Castles Of The Heart!

One More River to Cross!
One More Mountain to Climb!
Another Valley of Decision to Walk Through!
Another Prayer To be Said!
Another Mouth to Be Fed!
BUT ... In It All
My God Remains The Same
All Life's Seasons Through!

Jesus said:

"Be Not Afraid!

You Believe In God!

Believe In Me!
My Father Has Many Mansions In His House!
I Go Home to Prepare A Place 
Of Rest and Refreshing For You 
My Beloved Espoused!
This Is The Truth!
Were It Not So
I Would Tell You Honest and Plain!
If I Go
Please Know 
That I AM Coming Unto You Again!
I Will Receive You Unto Myself!
You Are Going Home With Me
Nevermore Ever With Sin To Be A Part!
To Be Forever With Me
Nevermore To Be Apart
AND
Residing Eternally
In The Light 
In The Kingdom Of My Loving Heart!"

Our Love 

Should Ever Be 

The Flag Flying High

In The Castles

Called 

Our Repentant 

Regenerated Hearts

For Our Risen Savior 

Redeemer 

Eternal

Only Holy King - The King Of Love

IS

NOW

By God's Great Grace

AND

Perpetual Mercy

In Permanent Residence There!

We Have No Need To Be Afraid!
He Who Promised Eternal Peace
IS 
Eternal
AND
IS 
The Eternally Faithful
Forever Able
Lord God 
Father
Friend
Whom We May Trust 
Never His Truth To Bend
NOR
His Promise To Suspend
SO ...
We May Stand
By Him
AND
In Him
Until Time Shall End!

HAPPY SABBATH + Prayer: Oh, Lord, Lift Us Up!

Oh, Lord, have Mercy on Your People!

Without Your Comfort and Aid

Protection and Provision

We are as Storm-tossed, Leaking, Listing, Ships in The Angry Sea!

Open Our Eyes So That We May See The Changing Tides and

Make our Skins Sensitive to 

The Disturbances and Direction of The Evil Winds of Prevailing Change!

Open our Ears to Enable us to Distinguish Safe Harbor from Wrecking Rocks!

Help Us to Understand The Height of Hypocrisy and 

The Depth of Deception 

Willing to Be Forced Upon Us by Those Who Avidly Seek After 

Our Hurt and Destruction, and

Cause Us Who Are - and Are Seeking To Be - The Holy People 

To Call, Walk, Run, Crawl

To You

To Bend Our Will to Your Way

To Follow You Faithfully

Fervently and Fully

No Matter The Provocation

The Occasion

The Location

Lust  or License

Time or Tempest

Torture or Terror

Temptation or Tyranny

Foisted Upon, and Fomented

Against Us who Call Jesus Christ

Savior,  Lord

Captain

Commander

Redeemer

True Friend

Eternal King

Beginning and End!

Oh,  Lord,  Lift us Up

So that We Will Lift You High

As Our Holy God!

Remind Us,  Lord

That You Are Always Available to Us

That You have No Desire for Our Hurt

That Your Hands Are Not Short

That Your Vision Is Not Fore-Shortened

That You See All

Know All and

Are In All!

Remind Us, Lord

That You Know All of Our Days, and All of Our Years

That You Are The God of All Graces

Who Keeps The Book of Life 

and

The Book of Remembrance

With The Steadfast Heart which Turns Not

and

In The Unchanging Hand

Balanced By Firm Justice

and

Tempered with Fair Mercy!

Remind Us, Lord

That Your Loving Heart Faithfully and Unfailingly 

Forgives The Sin Confessed and Repented of

By The Contrite - and Penitent - Soul!

Sanctify Us - Christ Marks and Makes us Worthy!

Save Us - You Delivered Up Jesus Out of Your Great Love For Us Sinners!

Seal Us - Your Holy Spirit Calls, and We Willingly Answer

So, Help

Heal

Save, and Eternally,

Eternally,  Lord

Eternally Hold Us, and Seal Us

By Your Great Love

In Your Holy Care

For We Do, Indeed, Love You, and

Praise You, and

Worship You

For You Are Our Holy God!

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!