-Marker that Attacks most People!
P is The Easiest from Others to Hide Away!
But D is The One That Does The Most Damage
For it causes Man to Run Walk-away from God
And with Exciting Pretty Sin Play!

Combined, the Effects to Mankind are Overwhelming!
Singularly, the Destructive Force is as The Rushing Rhine
Or better The Harvest Combine!
In any combination, they are 
Right there with Pain caused to the Damaged Spine!

Corruption of The Soul and The Spirit
Perversion of  Actions, Thoughts and Ideals
Diversion of Worship from The Master
Leads Men to let them Satan Steal!

Corruption Perversion Diversion
Perversion Diversion Corruption
Diversion Corruption Perversion
Perversion Corruption Diversion
Corruption Diversion Perversion
Diversion Perversion Corruption
However you Line The Bowl
Mankind will Lose his Soul
For God will not Tolerate Smoking Coal
When Mankind should be by Jesus Christ as Pure Gold!

Mind, Body, Spirit were made 
To Bow before Our Lord
All Things were Made by and for Him
We must Worship Him - He is our Creator
Redeemer, Savior, Jesus Christ, Our God and Lord!

HAPPY SABBATH + The Great Occurrence!

There was The Great Occurrence

Which came from Heaven above

Which tells The  Beautiful Story

Of Sacrificial Love

How Jesus left His Home in Paradise

And came to Earth for to Die

To save the Race of Mankind

Wicked

Unworthy

Sin Defiled!

He thought not of The Great Sacrifice

He thought not of The Grave Pain

He thought only of His Beloved Children and

How He must them Reclaim!

With Great Love and Unending Compassion

He laid on That Cruel Cross

For without His Great Personal Sacrifice

His Children would be forever to Him Eternally Lost!

Now this is The Redemption Story

Hear you well This Song

How Jesus my Savior

His Gold Crown Laid Down

To give me a Way Back

To be Reconciled unto The Holy God

Instead of being Forever Destroyed

Anathema to God!

Jesus Died

Yet He Lives and,

Of this, I'm Certain:

He is Coming Again One Glad Day and

Because I am a True Believer

I am packing my Blessed Faith and

I am Waiting

Ready

Prepared 
For

With Him I shall Fly
Fly

Fly Away!

Glory is Awaiting Me

Glory, No More Cross to Bear

The Glory of Jesus I shall Share

Bless His Holy Name!