PRAYER: I Thank You, Father, For ...!

Father,

I Am Alive Because You Made It So!

I Can See

I Can Hear

I Can Touch

I Can Feel

I Can Taste

I Can Walk

I Can Talk

I Am Blessed!

Thank You!

I Have A Roof Over My Head!

I Am Blessed!

Thank You!

I Have Food On The Table!

I Am Blessed!

Thank You!

I Can Think And Reason

And

I Have Free Will And Free Choice

And

I Choose To Do The Good And The Right 

And

Reverence Your Holy Name

And

Praise And Worship You! 

I Am Blessed!

Thank You!

I Can Do A Good Deed!

I Can Share A Good Word!

I Can Bless A Stranger With A Smile!

I Can Take Time To Make A Brother

A Sister Comfortable

As They Journey Life's Last Mile!

I Am Blessed!

Thank You!

I Thank You For The Beloved Jesus

And

The Unspeakable Gift That He Bought For Me

That Dread Day On Calvary!

I Thank You For The Comfort

The Guidance

The Chiding 

And

The Leading Of The Holy Spirit

That Brings Me In Holy Unto Thee!

I Thank You For The Protection

And

The Good Influence Of The Holy Angels

As I Walk This Life Daily!

Thank You, Lord, For Thinking On Me!

What Wonderful Blessings Are Placed In My Hand!

Blessings That Will See Me One Day

On Heaven's Table Land!

Blessings That Will See Me

Face To Face With My God!

Blessings That Are Mine

Because

I Choose To Walk Faithfully With

Jesus Christ The Lord!

What A Friend I Have In Jesus

A Friend That Is Beyond Compare

A Friend That Sticks Closer Than A Brother

A Friend Who Does My Every Burden Bear!

Lord,

I'm Thankful

So Very Thankful

That You Are God Almighty Upon The Throne

And

That Your Gifts Keep On Giving

And

Will Lead Me To My Forever Home!

Thank You For The Grace

- That Unmerited Favor -

The Mercy To Me That Is Free

And

The Joy

Peace And Rest That Comes Of

Heavenly Love, Alone!

I Am Truly A Child Blessed

Because

Innocent Blood

For

My Personal Sin

Did Atone!

Please Accept My Prayer

That Comes From A Heart

Filled With Gratitude

And Because

I Pray All In The Name 

Of

Jesus Christ The Righteous!

I Love You!

AMEN!

DESTITUTE OF TRUTH: Abundance Of Truth ... On Parade!?!

 

In The Dark Ages
The Powers That Were
Kept The People In ... Darkness
By Keeping The Truth Chained
Locked Up!

In This Age Of Enlightenment
With Its Information Overload
The Powers That Be
Put The People In Darkness
By Placing Truth 

- In All Its Variants -
In Plain View
Surrounded By Fancy Strobe Lights!

The Outcome Of These Actions
Is In The Preserved Word Proclaimed:

My People Are Destroyed

For Lack Of Knowledge!

Let Me Explain:

Old Truth
True Truth
The Word Of God
Used To Be Real-Real Special

Because It Could Shed Light
So It Was Locked Up
AND
Protected
As Too High For The Lowly
Too Good For The Bad

AND
Impossible To Be Used By
Just Any Common People!

The People Were Dumbed Down
Ignorant
Until ... The Living God Intervened
AND
The People Ignorant
Became People Of The Book
So ... 

Ever Ready Satan Changed His Tactics
To Special Effect
AND NOWTruth
Is As A Free-Range Chicken
Picking Up Food aka Substance
On A Walkabout
On The Fly! 

Have A Look See
AND
Then Have Your Say:

• There IS Truth
• Plain Truth
• Some Truth
• A Lot Of Truth
• Special Truth
• Particular Truth
• Gay Truth
• Lesbian Truth
• Trans Truth
• Common Truth
• Private Truth
• Forgotten Truth
• Fulminating Truth
• High Science Truth
• Secular Truth
• Sacred Truth
• Passing Truth
• Passable Truth
• Borrowed Truth
• Spent Truth
• Truth For The Day
• Truth For The Hour
• Momentary Truth
• Truth To Get Power
• Powerful Truth
• Power-Packed Truth
• Customized Truth
• Illuminated Truth
• Coalition Truth
• Collated From Lies Truth
• Standing Truth
• Moving Truth
• Professed Truth
• Confessed Truth
• Deniable Truth
• Confidable Truth
• Your Truth
• Their Truth
• Our Truth
• My Truth

AND

• God's Truth

AND

All Are "Perfectly" Valid

Authentic
Or
So The Powers Say!

There Is A Saying

A Penny Has No Real Weight
Until You Drop It
From Up High!

The Truth Is
The One Falling Penny Wouldn't Kill You
BUT
You Will Feel Its Passing Touch
BUT
Toss A Tied Up Bag Of Pennies
AND
Watch Out
Your Life Just Turned Into Total Cat's Guts!

The Same Is True With Versional Truth!

Brush Off A Version
A New Version Appears
A Version For Your Tastes
AND

There Is A Truthy Conversion
AND
Soon There As Many Versions
As There Are Tastes 

In Circulation
AND ALL TOO SOONAll That Is For Sale To The Masses
Are Many Tasty Perversions!

We Are Called To Know The Truth Of Almighty God
The Truth That Will Set Us Free
AND
Not To Indulge In Spurious Truth
The Version Of Truth
That Let's Man's Lust
Run And Roam 

Wild
Restraint Free!

Brethren,

Let's Take The Blinders Off
So That Sight Is Unrestricted!
Let Us Go To Jesus For Eye Salve
So That Vision Is Not Conflicted!

Jesus Christ IS The Way
The Truth
AND
The Light That Gives Life
The Same
Yesterday Today Tomorrow
The Rock Of Ages
That Clefts To Provide Protection
AND
Gives Power
To Stand Against Sin And Sinners
In The Trying Hour!

You May Ask General Moses The Deliverer!

There Is Great Difference

Between

Having Information

And

Possessing Knowledge!

What Is In YOUR Possession?!

TREASURES: Human Magpies?!

We Humans Talk About Magpies
Who Like Things Shiny And Bright
BUT
We Are No Different
AND
We Also Like Tingling
AND
Jingling Twinkling
Even Though The Inordinate Love Of These Things
Brings With Them
None Other Than Soul Blight!
We Happily Call Them A Delight!

We Also Like Things
Blaring And Glaring
AND
We Detest The God-Fearing
The Mindful And The Careful
AND
Coddle The Damnable
AND
The Distasteful
AND
Call The Faithful Good
Disgraceful!

We Sing Songs Of Praise
To The Knowingly Sinful!
We Make Light Of Ways
Knowingly Shameful!
We Take Walks In Glades
To Do Things Abominable
AND
We Deliberately Call The Lord Christ
A Verifiable Fable!

We Doubt The Word Of
The Giver Of Life
AND
Laud The Lies Of The Blight Of Life!

Some Of Us Talk To The "Dead"
Calling Them Angels From On High
AND
Forget God
Who Is Able
To Shine Light On Devilishly Nimble Lies!

Time To Break That Cable!

We Trust In Wrong
AND
Doubt The Right!
We Kiss The Frog
AND
Let Down Our Hair!
We Drink-In The Lukewarm
AND
Bite The Poisoned Apple

AND

In The Glass Coffin Lie Down
After "Honestly" Believing
That Blighted Man Will Raise The Dead
After Satan Aka Lucifer The Light-Bearer
"Comes Down "

In His Shining White And Bright Nightgown!

The Fool Says
In His Deceived Heart
That There Is No God!
The Fool Is The One
Who Will Not Take Of God's Correction!
The Fool Is The One
Who Chooses Not To By God Be Made Wise
AND
Is The Fool Is The Ardent One
Who Treasures Known Lies!

Be Not Deceived!
Almighty God Is Not A Man-Made Clock
To Be Set According To The Fashion!
Almighty God Is Neither A Gyroscope
Working At Our Direction
Nor A Metronome
To Go At Speed
Ordered By Us To Perfection!

The Living God
Is The God Of Order!
He Provides Time For Man
To Be Led Out Of Ways Disordered
AND

By His Direction
Correction
AND
In His Protection
To Live Life Orderly
IF
We Will Give To Him
Our Will
So That He Will Make For Us The Way!

It Behooves Us Well
To Trust The Lord
To Think Aright
To Ignore The Temptations Of The Fraud
Who Cannot Make Us Bow To His Will
No Matter How Many Blandishments
He Will Our Minds
Try
Avidly To Fill!

Let Your Eye Be Bright
With Shining Truth!
Feel Your Feet Tingle
As You Move To Share The Good News!
Let Your Nerves Jingle
In Aversion
To Reinterpreted Gospel
AND
See The Twinkle
In The Eye Of The One
Who At Last Knows
That God
- Through Jesus Christ -
Will Never Reject
A Repentant Sinner's
Trusting-God Call!

Take Time To Know Jesus
Who Knows Everything
About  Everything
Concerning
You!

Be To Him True
For
He Loves
AND
Cares 

Mercifully

Forgivingly

Redeemingly

Gracefully
For You!

I Trust Him! - Will You?!

HAPPY SABBATH + PRAYER : Caring Is CARING Is Sharing!

Father,

I Am Calling Out To You!

Hear My Prayer

And

Do For Me, Lord

What None But The Holy God

Can Do!

Help Me, Father

And

Help The Brethren, True

Not To Be Hypocrites
And
Behave Like Those Out There

In The Cruel World

Hoarding All Of The Goodies

That You Provided For All
And

Keeping It For Our Selves

Uncaring

Not Willing

With Others To Share!

Help Us To Share The Gospel!

Help Us To Speak The Truth!

Help Us To Tell Of The Love Of God

Which Is Beneficial To All

Those Old

Young Children And Youth!

Help Us To Share A Kindness!

Help Us To Kindle A Light!

Help Us To Hammer

The Straight Nails Of Your

Truth

In A Sure Place

And

Not Crooked Rusty Nails

That Keep People

In Sin's Cruel Jail -

A Blight!

Father,

I Pray For Myself

And

I Ask You To Help Me

To Continue To Believe

To Hope In The Lord
And
To Love Faithfully
And

Ever To Trust!

Help Me To Help Others

To See The Heavenly Light

And

Help Us All To Help Our Brethren

Even Those From Other Mothers
And

Even Those In Lands Where

Their Day Is Our Night!

You Give To Us!

Help Us To Give Back

By Giving To Others

So That All Are Fed

And

For Ourselves

There Is No Lack!

You Promised Provision -

In Jesus' Name

Please Show To The World

That Our Faith Is Backed By Fact!

Father, 

Help Us To Love
And
To Trust You
More And More
As Our Faith Grows!

Help Us To Honor You

And

Obey
Even When We Don't Know Where
The Path Leads Or Shows!

Father,
We Can See That The Day Is Really Coming
And
Recognize - If We Are Honest -

That The King Is Almost At The Door

So, Please

Help Us To Look

With Joy

To The Day

When

Face To Face

We Shall See Him

In Whose Name To You We Humbly

Petition For Grace In Prayer!

Lord,

In Mercy

Pity The Poor!

The Weak!

The Meek!

Pity Those Who 
For Christ's Readily Available Salvation Seek!

In Pitying Love
I Beseech You, Please
To Remember Those

Who Do Not Yet Know Of The Christ
And

Those For Whom Man's Illumination

Means

They Are Walking Alone

In The Dark Night!

Oh, God

Who Only Is Faithful

Oh, God

Who Alone Is True

Truth

Pity Us Who Pray

For The Indwelling Spirit

By Helping Us

From Sin And Satan

To Be Permanently

Cut Loose

And

Help Us Not To Look Back

And, Thereby

Sweet Salvation Lose!

Please, Lord

I Beseech You

To Grant Us This Day

The Promised Measure Of Faith!

Grant Us, We Pray

The Grace For Walking In The Right Way!

Help Us Not To Turn Aside

To Enter The Pleasure Palaces Of The Night

And

Protect Us

We Beseech Thee

As The Battle For Eternal Life

In Christ

We .. Striving In Faith

Fight!

Oh, For The Faith

That Will Not Shrink

In The Name Of The Holy Jesus

- In Love -

We Humbly Plead

And
Present These Few Petitions!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: God Is The Lord!

The Question Was Pointed:

How Do YOU See God?

There Were Christians
Agnostics
Deists
Atheists
And Some
With No Stripe
And However You Paint It
There Was Going To Be A Fight!

Every Body And His Brother
Had An Opinion
That Was Plain
AND
The Answers Were As Divergent
As Divergent Could Be
AND
They Caused The Christians Great Pain!

"Their" Idea Of God ...

Back Bent

Eye Blind

Hand Short

Foot Broken

Power Less

Unapproachable

Uninterested

Uninvolved

Reach: None

Creator: Not Possible

Sustainer: What Foolishness!

Judge: Not Theirs!

My Idea Of God ...

Faithful
Giving
Forgiving
Providing
Patient
Trustworthy
Available
Accessible
Protective
Helpful
Blessing
True
Responsive
Teacher
Stable
Strong
Home
Protection
Direction
Correction
And, Again, And Again
True!

God Is ...

• Hope
• Help
• All Powerful
• All Seeing
• All Knowing
• Ever Present
• Eternal
• Unchanging
• Specific
• Gentle
• Kind
• Jealous
• Guardian
• Sustainer
• Lover
• Artist
• Healer
• Faithful
• My Friend
• Indwelling ... By Request
• Savior ... By Request
• Guide ... By Request
• Companion ... By Request
• Judge
• King
• Sealer ... By Request
• Intercessor ... By Request
• Executioner: Reluctant
• But Always ... By Request!

The Eternal God
Is My Father
My Family
My Friend!
My Hope For Surpassing Glory
My Passport To Eternal Life
My Way To Abundant Life
My Transport To Delight
My Beginning
My End!

The Eternal God Is
The God Of All Graces
The Mender Of Broken Hearts And Ruined Lives
The Shepherd Of Souls
The Builder Of Safe Folds
The Leader Of The Righteous
The Overcomer Of Sin
AND
To Those Faithful
Who To Him Are True
He Is Willing
Ever Ready
AND
Always Able
To Save
Because They Recognize Their True Condition
AND
Will
To Awaken From The Grave!
I Am One!
Are You?!

No Sin Is Too Evil
AND
No Pain Is Too Great
That It Is Beyond His Ability
To Forgive
To Heal
When Confessing
AND
Repentant
We Give Back To Him
What He Gave To Us
Our Will AND Our Choice
AND
Choose
To Walk In His Way!
I'm Walking!
Will You Join Me On The Way?!

All Good Gifts
Come From The Eternal God
AND ARE
Those Things Which We Can't
Buy Barter
Sell
Or
Dig Out Of A Hole:

Everlasting Life

Hope

Faith

Grace

Forgiveness

True Beauty

Mercy

Forgiveness

Salvation

Draughts From The Water Of Life

Rest For The Weary

Forgiveness

Sweet Peace In Sleep Ever The Night

Forgiveness

And

Redemption On The Great Day

Wake Up!
Walk In The Light
AND
The Damned Devil Valiantly Fight!

God Is Not An Ideal!
God IS!
Worship Of The Living God
Is Not A Bill
Nor A Law
To Be Put Forth
Voted
Proclaimed
AND
Being No Vote Getter
Promptly Repealed!

God Is Life Eternal
For Those Who Choose
To Him
Through Christ's Blood
To Be
For Eternity
Everlastingly Sealed!
God Will The Faithful One Seal!

Worshipping God Is No Accident!
Salvation Is No Perhaps!
Eternal Life Is No Fairy Tale
AND
Jesus Christ
The Way To Eternal Life
Cannot
Will Not
The Believing Child Fail!
Put Your Finger
On The Impress Of The Cruel Nail!

The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
The Protection Of Holy Angels
The Word Of The Living God
AND
The Blood Of The Lamb
Make Life Now
Worth Living
AND
Life Hereafter
Real
Non-Regrettable
So Stand!!
Don't You See It?!
Up Ahead!
There Is Glory Land!
I Can See The King!

FREEDOM: The Shopping Spree!

I Was Invited To Free-Shop
And Thought To Myself:

Why Not?!

So I Took The Gee Train
To Olde Broadway
AND
Got Off 
At The Last Stop!

I Proceeded To Goode Time's Squared
AND
Joyously Went Wild
AND
For Things Off De Chaine
Hungry
I Shopped Quite A Lot
For A Long While!

Things Were Free
At The Penny Store
AND
At Know Scents
For Two Pounds
Not Dollars And No Cents
I Purchase Three Thrills
AND
Got Four Unwitting Spills
AND
Two Skinned Knees
For Free!

I Got A Giant Bottle Of Own-Way
AND
I Scored A Decanter Of Pay-For-Play
AND
I Had An All-You-Can-Eat
Now And Later Lunch
At Cheap Cash Chews And Forays!

I Danced Up A Storm
At Pop Rocks
AND
Bust A Rhyme
At Speak As Your Heart Is Inclined
Where After
I Fell To The Floor
Bumping My Head
Good And Hard
For Sure At
Go Low Low
AND
Score!

By The End Of My Shopping Spree
I Could Hardly Breathe
For
The Booty I Carried
Had Me Burdened For Sure
BUT
I Had Enjoyed The Excursion
AND
On The Customer Experience Survey
I Ticked Off That I Would Highly Recommend It
AND
Do It Myself Again
At Least
A Couple Couple Times More!

Well ...

Let Me Tell You
On The Way 
To Go Back To My Home
First ... I Couldn't Find The Gee Train
AND
When I Did
It Was Running On The See Line
AND
My Entrance Led Me To The Exit
For All The Common Core
AND
It Butted
AND
Bounded
On Wide Streets Weirdly Called
Hamster Wheel
AND
Perpetual Revolving Door!

By Now ...

I Was Tired
AND
Worried To Boot
AND
When I Reached Rabbit Warren
I Cried Out:

Oh,  Shoot!

For
A Distant Memory
Was Coming To The Fore
AND
At Its Explosion
I Knew I Was In Trouble For Real
For There Was For Me
At This Trying Time
Not A Single Visible
Open Door
AND
I  Became Trembly
AND
Turned Deathly Deathly Pale!

Oh, How I Did Hurt!
My Feet Felt Fat In Thin Man Shoes!
My Sore Eyes Burned Like I Was Salt-Water Swimming!
My Head Was Fair Spinning!
My Back Felt Ready To Break!
AND
My Heart In Fear Was Tripping
AND
My Hands Heavy
Were Surely Scraping The Floor
AND
My Mind In Total Turmoil
Startled
At The Harsh Sound
Of The Quiet Voice
Which
Oh, So Gently Said:

Lose That Load
Or You Will Be Forever Lost!

Who Are You?
Can You Help Me?
I Boarded The Wrong Train, I Think
AND
This Journey Is Proving
In My Nostrils 
To Be A Rank Stench!

I Want To Go Back
To The Beginning!
My Train Was On The Wrong Track
And I Feel Like I Am
Under Attack!

Dear One,
Calm Your Self!
Say A Prayer!
And Hear
And Do
Everything That I Say:

Lose The Load!
It Is Useless
For With It
You Will Never Get To Go Where
There Is Peace At Home!

Tell The Savior You Are Sorry
And Give Unto Him This Worry
And In His Great Compassion
He Will You Safely Carry!

Believe
And In Faith
Walk To The
The-Free Shop
Wherein You Will Find
Blessed Merchandise
From Him Who Is Ever Kind!

There Is

• Quiet Gentle Spirit
• Wisdom
• Knowledge
• Understanding
• Truth
• Light And Life
• Hope
• Help And Healing
• Strength For The Strife!

There's Conviction

• Faith For The Day
• Grace For To Stand
• Strength For Life's Journeys
• Oh Taste And See The Son Of Man
• On The Promises Of God You Will Stand!

And There Are
Blessings 
And
Hid Treasure
When You Walk The Narrow Way
In Obedience
Unto Salvation
And
The Master Is
Just A Prayer Away!

Do You Understand What I Am Saying?

Yes! Yes,  I DO!

Then, Walk Straight Ahead!
Do Not Look Right!
Do Not Look Left!
And
No Matter What Happens Around You
Don't Look Back!
Look Assuredly Ahead!

The Way Is Not Easy
And 
To Arrive Safely
You Must Take The Yoke Easy 
And 
Carry The Burden Light!

You Must Trust The Master
Even When You Can't Trace Him!
You Must Believe And Walk
Knowing That He Will Finish What In You He Started
And
That He Will Carry You Safely
All The Way Home
For
With His Blood And Body
He Purchased 
Precious Redemption
For His Beloved
And
That Means You!

Walk Wise!
Do Good!
Trust!
Obey!
And 
Pray!

There Is No Self In Salvation
For
With It Embraced
You Will Never See
The Everlasting Day!

Thank You!
Bless You!

Was All I Could Say!
I Then Turned Away 
AND
Toward The Savior
Started Walking
AND
I Prayed! How I Prayed!

The Way Is Not Easy
For
Temptations Are Rife
BUT
God's Great Grace Is Every Ready
As I Walk Toward Eternal Life!

Soon The Day Will Be Ended!
Soon Life's Strife Will Be O'er!
Soon The Trumpet Will Be Sounded
AND
By God's Grace
With Endurance
Soon I Will
With All Right
Walk Through
Heaven's Gate Door
Having Overcome
Sin And Satan
In What Was A Blistering Fight!

If Christianity

Was A

Cake-Walk

Life

Would Be Filled 

With

Sweet Treats

And

Christians

Would Have Cavities

Not

Calluses

And

Would Hear Choruses

Not Curses!!