VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRIDE - D.O.A! + PRAYER: We Are Committed To Christ, Dear Father!

... The Eye Is The Window To The Soul
And
Your Tone Of Voice Speaks To Your Ultimate Goal!

A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath

But
Unsurprisingly
Truth, Plainly, Compassionately, Spoken
-  Considered By Many To Be Egregious Words -
Often Leads To A Blood Bath!

So, Brethren, What Acronym Shall We Use
So That The Congregation Is Not Confused!?!

B. S. T. S.
Better Safe Than Sorry!

D. O. A...!

... Dead On Arrival!?!
Have A Heart, Man!

Oh, No!
You Misunderstand!
It Means Devils Offer Apples!
It Means: Don't Obfuscate - Ameliorate!

I'll Say That It Means
Delightful Opportunities Await
The Darlings Of The Lord
But Woe Betide The Deceived Followers Of
Satan, The Bold God-Fraud!

And I Say That Dead On Arrival Is Appropriate
To Describe Those Who Arrive At Judgment Day
With Their Known-Sin Unconfessed
Souls Unrepentant!
The Living-Sinner Shall Die!

The Prior-Dead Sinner
And
The Then-Dead Sinner
Shall 1,000 Years Hence Rise To Die Again ... Forever
Because
In And At The Love Of Almighty God
They Did Find Offence!

This Is Really Quite Amazing, Actually!
How Does A Created Being
Find Something ... Anything
In The Love Of The Living God 
To Ridicule
To Be Offended Thereby!?!

I Dare Say That In This We See The Hand Of Satan
- The Agent Of Shame -
That Fallen Angel Cruel
Who Thought To Denounce
Deny ... Defy

Dispute ... Denigrate

Bedevil

And

Destroy
His Own Creator
All The While Refusing To Recognize That
In That Stance Lay ... Abject Failure!

Brethren,

Let Nobody Fool You!
Pride Is Costly Array!
It Makes One Skin Cuffings
To Get The Cloth
The Sewing Of Which Requires One 
To Have Personal Currency
- No Discount -
With Which The Bill To Pay!

Let's Call Pride Exactly What It Is!
It's Bill Of Short Goods!

It Is A Sin Against Divinity!

Pride Is A Wide-Awake Delusion!
It's A Can't-Awake-From Illusion
Promoting Confusion
Adjuring Collusion
And

Leading Adherents To A Fiery Final Conclusion!

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Please Hear Our Prayer!

We Are Committed To Performing

All Your Commandments:

Please Help Us Not To Permit Pride

Over Us To Hold Sway!

Satan Is The Bold Liar

Selling Man Upon Things 

That Should Never Be Sought

And

Failing Abjectly

To Tell The Truth

By Which He, In His Sin, Was Caught!

Jesus Christ Is Righteous

Is Lord, God And King!

Jesus Christ Is Our Master

And

He Is Acknowledged Creator Of 

Man And Everything!

Please Help Us, Dear Father

To Do Exactly As Our Jesus Did:

Help Us To Pray Without Ceasing

To Commune Constantly With You

To Seek You Ever For The Infilling Of

The Sweet Holy Spirit Of Truth

And

For Strengthening By The Holy Angels

The Personal Guardians Of

The Children Of Faith

Who Also Influence Us

To Do The Good And The Right!

Father,

This Battle Is Yours

And

We Are Soldiers In Your Great Army!

Please Help Us To Remain Faithful

Enduringly Faithful

Having No Place In Our Surrendered Hearts

For The Sham

The Shame That Is Called Pride!

Please Help Us In Your Holy Love, Lord

Confidently To Confide And Abide!

The Signs Of The Times Are Everywhere!

Men's Hearts Are Failing Them From Fear

Of Those Things Which Shall Befall The Earth

And

Still More Men Have And Are Taking

The Path Of Least Resistance

Doing Anything And Everything

That Pleases Their Flesh

That Fills Their Eyes

That Speaks To Their Pride In Their Lives

And

The People Of The Living Word

The People Of The Book Of The Eternal God

Are Being Persecuted, Prosecuted

Condemned, Denied

Defiled, Displaced

And Dispatched ... No Grace!

Please, Father

Remember Your Promise To Abraham

Isaac And Jacob-Israel!

Remember Your Promises

As Spoken By Your Own Beloved Son

Our Savior, Jesus

That The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth

That No Child Of Faith Is Ever Alone

Forgotten

Nor Unforgiven For Repented-Of Sin

That All Things Work For Our Good

That There Is A Place Prepared For Us

In Your Many Mansions

That Jesus Is Coming Again, Soon

To Redeem Us Unto Himself!

We Believe You!

Please Bless And Keep Us

In Your Holy Care!

Remember Us, Lord!

Let Your Pitying Love Fall Upon Us, We Pray

For It Is By Holy Faith

That We Are Walking On The Strait Way

Headed To The Hill Zion!

Please, Father

Grant Us These Few Petitions

And

Hasten The Great And Glorious Day

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

That We Humbly Pray

And

Importunately Plead!

We Love You, Lord!

Please Come Soon!

AMEN.

Of Black Bulls And Red Hats ...!

Black Bull
Saw Red Hat
AND
Started Behaving Like A Dry Sheet
Like A Pop Kite
Like A Flair Skirt
In A High Wind!

He Was All Over The Place!
He Was Running A Race!
He Was Behaving The Disgrace!
He Was All Up In Red Hat Face!
His Behavior Was Not Chaste!

Red Hat
Stood His Ground
AND
To Black Bull
He Did Not Cower!
He Did Not Bow Down!

Red Hat Arched His Spine
JUSTSO!
AND
Of Rights And Reasons
He Gave Black Bull What For
You Know?!

People! People!
Tell Me What You See!
Did I Call Black Bull A Name!
Did I Up In His Face
Get On Like Brer Nancy?!

I Mind My Own Business!
I Do Not Clown Around!
I Walk With My Spine Straight!
I Neither Give To Another
The Smile Nor The Frown!

It Appears
That I Am To Some A Trigger!
Some To Fear!
Some To Folly!
Some To Sarcasm!
Some To Be Rudely Jolly!

Either Which Way
You, Personally
Chose To Go
Please Be Made Aware
Free Or Paid
I Am Always On Show!

I Do Not Care For Your Theatrics!
I Do Not Care For Your Trite Displays!
I Am Not Amused By Histrionics!
I Am Red Hat
So ...
Deal. Darling. With. That!
I'm The Skinny!
You're The Fat!

Brethren,

The Red Hats Of The World
Are There For All To See!
The Red Hats Of The World
Are Obvious ... Obviously!

The Red Hats State Their Position
Without Every Saying A Word!
The Red Hats Posture
Prance
Position
AND
Preen
AND
You Either Abide In Christ
OR
Set Self In Stride And Join With Others Destruction To Connive
OR
Join Up And Jump With Them
AND
Be Conformed
Barely Alive!

Cussing Will Not Help!
Praying To The Living God Will!

Crying To The Neighbor Won't Help!
Pleading With The Living God Will!

Carrying On Like A Red Hat Won't Help
BUT
Carrying Your Burden
To The One
Who Shed Innocent Red Blood
To Make 
Your Scarlet Sin ... White ... As Snow
Your Red-Like-Crimson Sin ... As Wool
Your Black-With-Sin Dead Heart ... Alive ... In Christ
Your Wandering Feet Wayward Walking ... Shod To Spread The Gospel Of Peace
The Red Rag In Your Mouth Raging ... Speak Peace
Your Mind In Chaos ... Calm ... And At Peace
Your Wrecked And Wretched Present ... Enlivened ... And Joyful ... In Jesus
With And In Whom
Is Our Only
AND
Sweet
Relief And Release 
Will!

The Black Bulls Of This World
Stomp 
Strut
Are Bullish
Bullying
Brash
Never Benign!
They Offend
AND
Are Offended
By Everybody
Everything
Everywhere
Behind Closed Doors
In The Public Square
Behaving Like One With A Brass
Sometimes Glass
Pair
AND
All Who Choose
To Act As
To Be Impacted By
The Black Bulls
Will Never Sleep Peacefully
AND
As Is Oft The Situation
Will Share, Well
Their Share!
Have A Care!

Bottom Line ...

There Is Always A High Wind For A Red Hat
Aka
Exposure!
Banishment!
Obscurity!

There Is Always A Matador For A Black Bull
Aka
Dehorned
Steaked
Trophyized Pair!

For Life
Lived Triumphantly
Abundantly
Take Your Pick
BUT ...

You'd Better Recognize That

Character Is Color Is Character

So ... 

Have Faith In God
AND
Get Jesus Christ's Character
That Is
The  Meek And Gentle Spirit
Against Which There Is No Law
AND
In The Glorious Day
Soon Dawning
You Shall Wear White
- Christ's Righteousness -
AND
All The Universe Of God
Shall Your Accomplishment
Grandly
Gloriously
Gladly, Gladly
Applaud!

Pride

Posturing

Posing

And

Pretending

Offending

And

Taking Offense

Are

Attributes

Known Delights

Specialities

Of

Wicked Satan

The Known Wily Fraud! 

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Just So You'd Know:

Some Black Bulls Are Red Hats

And

Some Red Hats Are Black Bulls!