HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Flame Out Or Rust Out!

Look At Life! 

Flame Up Flamed Out 

And 

Then There Appeared Rust Out And Burn Out! 

There's A Thing! 

You See, Flame-Up Was A Blow-Hard 

And 

An Obnoxious Bottom-Feeder 

Who Knew Everything About Anything And Everybody

And 

He Kept Lists And Posited Himself To Be A God! 

Let's Call Him Gaudy! 

He Was Like That Big Fat Fluffy-Belly 

Supposedly All-Knowing Holiday-Season Elf 

With The Santa-Satan Appellation 

Who Can Hold No Candle For Nor To The Divine One

Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life

And

That Is Why He Spectacularly Did The Flame Out Thing! 

Now, As For Rust-Out

He Had Had A Good Thing Going With The Master-Maker 

Until He Began To Imbibe What He Should Have Anointed Himself With! 

Man-Word O' Praise Went Straight To His Head 

And 

He Began To Believe His Own Self-Paid Advertising Campaign 

Which Consisted Of Pure Hype From The Accuser Of The Brethren! 

Rust Out's Eyes Fixed

His Joints Seized

And 

His Heart Atrophied

And 

His Work For Christ Came To A Grinding

Rusty-Sounding

Ain't Good For Nothing Halt! 

Beloved, 

Know The Truth! 

Pride Is Poor For Patience 

And

Putrid To Peace With The Prince Of Peace

The King Of Love! 

There's A Better Way! 

Dear Ones, 

I Present To You Burn Out

That Stalwart Of The Holy Faith Who Loves His God 

And 

Does Everything By Grace Through Faith 

To Bless His Lord With His Ready And Willing, Able Service 

And 

Not Fuh Nuh Waterproof Sea-Meat 

Aka Fish Aka Feeling I Should Help ... For Personal Profit! 

Burn-Outs Hurt Like H E Two-Sticks 

But

Oh, The Joy Everlasting 

When The Day Of Regeneration Shall Finally Come! 

I Beseech Us All To Please Let The Lord Of Life Alone 

Love, Lift, And Laud You! 

The Lord Is Faithful: 

Humble Yourself! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + EVERLASTING LOVE: What A Friend ... And Lover!

Think About The Fact, Beloved, That 

Someone Loves You With A Sacrifice-Of-Themselves Love 

Which Will Not Let You Go 

But

Leaves You Free 

To Walk Away And Associate With Another So Unworthy 

Who Is Basely Encouraging You 

Into Damnation, Into Oblivion, To Go! 

The Someone Who Loves You 

Is 

Your Forever Friend

The Kind Of Friend Who Sees You Clearly 

And 

Lovingly Corrects You When You Are Being Self-Destructive 

And 

Acting To Others Rudely, Crudely

Unfairly, Unkindly, And Even Inhumanely! 

This Someone Who Loves You Without Hope Of Return

Walks With You,  And Talks With You 

Even Though His Overtures Of Love You Treat As Trivialities ... And Spurn! 

I Cannot Condemn You 

Because 

To Him I Did The Same Thing 

Until The Day I Heard Him Cry 

As He Beseeched Me Sin And Self To Deny! 

What Really Caused My Cold Heart To Break 

Was When I Heard Him Call My Name In Prayer! 

He Pleaded With The Father To Let Him Try Another Year! 

He Said That He Would Water Me With His Tears

Feed Me With The Truth 

And 

Cause The Sunlight Of His Righteousness 

To Fall Upon Me In Radiant Array! 

He Pledged To Dig Around My Roots 

To Extract The Stones

To Remove Weeds, The Accumulated Rubbish Of Daily Life

And 

Get Rid Of The Trash Of The Past That 

Over Me A Long Shadow Had Cast! 

I Looked, Really Looked At Him

And 

Was Repulsed When I, In Turn, Really Looked At Me! 

I, Then, In Shame, In Self-Hatred

And 

In That Raging Desire For True Relationship

Reached For His Gentle Hand That 

Had Long Been Extended To Me In Heavenly Love! 

I Now Wear My Love For Him Boldly 

Even Though It Causes Me To Be Coldly Received By Others 

Who Cruelly Say That I'm In Love With And Loving An Illusion 

Which, On My Rush To "Entertainment" Is An Unwanted Intrusion! 

I May Not Physically See The One Whom I Love

The One Who I Know Loves Me First

But 

I Know That He Is Ever-Present

Hears My Call

And 

Answers My Prayers! 

Sometimes He Says "No!" 

And 

Sometimes He Says "Wait!" 

Sometimes He Says "Endure!"

So That I Above This Life May Elevate! 

He Says That In This Way I Exercise

Aka Work His Daily Gift To Me Of Faith 

By Which I Learn Patience 

Which Is Doing A Perfect Work! 

I Tell You The Truth: I Now Love Him As My Forever Friend 

And 

More Importantly

As The Lover Of My Soul ... Who I Am 

And 

I Finally See, Understand

And 

Accept His Word ... It's Alive ... That 

By Constant Communion, Communication

I Will Become Like Him! 

His Spirit Known Holy Comforts, Corrects, Teaches 

And 

Guides Me In The Way That I Should Go 

And 

I Am Glad 

Because 

His Father Has Consented That He Is To Bring Me Into His Home

The Gloriously Lit House In The Eternal City 

Where He, His Name Is Love And Peace, Lives, Reigns

And 

Rules! 

He Is Rich Beyond All Imagining And I Don't Even Care: 

I Just Desire To Be With Him

To Be Forever In His Presence 

Even Though He Is Giving Me My Own Home! 

For The First Time In My Life

I Have Found A Lover Whose Love Gives 

And 

Does Not Expect To Receive! 

If You Have Doubts Believing That He Is Really Real

Look At His Brow

And 

Gently, By Faith, And With Love

Touch The Palms Of His Hands, His Feet, And His Side! 

You, Me, We Did That To Him 

And 

He Still Wants Us Near To His Heart! 

He Is Almighty God, Creator, Savior, Redeemer! 

He Is The King Of Glory! 

He Is The Righteous Judge! 

His Name Is Jesus! 

What A Friend! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Be Careful Little Tongue What You Say!

Humans Are  Strange Creatures! 

We Have A Penchant For Calling People Dumb

Slow, Stupid, Ignorant, Uneducated, And Backward, 

When They Do Not Immediately Grasp 

Or Understand Something That 

We Are Setting Forth For Their "Education!" 

Beloved, 

We Should Energetically Curb Our Enthusiasm In This Regard 

Because

Get This

If Almighty God Had The Same Dank Attitude Like We Do

He Would Rightly Call Us Uneducatable Ignoramuses 

For How Very Many Times He Has To Correct Us 

For Making The Exact, Same, Identical, Documented Mistake That 

Myriad Millions Of Men Have Made For Millennia 

Even Though The Right Way To Walk 

Is 

Known And Documented

And 

The Corrective Measures To Be Taken 

Are Also Known And Documented! 

Dear Ones, 

Even Though The Lord Has Made It Plain That 

He Will Not Always Strive With Mankind

He Nevertheless Leads Us Gently

And 

Corrects Us With Fatherly Love

Because 

He Well Remembers That We Are Dust

And 

Weak

But 

Also That He Gave Up His Only Begotten Son 

To Save Us From Self, Sin, And Satan

Death, The Grave 

And 

Hell! 

Should Not We Also Learn And Exercise Patience 

When Dealing With Others Less Swift 

Than We Ourselves May Be 

When We Know For Sure What It Is That We Do 

In The Plain Sight Of The Holy God!?! 

Tenderly Think Truthfully About It! 

Peace!

SECOND-GUESSING ALMIGHTY GOD: "No!" Is A Complete Sentence!

To See Our Lord Jesus Christ In Perfect Peace

We Must Understand, Accept

And 

Operate Under The Knowledge That "No!" 

Is 

A Complete Sentence 

Bearing Full Instructions Incapable Of 

Being Misconstrued, Misapplied

Mistaken, Mismanaged

Or Misinterpreted! 

Beloved, 

I Don't Know About You

But 

It Always Cracks Me Up To Hear One Person Say To Another: 

"Which Part Of "No!" Didn't You Understand: 

The N Or The O!?!" 

"No!" Stands For No Options! 

The Idea Of A One-Word Sentence 

Should Not Be Strange To Christians! 

We Have Jesus, Mercy, Grace

Help, Love, Heaven, Peace

Believe, Repent

Liar, Babylon, Hell, Satan! 

Each Of These One-Word Sentences 

Should Instantly Write A Story 

And 

Paint An Unmistakeable Picture In Our Minds! 

Dear One, 

How Do You Feel About Being Told "No!?!" 

Does Your Internal Translator 

Automatically Substitute "Yes!" In Its Place!?! 

Are You One Given To The Idea That 

"No!" Means Let The Negotiations Begin!?! 

Do You Believe That 

Second-Guessing The Lord For Denying You Your Heart's Desire 

Is 

Going To Make Like A Bird And Fly!?! 

We Are Growing In Grace 

          Through Faith 

                     Which Works By Love! 

Refusing The Direct Command Of 

The Lord Will Not Get You The New Life

The New Name

The White Robe

The Gold Harp

Or The Gold Crown! 

What We Practice We Perfect! 

Let's Set About Perfecting Our Praise 

And 

Accepting The Good Lord's "No!" Of Love By Faith 

So That By Patient Endurance We Will Hear 

"Welcome!" 

                      "Enter!" 

                                    "Home!" 

                                                     "Peace!" 

Master, Please Take Control!

 

Why Would You Ask The Lord To Take Control Of Your Life 

And 

Then Bitterly Complain 

When Your Ceiling Is Your Floor And Your Floor Is Your Ceiling

And 

Your Picture Window Is Your Backyard Door 

And 

All That Was Soooo Easy 

Is 

Suddenly Become A Bore And A Chore!?! 

A Cooperative Act Of Love 

Between A Husband And His Wife Produces

- By Almighty God's Great Grace -

A Very Much Wanted And Dearly Loved Beautiful Baby! 

A Cooperative Act Of Love 

Between The Savior Granting Forgiveness And Salvation 

And 

The Sinner Needing The Cleansing 

And 

The Promised New Life 

Produces A Saint Of God And Jesus Christ! 

Two-Party Cooperation 

Plus 

Necessary Patient Work 

Equals 

Serviceable Product Of Choice And Design! 

Planting Good Seed On Unploughed Aka Unworked Soil 

Never Yields The Bountiful Harvest! 

With This In Mind, Beloved

Consider Yourself Blessed, Bought, And Benefited 

When Your Life Is In Flux

When No Two Days Are The Same

When You Finally Recognize That Your Heart's Request 

Placed You Squarely Under The Control Of 

The Master Who Has Everything 

In His Loving, Can't-Fail, Strong Hand! 

He Who Has Begun A Good Work In You 

Will Perform It Until The Day Of Jesus Christ! 

With Patient, Enduring, Unreproachable Faith

Enjoy Your Journey To Joy! 

Pray, Plead, And Plod On 

As You Hold On To Almighty God's Unchanging Hand! 

Peace! 

"Welcome Home, Children!"

Our Jesus Cares, Cries, Carries, Calls, And Comforts

But 

Never Competes! 

Our Jesus, Looks For, Leads, Loves, And Lightens Loads

But 

Never Lies! 

Our Jesus Prays, Pleads, Protects, Perfects

But 

Never Panders! 

Our Jesus Is Life, Light, Healer, Helper, Savior, And Sealer

Redeemer And Regenerator

But 

Never Deceiver, Belittler, Or Rejecter! 

Our Jesus, Lord And God Of All

Is 

Approachable 

But 

He Will Not Encroach Upon Your Turf! 

Even Though You May Say He Is Welcome In Your Life

He Is A "Gentleman"

Who Will Always Wait 

For Your Personal Call Of Honest Invitation! 

Our Blessed Jesus Invites Us To His Heart

His Kingdom

His Throne

His House

And 

His Table ... To Have His Life! 

He Says To Come And Reason With Him 

So Bring Your Reason, Your Request

And 

Be Reasonable! 

In Simplicity

We Are invited To Have A Little Talk With Our Jesus

The God Who Sees

Who Hears

Is Here

Who Knows

Who Shares

Who Was, Who Is, And Who Ever Shall Be

The God Who Can And Does Deliver For You 

Because 

He Is Alive

And 

Loves Us With An Everlasting Love! 

Beloved, 

How About Going For Broke

Putting Your Skin In The Game

Giving Your All To Jesus Christ The Lord

And 

Trusting Him To Get You Home To Glory!?! 

"Welcome Home, Children!" 

Will Be The Sweetest-Ever Music To Our Ears! 

Red Is For The Spilt Blood Of Christ!

Blue Is For Obeying The Law Of God!

Purple Is For Membership In The Royal Family!

Enjoy Your Talk With Jesus: 

Pray Fervently ... And Patiently Press On! 

Peace! 

Never Alone!

No One Stands Alone! 

Physically Being By Yourself  Says That 

You Are Alone! 

To Other People Observing You

They May Say That You Are Alone 

And

Lonely! 

If Only They Knew The Truth! 

As Committed Christians

We Often Stand Aside From The Crowd 

But

We Are Not Alone! 

There Are Times When You Will Be 

The Center Of Unwanted Attention 

And 

You Feel Cut-off From The Comfort Of 

Like-Minded Companionship: 

You Are Not Alone! 

Beloved, 

From The Moment Of Your Birth

Holy Angels Were On Assignment: 

How Many, Dear Ones, Is Not For Us To Opine! 

As We Walk With The Lord

These Holy Ones Influence Us 

To Do The Good And The Right

And 

They Abide With Us In Our Rest 

As And After We Bid Day-Time "Good Night!" 

Alas, And Alack

I Would Be Remiss If I Do Not Warn You That 

There Are Unholy Aka Fallen Angels Around You 

Ready

          Eagerly Willing 

                   And         

                Truly Able To Harm You! 

Be Sober 

And

Please Choose To Trust The Living Word Of 

The Lord Who Gives Life That 

He Will Never Leave You Or Forsake You 

And

Has Provided His Holy Spirit To Comfort 

And 

Correct You

All Day And All Night! 

Please Know And Accept The Good Counsel 

And 

You Will Reject The Bad 

As Long As You Remember That 

The World's Idea Of Aloneness Is Not Yours 

Because 

Your Loving Father 

Is 

Almighty God ... The King Of Grace And Glory! 

Please Spend Alone-Time With The Lord: 

Pray ... Pursue The Ever-Present God Patiently! 

Look Up! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Wait On The Lord By His Word!

Neither Nobody 

Nor His Brother, Sister, Father, Friend

Want To Wait On Anybody For Anything 

Because 

Waiting Is For Saps, Stooges

The Unconnected

And 

The Financially Challenged! 

Okaaay! 

Beloved, 

Our Text Starts With A "But" 

Which Tells Us Clearly That 

Those Who Do Not Wait Upon The Lord

Shall Not Have Their Strength Renewed

Shall Not Acquire Eagle's Wings

Shall Not Be Able To Run 

Because 

They Will Be Weary

And 

Will Not Be Able To Walk 

Because 

They Are Fainting From Weakness! 

How Very Interesting! 

Dear Ones, 

Paying Someone To Do Your Waiting For You 

Does Not Hold Water 

In The Economy Of Almighty God! 

Waiting On The Lord Generates Patience

Enhances Endurance

And 

Solidifies Faith Which We, Each, Shall Surely Need 

If 

We Are To Enter ... By Right

The Eternal City Of The Great God 

Who Provides For His People 

Before 

The Need Is Expressed Or Experienced! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Remember That Waiting On The Lord 

Is 

Preparation 

Which Is The Key To Every Victory 

Worth Claiming And Celebrating! 

Be Wise 

And 

Wait On The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Wait On The Lord Jesus Christ

And 

Watch For His Coming! 

Watch For The Lord's Coming

And 

Work With Him For The Salvation Of Others! 

And

Please Work With The Lord Now 

Because 

Night Is Coming When No Man

Be They Connected

Financially Stable

Or Cash-Poor 

Can Drive A Stroke To Save His Own Life

Or The Life Of Another! 

Dare, Beloved, To Wait On Your Sure Blessings: 

Wait On Jesus Christ The Lord ... Yourself! 

Peace!

Thought For The Week Ahead:

Jesus Christ

Is

Our Only Savior

And

His Gift To Us

Of

His Sure Salvation 

Is 

Free

But

Will Only Benefit Those

Who Desire To Gain

The Victory Over Sin

By Obediently Travelling

The Way Of The Cross

With

Faithful Endurance

Via

The Path Of Purity! 

Love For The Lord

Starts And Finishes With Obedience

To His Holy Word

And

Walking In Accord With His Sovereign Will!

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY: Keep Satan Miserable!

 

Just Because You Could Do Something

It Doesn't Mean That You Should! 

Just Because You Have Something

It Does Not Mean That 

You Don't Need The Savior's Blood! 

Just Because You Are Dissatisfied With Your Life

It Does Not Mean That 

You Should Make Others Dissatisfied With Theirs! 

Just Because You Love To Hate

It Doesn't Mean That You Should Hate To Love! 

Beloved, 

Misery Likes Company! 

Satan Is Miserable:

Disappoint Him In His Efforts

To Bring Forth Your Destruction

And

Keep Him That Way! 

Hate Hacks Out A Home! 

Doubt Constructs A Development 

And 

Seeks A Destination! 

Truth Is! 

Trust Will! 

Hope Holds Heads High! 

Endurance Always Tries! 

The Praying One Pleads

Plants Seeds

And 

Patiently Plods On To Paradise! 

Patience Is Practical! 

The "Practical" Christian Works 

And 

Watches As He Waits On The Praying-For-Us Prince

Our Prince Immanuel

Who Is Shiloh ... Our Peace! 

Peace With The Lord 

Makes The Way Home Plain 

And

The Journey There A Precious Priority! 

Practice What You Preach! 

Walk Wisely And Not Wildly 

And

Ever, Always, The Ways Of Satan Revile! 

Rid Yourself, By God's Great Grace, Of 

Sin's Embittering Bile 

And 

Do Not Our Blessed Lord's Name 

And 

His For-You Sacrifice Defile 

By Being A Child Of Satan By Proximity! 

Pray For Yourself

And 

Help Others! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + This The Way: Walk Ye In It!

 

Why Do We Dare To Say To The Lord Of Life

The Judge Of All Flesh: 

"Teach Us Thy Way 

And We Will Walk Faithfully In It!" 

And Then 

Boldly Choose To Walk As Rebels Without A Cause 

Following A Dragon Who Has Never Won A Fight

Against Our Beloved Savior!?! 

We All Have The Right To Know The Will 

Aka The Requirements Of Almighty God

And 

To Go About Doing Them 

As Our Marching Orders Of The Day 

So That We ... In The Time Allotted

May Sow Good Seeds Which Will Surely Bear 

Good Fruit Unto Righteousness That 

The Lord Himself Shall Accept In The Glad Day! 

Beloved, 

You Have Said That 

You Will Faithfully Follow Jesus Christ

No Matter What Your Lot In Life!

 

Why, Then, Are You Playing Pat-A-Cake 

With A Homeless, Earth-Tied, Fire-Bound

Unregenerate, Irredeemable Lost Cause Like Satan 

Through Willful Disobedience!?! 

Satan Cannot Return To His Former Heavenly Home 

So His Task Is To Make You As He Is: 

Dispossessed, Disowned, Damned 

And 

Marked For Destruction!

Choose To Be Obedient 

And 

Stay On The Straight, Strait, Path 

By Habitually Practicing What The Lord Preached! 

With Patient Faith Working For Love 

And 

With Willing Obedience

Rest Assured That By God-Given Right 

You Shall Enter The Pearly Gates Of 

The Home That Is Called The Paradise Of God! 

On The Path To Eternal Life 

Is 

The Truth That Hurts, Helps 

And 

Heals The Hope-Filled Heart: 

Never Forget It! 

Peace!

Choose The Good Part!

The Lord In Zion Does Not Sleep Nor Wear Dark Glasses: 

He Sees Us All Always! 

No Matter What Is Happening In Your Life

No Matter How Close To You Your Adversary Is

- Be It By Blood, Affection, Faith Or Affiliation -

Please Do Not Indulge In Their Tactics Aka Fighting Fire With Fire! 

Remember Always Whose Child You Are 

And 

Always Remember That The Weapons Of Our Warfare 

Against The Published And Private Agents Of Satan 

Are Spiritual ... Not Carnal

And

Choose To Fight Fire With The Faith Of Jesus Which Cannot Fail

 And

The Key In The Hand Of Faith ... Called Prayer

Which Unlocks Heaven's Storehouses 

Wherein Is The Abundance That Almighty God

- Through Jesus Christ Our Lord - 

Makes Available To His People 

By Request For Patience, Provision, Protection, Purity

And

Peace! 

Beloved, 

Satan Is The Condemned And Damned Liar

The Murderer Of Lives, Loves, Hopes And Dreams 

And 

All Who Walk In Charity With Him Doing His Dread Bidding

Shall Join Him 

In The One-Way, No-Escape Lake Burning With Fire And Brimstone! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Evil Does Not Go Unpunished 

No Matter Who Is Doing It

And 

Good Does Not Go Unrewarded

No Matter Who Is Performing It! 

Use Your Free Will

And

Your Right To Choose

To Always Choose The Good Part Of This Life

So That The Lord's Best Blessings

Will Fall Abundantly Upon You! 

Look Up To 

And

Embrace The Lord Of Light, Love, Grace And Glory: 

Walk In Wise Ways ... Not Damnable Folly!

There Is No Heavenly Profit For Sinning!

Trust The Lord Always

Because

He Is Our Refuge

And

Our Strength!