LESSON LEARNED: SIN Is Not My Friend!

Hands Down
The Most Interesting
Entertaining
Solicitous
Engaging
Open "Friend"
I Have Ever Had
On The Journey
Along The Street Of Life
Is Sin!

I Kid You Not!

Sin Was The Jolliest
Most Adventurous
Daredevil
Up-For-Kicks Acquaintance
That I Have Ever Had!

No Suggestion Was Considered 
Too Bland Or
To Boring
Because Sin Put His Spin On Everything
AND
Life Then Became
GRAND!

I Had New Hills To Climb!
I Had New Balls To Bounce!
I Had New Rocks To Roll!
I Had New Thrills From Which To Get Spills!

I Had
Newer!
Bigger!
Better!
Boundaries To Breach!

I Had More Gains From The Many Pains!

There Was Never The Same Thrill
Never The Same Store
Just More and More ...!

UNTIL ...

My Mind Started
Asking
Asking
Asking Why?
What For?
What's Right?
AND
Saying:

                                               That's Wrong!                             No!
                      Don't!
                                                                               Stop!
      Stand Still!
                                         Run Away!
                                                                                                God Sees You!
                   Haven't You Yet Had Your Fill?



THEN ...

The Day Came
When Fun Sin
Wasn't Funny Any More
AND
Doing Wrong No Longer Made Me Feel Strong
AND
I Hated
Hated
Hated What I Had Become
Because ...!

Because Why?!

Because Loving The Wrong Is Not You!

You Don't Belong

With That Crew

That Lives In The Loo

Besmirched

Branded

Waiting For The Death Plane ...

Which Is Coming In For A Landing!

BUT ...

No!

This Child Is Mine!

Come, Child!

Say Your Prayers!

You Know My Name!

Call On Me, Now!

I AM Your Way Of Escape!

Suddenly ...

I Really See
That Sin Is Not My Friend
BUT
A Fiend
AND
The Enemy
Of Anything Desiring 
By Jesus Christ
To Be Made Clean!

Lord Jesus!

It's Me!

I Have Need Of You!

Help Me, I Pray!

I Can't Last Another Day!"

AND ...

That Is When
The Blinders Fell Off
AND
I Tore Off The Black With Sin Cloth
AND
Spit Out Sin's Once Pleasant 
Soul-Tickling Bubbles And Bewitching Froth!

Satan's Sin Is No Man's Friend!

Christ's Salvation
Is
FREE
From The Friend To The End!

Doing Wrong Needs No Effort
BUT
Doing The Right
Requires
Making
A Conscious Decision!

TRUTH: God Loves AND Satan Hates What God Loves!!

God Can't Love You Less!
Satan Can't Hate You More
AND
Faith Is The Key
That Unlocks Heaven's Mercies
And Its Made-of-Pearl Gate Doors!

Because You May Hate God
It Does Not Mean That God Hates You!
BUT ...
If You Love God
Know For A Fact That
Satan Despises and Hates You!

God Hates Sin!
God Loves The Sinner!
Repent and Confess Your Sin
AND
Be Present At 
God's Saints' Welcome Home Dinner!

God Love Is Not Blind!
God's Love Can See!
God Loves Us Nevertheless
AND
No Surprise
God's Love Is Free!

God Loves You!
Satan Hates You!
BUT
No Matter The Hate
To Sin  ... Satan Cannot Make You!

God Could Bend Your Will
But He Won't!
Satan Would Bend Your Will
But He Can't!

God Is God Is Real!
Satan's Plan To Be God Is Stale
BUT
Don't Go Facing Satan
Believing You Can't Fall
For Without God As Your Shepherd
You Are Nothing More Than 
Satan's Cheap Bouncy Ball!

God Loves!
Satan Hates!
Soooo ...
Learn Ye The Difference
Before Your Expiration Date!

HAPPY SABBATH: Cool Fool + Prayer: Grant Us Your Blessing, Lord!

Call Me Stupid

Call Me Fool

Call Me Christian 
For With Them All 

I am Truly ... Cool!

I Trust in God's Promises, but

The Learned have Stated:

"Promises Are Comforts for Fools!"

So, Indeed, To The World

I am indeed a Big Fool!

I'm Not The Fool who Says:

"There is No God!"

Nor The Fool who Labors Not!

I am The Fool who Holds To The Promise

That, Like Daniel

I will from The Dear Master

Receive My Own Lot!

I'm The Fool by World Standards

For I Choose to Believe

In The Promises of The God

Whom I Cannot Even See but Answered 

When His Heart I Could Feel!!

Call Me Stupid

Call Me Fool

Call Me Gullible

Call Me - if You Will

Christian - Fool That I Am

For I Know That Jesus Loves Me

A Lowly Human!

Will You Be A Fool For Christ? 

He Especially Likes Hearts 

Confessing 

and 

Repenting 

from 

Sin and Strife!

*******

Options In Life:

Be a Fool for Jesus Christ

OR

Be a Tool by Satanic Device!

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PRAYER:

Father, 

We Come Before You as Children Beloved 

and

Beseech You

In Your Unending Mercy 

to

 Hold Our Hands 

Our Heads and 

Our Hearts 

and

Grant Us a Measure of Your Strength to 

Help Us to Handle The Hurts 

Which We Will Sustain 

Along The Highway to The Heavenly Home.

Help Us to Give Over to Your Healing Ministrations 

The Problems and The Provocations

The Disappointments and The Distresses

The Nudges and The Nightmares

The Grudges and The Griefs 

and

Help Us to Hold on to The Hope that is Christ Jesus.

Grant Us Your Blessing, Lord
for it is 

The Desire of Our Humble Hearts.

We Honor You

Bless You 

Worship You

and

Give You Glorious Praise

Even as We Plead Our Cause

In Jesus' Holy Name.

We Love You, Lord.

AMEN.