WRONGED: Make Amends!?!

How You Feel About Me
Does Not Determine How I Should Feel About You!
I Am A Child Of The Living God Holy
And
I Refuse To Submit To The Ways Of The Fraud!

One Hand Cannot Clap

And It Takes Two To Tango Aka Tangle!

I Am Human
And
You Are Likewise
But
Our Difference Is Determined By
Which One Of Us Walks In Truth
And
Which One Of Us Lives By Lies!

A Lie Started War In Heaven

And A Lie Caused A Perfect Man And Woman

And A Perfect Creation To Live To Die!

I Choose The Way Of The Master!
I Choose The Way Of The Living God!
I Choose To Be And To Live Like My Jesus
And
I Will Not Behave Like A Minion Of
The Wanna-Be God-Fraud!

Deceit Will Never Bless Nor Satisfy!

You Hate!
I Appreciate!
You Tempt "Fate!"
I Have With Soul Salvation A Firm Date!

Soul Salvation Is Not Something

To Be Trifled With!

Don't Indulge Hate, Envy, Greed, And Lust!

Look!
This Argument Is Pointless!
I Am Not Going Where You Lead!
I Am Living For My Jesus
And
I Refuse To Ride Satan's Hell-Bound Steed!

You May Hate Me All You Want: Your Choice!
I Will Love You: I Have To ... I Must
And
If There Is Ever Anything That 
I May Do To Assist You In Your Journey
Have No Fear To Call Me
Because
In Jesus Christ's Holy Faith
To Your Side I Shall Surely Rush!

Just Because You Have Free Will

It Does Not Mean That You Should

Use Your Free Will To Be Unkind!

Ask Me For A Glass Of Water!
Rest Assured That It Will Be Clean!
Ask Me For A Meal Of Food For Your Saving
And
Be Convinced That It Shall Be A Clean Meal
Fit For A King, A Queen
Because
I Serve The Living God Holy!
I Serve The God Of Grace Who Sacrificially Loves
And
I Believe The Words Of The Oracle Of Almighty God
Which Plainly Says Firmly:

Whatsoever A Man Sows
That Shall He Also Reap!

And

Anything That I Do For The Least Of The Brethren
I Have Done Unto The Living God!

The Lord Does Not Play Favorites

And He Keeps Faithful Records Of

All We Think, Say And Do

And He Does Not Short-Pay Nor Over-Pay!

Friend,
Jesus Christ Looks Beyond My Faults
And
He Sees My Need
So I Shall Look Beyond Our Faults
- Yes, I Have Mine -
And 
For My Soul Salvation
To You ... I Shall Endeavor Always To Be Kind!

Compassion Is Always Kind!

Compassion Is King!

Jesus Christ Died To Save You!
Jesus Christ Died To Save Me!
Jesus Christ Is All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Ever-Present
All-Feeling
And
My Pray For Us Both
Is
That We Shall See Him On The Great And Glorious Day
In Joy And Perfect Peace
Because
Our Personal, Inherited, And Cultivated
Defects Of Character Will Have ... By His Saving Grace
Been Cleansed
Been Remedied!

The Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength!

I Am Grateful For The Lord's Present Grace
And
I Am Thankful For Coming Glory
And So
I Bid You God-Speed And A Blessed Day!
May The Lord Grant You His Sweet Peace!

Keep A Zion Song In Your Heart

And With Faithful Endurance

Go On Almighty God's Errands!

A Wholesome Tongue!

I Wrote A Check
With Careless Words
AND
Comeuppance Cashed It

For
I Recognized Not
That Words Have Weight
Until I Was Lashed And Bashed By It!

A Wholesome Tongue
Is A Tree Of Life!
A Perverse Tongue
IS
A Goad Of Strife
Which Makes Life
Bitter And Torn
When We Become The Lambasted Recipients
Who Have Been Basted
By The Bitter Butter
That We Ourselves Undeniably Blasted!

Be A Word Watcher

Wise And True
For
All Words Have Weight
Be It To Energize
Enervate
Elevate Or Excoriate
Good Friend Or Foe
AND
Me And You:

Look ... Before You Leap! 

Think ... Before You Speak!

Trust In The Lord

AND

The Good Word Obey

AND

Speak Peace

Ever Always

For Soon Comes

The Judgment

And

The Glory Days!

HAPPY SABBATH + Today Is ... The Day!

Tongue
Head 

Heart
Hand 

AND

Feet
Were In The Same School
BUT
A Certain Somebody In The Midst
Was Not Willing To Be There!

That Somebody
Has A Penchant For Self:

Self-Aggrandisement
Self-Glorification
AND
Self-Seeking!

That Somebody Also
Always
Takes Pleasure
In Setting Up For Fire
Lighting Fires
Fanning Flames
Throwing Gasoline On Fire
AND
Blocking Rescue Workers
By Barring The Way Plain!

You Should Know That ...

Today Had Started No Differently
Than 10,000 Days Before
BUT
Today Is Seriously Different
For
The Master
- The Head Master -
Just Walked In The Door
ANDIn The Graphic Silence
You Would Have Heard
A Pin ... Drop!

Blessings Be Upon You!

Today Is The Day

That You Shall Give Your Personal Report Card!

Now Is Your Time

To Have Your Say!

Know Of A Surety

That Your Own Words 

Will Accuse

Or

Commend You!

Your Report Card

Is Your Own Soul's Recording

AND

Is Bolstered

Buttressed

By The Truth!

Please Begin!

Like Deer In Headlights
BUT
With Awareness
That One Can Bespeak
Each One In The Class

Gave Personal Testimony Against Self
AND THEN Boy, Oh, Boy

It Was Tongue's Time To Speak!

No Glibness!
No Snideness!
No Blitheness!
No Gloat!
You Would Not Believe
It Was The Tongue Talking
He Who Epitomised
Goat ... For A Groat!

It Was Off The Chain Amazing!

It Was Just Plain Beautiful
To See That Despised Pyromaniac
Humbled
By His Own Confession
Aka Report Card!

WOW!He Had A Truth Attack!

The Head Master
Then Made Recommendations
For Elevating The Working Self
In The Service:

Feet Were Shod For Delivering
The Gospel Of Peace!

Hands Were Designated
Helping! - What A Treat!

Head Was Cautioned!
Cautioned!

Cautioned!
To Ever Reason With The Lord!

Heart
- That One Who Indulged Deceit

AND

Was Desperately WickedAND
Coddled Evil -
Was Implored
To Open Its Door
To The Knocking Christ
Who Would Hold Him Safe

Gently

Comforted

In His Holy Hand!

As For Tongue ...

That Tongue Needed To Be Educated

AND
DisciplinedAND
Trained
To Speak Of The Glories Of
The Living God's HeavenAND
To Spread Abroad
The Matchless Love Of The Lord Jesus Christ!
It Was To Have A Brand New Living!

That Tongue Said Afterwards
That He Was Truly Ashamed Of Himself
But Nevertheless
Felt Truly Blessed
For Now!
Now!
Now!
He Has An Opportunity
To BlessAND
To Stop Creating
A Whole Lotta Mess!

Who Would Have Guessed

That Under The Tutelage

Of God's Holy Spirit

A Tongue

A Wild Tongue

A Tart Tongue

A Malicious Tongue

An Unholy Tongue

A Spiteful Tongue

A Lying Tongue

A Tongue

- By Man -

Untameable

Could Be Made Useful

In The Service Of Him

Who Specializes

In Making Man Anew?!

Goes To Show ... God Is Able!!

Guard Your Tongue!

Speech 
Is A Talent!
A Gift!
A Blessing!
A Curse!
Speech Is A Great Power
Used For Either
The Devil
Or For
The Heavenly Lord!

Speech Is Split
Into Two Categories
Righteousness
AND
Unrighteousness
AND
Speech
Spoken As The Words Of The Lord
Can Cause Sorrow For Sin
AND
Also Cause The Now-Repentant One
Hence Forth To Walk In Righteousness
Giving Up Living In Sleaze!

The Devil Has His Speechifiers
Who Work With Ill Effect
Taking Great Pleasure
In Causing Gross Destruction
Whilst Being Hopeful 
Of Digging Forever-Graves
For Those Who 
Are Almighty God's Blessed Elect!
It Can't Happen!

Nevertheless ...

Please Keep
Your Mind
AND
Your Mouth
Out Of The Devil's Darkly Dismal Domain
AND
Plead With Christ Jesus
To Refine You
So That The Devil's Peculiars
Can Not You Enchain!

A Soft Answer
Turns Away Wrath!
A Word Of Love 
AND
Kindness
Can Warm
Against The Coldest Draft!
A Kind Word Of Help
Can The Grandest Load Half
AND
The Word Of The Lord
Fitly Spoken
Can
- To Struggling Man -
Become
A Sturdy Walking Staff!

When You Brush Your Teeth
Brush Your Own Tongue
Removing The Gross Debris Of Yesterday
AND
Gargle With A Living Song Of
The Father In Heaven
The Son Who For Love Died  - Yet Lives
The Holy Spirit Comforter
AND
The Guardian Angel
Influencers For Good
AND
Sing Of The Rock Of Ages
Who
In The Breach For Us
Stood!

Speak Of Love!
AND
Sing Of Love!
For
Love Is The Goal!
AND
Please Don't Let A Bad Word
Cause You
To Sin Against Your Own Soul!

Spit Into The Gutter The Disgusting!
Loft Into The Air God's Grace!
Lift Your Voice In Thanksgiving
AND
For The Blessings Of Heaven
Grandly Cheer!

What Has No Hand

No Fingers

No Bank Account

No Money

No Pen

AND

No Checkbook

BUT

Still Writes Big-Money Checks?!

STSHSESTSOSNSGSUSES!

WORDS: Weight

Words Have Weight!

Careless Words Weigh Heavy

AND

They Can Send A Person

Into A Troubled State!

How Much Weight Do Your Words Carry?

To Hear The Back-And-Forth
You Would Not Believe
That They Were Friends:

You Are Nothing But
An If But And An And!

You're Nothing More Than
A Therefore What For And A Question Mark!

You Are Unkind!
You Are Hateful!

You Make Me See Red!
You're A Technicolor Excuse Masquerading As White!

That Was Not Very Nice!
Neither Are You!

Excuse Me!
Don't You Know
That Unkind Words
Hidden Behind Your Shirt 
Hurt
When In Anger
You Open Your Mouth
AND
Do Them Blurt!

Be Angry
AND
Sin Not!
Let Not The Sun Go Down On Your Wrath!
Stop!
Think!
Turn Away!
Isn't There Something Better
That
In Kindness
You Can To Your Adversary Say?

Today!?
Today!

Let's Start Over!

God Loves You
And So Do I!
Let Us Be Friends!

I Am Willing To Try!
I Am Going The Extra Mile!

I'll Always Speak The Truth!
I'll Always Speak The Truth In Love!

I'll Extend A Helping Hand!
My Hand Offers The Touch Of The Household Of Faith!

I Walked A Mile!
I'll Walk A Mile In Your Shoes!

I Shall Pray!
I Shall Pray For Rain!

Hold Up!
Why Are You Praying For Rain?!
There Is No Drought!

I Am Praying For Showers Of Blessing
From The God Of Heaven Above!
I Am Praying That The Lord Will Bless Us
To Speak To Each Other With Love!
Words Have No Scale-Weight
BUT
Ugly Unkind Words Kill!
I Am Praying 
For Words Edifying
That Will A Yearning Soul
Fill!

Words Cause Wars 
AND
Much Strife!
AND
The Little Red Rag
That Forms Them
Gets Lit From The Devil In Hell
AND
Is The Match-Light
That Starts The Conflagration
That Will
Friends
Family
Nations
AND
Congregations
Benight!

Word!

Wordssss!
Remember The Snake!

I Love You!
I Love You More!

But ...

He Who Made Us
Loves Us Best!
So
Let Us Strive To Be
To Do Better
So That In Him
We Shall All Be Gloriously Blessed!

Yes! Yes, Indeed!

We Should Bless God
With The Fruit Of Our Mouths
AND
Curse The Devil
By Being Kind One To Another!

Let Your Words Go North

And

Not South!

Let Your Words Lift Up

And

Not Cast Down!

Let Your Words Speak Peace

And

Not Propagate Hate

For

Your Own Words 

Will Be Your Judge

When The King Comes

Through The Gate!

The Next Day ...

Hey, Child Of God!
Hello, Beloved Of The Father!

THAT IS LIE: The Tongue-Tamer!

I Went To The Circus!
It Was A Grand Spectacle!
There Were Lion Tamers 
Elephants
Tigers And Clowns
BUT
All I Wanted To See Was
The Taming Of The Tongue!

The Tongue-Tamer
Was A Grand Fellow!
Personable And Quite Handsome Was He
AND
The Buildup To His Performance
Was Buzzing Everybody!

Step Right Up!

Step Right Up!

See What Is Called An Impossibility!

Our Master Tongue-Tamer

Is Going To Astound 

Everybody!

I Was,  Of Course,  Intrigued
- Bible Believer That I Am -
To See A Mere Man 
Tame A Human Tongue - The Impossibilty
For
According To The Gospel
It Had To Be A Scam!

AND ...

Would You Believe It?!
The Master Tongue-Tamer
Had That Tongue Doing Curls
Licking The Man's Lips
AND
Poking Him In The Jaw!
That Tamed Tongue Even Gave A Flourish
AND
An Impudent Whirl!

AND, THEN ...

For The Finale
The Tongue-Tamer Wanted That Tongue
To Do A Recitation!

Yup! 'Tis True!

Mouth Cleared Throat
AND
That Tongue Did Recite
AND
If You Were There
You Would Understand
Why The Tongue-Tamer
Turned
Sheet White!

That Tongue Had No Scruples!
That Tongue Had No Shame!
That Tongue's Wheels
Had No Brake-Pads
AND
The Tongue-Tamer
Is Now Sitting In Jail
For
That Red-Rag Called Tongue
By Men And Women
Every Where
Proceeded To Unmake The Tongue-Tamer
After The Tongue-Tamer Said:

I Control This Creature Called Tongue!

I Hold Him In Check!

This I Emphatically Declare!

Bring Me A Snap Of Gin 

And 

A Stein Of Beer!

After The Second Swig
Of The Shining Snap Glass
That Red-Rag Whitewashed The Tongue-Tamer
AND
The Circus Had To Shut Down
Real Fast!

Hell's Fire Had Been Kindled
AND
There Was A Conflagration Grand
AND
The Local Authorities
Soon Had The Tongue-Tamer In Hand
For False Advertising
For Not Delivery On The Goods
For Encouraging The People To Tell The Ear Secrets
That The Tongue-Tamer Declared
Promised
- By Dint Of His Skill -
Would Never Be Divulged!

If Alcohol Is Your Poison
If Gossip Is Your Trade
If Snide Remarks Make You Tingle
Heads Up!
Your Tongue Is Ablaze
So
Repair Unto The Father
In Jesus Christ's Name
AND
Plead
Under The Agency Of The Holy Spirit
For
A Red Rag Exchange!

What A Sober Mind Conceals

A Drunken Mind Reveals!

Loose Lips

Sink Ships!

Keep Your Own Counsel!

Give Your Unruly Tongue To God!

*********

WARNING:

Misspent Youth

Unkind Words

Spent Arrow

Lost Opportunity

Can Never Be Recalled!