You Should Have Seen Them
Proud
Given Unto Folly
Weak-Kneed
Gimpy-Eyed
And
That Particular One Called Spasmodic Prayer
Full Of Fits And Starts
Given To Prayer Only Over Problems
But
Having No Time For Praying
When Life Is At Ease
And
Never Realizing That
It Is When The Life Seems Most At Ease
That We Need To Pray The Most!
On The Other Hand ...
Meet Christian Life!
Christian Life As We All Know Him
Is
A Dedicatedly Praying Person
Or
- To Be Exactly Honest -
At Least He Was Until
The Unfortunate Experience Called
Time And Circumstance!
It Was Like This ...
His Circumstance Was Tough, Hard
Untenable
And
The Time To Get Relief Seemed ... To His Carnal Mind
- Once Thought To Have Been Regenerated -
Unconscionably Long
Because
Christian Life Had Pulled A Peter!
Christian Life Did The One Thing That
No Obedient, Watching, Working, Waiting
Wise-Unto-Salvation Believer In The Efficacy Of
The Innocent-Blood Sacrifice Of Jesus Christ The Lord
Should Ever, Ever, Do!
Christian Life Did The Unthinkable!
Christian Life Did A Hard Blink
And
Christian Life Looked ... Down ... And Around!
He Broke The Link
And
He Looked Away From His Lord, His Master
His Hope, His Help
His Only Savior
And
Aided By Time, Unchained, Unchecked
Circumstance ... That Heathen That Tries Men's Souls
That Raging Opportunist
Bit Him Really Hard On His Behind-Him
And
Into The Drink ... Poured By Unfettered Time
Which No Created Being Can Tame
He Started To Sink!
Christian Life Then Added Insult To Injury
And
He Did The One Other Thing That
He Should Not Have Done:
He Didn't Do What Peter Did!
Peter Doubted And
... Started To
... Sink
... Into His Circumstance
But
Peter Remembered To Whom He Was Travelling
And
Being Wise ... Unto His Own Soul's Salvation
And
Remembering The Example Clearly Set For Him
By The Very One Who Told Him
To Make The Impossible-For-Man-Alone Journey
He, By Faith, Prayed ... Cried Out
And
Was Saved And Blessed!
Warning, Warning, Warning ...
Anything Practiced Enough Becomes A Skill
And
At Its Performance
The Performer Becomes Adept!
See To It
That To Sinning
You Do Not Adapt!
Christian Life's Engine
On The Railway To Heaven Started Slowing
Started Hiccoughing
Started A Regularly Irregular Schedule Of Runs
Started Doubting The Map
Started Questioning The Architect
Started Embracing Doubt Readily
Started Disengaging Faith Frantically
Until ...On A Downward Spiral
He Invited That Generator That
Is
A Heavenly-Current Drain
To Take Up Residence In His Insides!
Christian Life ... By Constant Association
Constant Indulgence
Constant "Oh, Taste And See ...!"
Became What He Was Eating
And
In Short Order
He Unveiled To Angels And To Men That
He Had Become ... Oh, The Shame Of It All
Spasmodic Prayer
That Weakling
That Wastrel
Who Took His Father's Substance
And
Is Gone Off To A Far Away Land!
Let Me Repeat:
Oh, The Shame Of It All!
As We All Know
The Sweet Life Of No Prayer ...!
... You Said He Was Spasmodic Prayer Before!
Beloved,
For Your, Our, Future Reference
Spasmodic Prayer And No Prayer
Are One And Same Thing
Because
They Sow The Same Seeds
And
They Reap ... With Our Willing Aid
The Self-Same Harvest Of Reward!
That Behavior Does Not Bless Us
And
Worst Yet
It Neither Pleases Nor Glorifies
Jesus Christ The Lord!
When We See Our Need For Christ
We Bow Our Hearts In Prayer
But
When We Trust Our Self We Should Fear
Because
We Walk Into Satan's Big-Able, Wide-open
Geared To Disobedient-Self
Snare!
I Thought We Were Talking About Praying!
The Christian Life
Which Does Not Include Prayer
Constant Prayer, Instant Prayer
Importunate Prayer
Regular Prayer
Prayer Of Faith
Prayer Of Thanksgiving
Prayer For Blessing
Prayer For Self
Prayer For Others
Prayer Just Because
Is
A Disobedient, Selfish, Idolatrous, Life
Walking Aggressively On The Quick-Sand Of
The Carnal, Godless, Life ... And Fettered, Finite, Time!
Fettered And Finite!?!
Wasn't It Unfettered Before!?!
Oh, Yes!
For Us, Time Is A Gully Bore!
In The Heavenly Dispensation
Time, For Man, Is A Circumscribed Door!
Time Says This Much ... And No More
So Far ... And No Further!
It Is Leased And Locked
And
Personally Deeded And Loaded!
You Will Be By Time And Circumstance Goaded!
Consider A Bottle Of Soda Pop Well Shaken
And
Unceremoniously Uncapped
Which Contents Will Emerge
Under The Force Of Pressure
Like A Pipe That Bursts!
You Can't Do The Reverse!
The Picture You Paint Is Not One That I Like
Because I Know From Personal Experience That
A Christian Life Without Prayer
Is A Life Lived All Over The Place
Chased And Caught
Caught And Released
Until He Who Is A Christian
Living The No-Prayer Christian Life
Becomes A Christian ... Not!
A Nought!
How Could He Be So Foolish!
Why Don't You Ask Yourself
How You Could Be So Foolish!?!
Me!?!
Yes, Me!
Oh, Dear!
We Are All Guilty!
Guilty As Sin!
Guilty Of Sin!
More Prayer, More Power!
Less Prayer
And
It Is A Given That
Before Satan, You, Me, We Shall Cower!
The Thought Of That
Just Makes My Stomach Turn Sour!
In That Case
Let's Exercise Our Privilege Of Praying
So That Against Sin, Self
And
Satan The Damned
We Shall Be Most Daring!
Hip! Hip!
