Muscle Memory + PRAYER: I Give You, Lord, My Deceitful Heart!

I Had Lost My Way!

I Applied My Tongue To Cussing
AND
I Became A Curse Bird!

I Applied My Eye To Spying
AND
Became a Tatler:

Would You Like To Hear A Lil' Word?!

I Ran Around
Getting Into Other Men's Matter
Enjoying The Appellation
"Tha' Is De Expert!"
BUT
When The Tables Were Turned On Me
I Ran And Sat Down Righteously
In The Front Pew Of De People Church!

As Is To Be Expected ...

Good Behavior In Me
Di'n Long Last
For Soon
I Was In De Know
In Evahbody Bidness
AND SOON ENOUGH
There Was Bacchanal
For My Flighty Fiery Tongue
Through The Good Offices Of My Eye
Led To A Sold Out Show!

I Had Pledged To Reform!
By Cold Turkey, I Had Quit
BUT

Things In De People Church
Had Been Too Delicious
AND
Before Old Tom ... Cat
Could Lick He Split Ear
I Was In Foremost Lady Cora House
Hauled Up In She Easy Chair!

She Is Such A Dear!

Truth Be Told ...

Things Did Not Work Out
As I Assumed They Should
Because
Cora Was Not Called The Foremost Lady For Nothing
For
I Was Taught a Lesson
That I Will Never Forget
When She Turned The Rough-Table 'Pon Me:

• Do Unto Others
• Think Before You Speak
• Give And It Will Come Back To You Just Not In The Way You Expect 
• Plant Indian Corn: Guinea Corn You Will Not Reap, And
• Preach The Gospel But Not Through Lying Teeth
• What One Practices Is What One Performs
• When One Walks In Broken Shoes One Will Get Corns

Lady Cora Is An Old School Teacher

AND

Her Lecture Was ... Well

You Judge:

When One Practices Folly

Foolish Is What One Becomes
AND
Giving The Red R A G In Your Mouth Gossiping Muscles
Marks One As Just Plain Dumb!

Foolish Gossip Is Double Jeopardy!
Living As A Bone Carrier
Is Simply Foolhardy!
You've Got A Fat Tongue
AND

A Permanent Squint In Your Eye
AND

Your Heart Is Just Plain Rotten!
Don't You Know That Gossipers 

To Almighty God's Heaven Won't Fly?!

After That Oh, So, Calmly Delivered Tongue-Lashing

You Should Have Heard My 

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

I Retire From

And

Repent My Participation In

The Gossip Game

And

I Willingly Give To You

My Deceitful Heart

My Itchy Ears

My Lying Eyes

My Seared Conscience

My Fiery Tongue

And

Beseech You

In The Name Of The Holy Jesus

To Keep My Feet

On The Path Of Peace

And

Off Of Satan's Oiled Easy Street!

Help Me, Please

To Mind My Own Business

- The Business Of The Living God

And

Jesus Christ's Soon Return -

So That

In The Great Day Of Vengeance

- Saved As One Enduringly Faithful

By Your Now Available Grace -

I Shall Ascend To The Great Reward!

I Love You, Lord!

Remember Me!

AMEN.