HAPPY SABBATH + Lord, Please Change My Heart!

Let's Call Pain, Change! 

Let's Call Change, Purpose! 

Let's Call Purpose, Growth! 

Let's Conclude That Without Pain 

There's No Growth 

And

Without Purpose

There's No Change! 

Beloved, 

Pain Serves A Two-Fold Purpose! 

It Informs Us That There's A Problem Needing Attention 

And

It Encourages Us To Go After The Means 

Whereby Help And Healing Are To Be Found! 

Pain Motivates! 

Throbbing Pain Activates! 

Excruciating Pain Debilitates 

And 

Points To That Thing That Must Be Excoriated 

Aka Peeled Away, Removed

So That We May Move 

From Needing Grace To Embracing Glory

From Being Grieved To Embodying Gladness

From Prayer To Praise

From Hell To Heaven! 

By Jesus Christ's Stripes

His Lashed Skin

His Excruciating Pain

We Are Healed! 

Jesus Christ Died Once For All! 

He Is Our Great Physician 

And

Anything, Everything, That Pains Us

He Has Already Endured! 

Why Would You Choose To Live In Sin's Unprofitable Pain

When Being With Our Dear Savior Can Turn That Pain 

Into A Purpose 

Which Will Cause You To Grow In His Grace 

To Become A Citizen Fit To Share In His Eternal Glory!?! 

Jesus Christ Saves Us From Sin 

A Problem For Which He Is The Only Cure! 

Are You Ready, Willing, To Be Healed ... Today!?! 

Come To The Altar! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Oh, The Pain!

Sin Is A Sexy Siren

Singing A Scintillating Song

Sure To Send The Sinful Skyward

Satisfied With Skirting Around Salvation

Sure To Have Scheming Satan

Salivating That 

Another Soul Would Be His Before Long! 

Desire Is Deceiving

Drawing One Into The Dragon's Dark Domain

Where Deceit, Discord, And Destruction

Are The Deceived One's Reward

His Long-Desired Gain! 

Greed Is A Grip Guaranteed 

To Grind The Glutton

Into Gruel

So That The Gainsayer Satan

Can Joyfully Flush Him Away! 

Beware! Beware! 

Regret Is That Vision Most Cruel! 

"I Feel Your Pain!" 

"No, You Don't! 

"I've Been There!"

"Oh, Please! Get Real! 

Unless We Share The Same Body

You Have No Idea What I've Been Going Through 

So Don't You Dare Tell Me That My Pain Is Nothing

To Deal With It

And With It Get Through!" 

Beloved,

Could You Imagine Telling The Lord That 

His Pain For You Was Nothing 

Compared To What You're Feeling For Yourself!?! 

Can You Imagine Taking Morphine For Your Personally-Felt Pain 

While Minimizing What Our Savior Felt Cold Turkey 

When For Each One Of Us Personally

He Died The First 

And

The Second Death 

To Give Each One Of Us Personally And Individually

The Blessed Gift Of His Everlasting Life!?! 

Pain ... Like Life And Death

Has A Subject And An Object! 

Pain Points To A Problem In You

Which Is A Problem For You

Which Must Be Fixed For You 

Or

In Your Behalf! 

Pain Is A Symptom Of Sin 

Which Corrupted, Corrupts, Mortal Life! 

A Life Of And In Sin Results In Death! 

Jesus Christ Conquered Death To Give Us Life! 

A Life Lived In And For Jesus Christ

Shall See Everlasting Life 

Without Pain, Sin, And Death

So Please Take Our Blessed Jesus All Day, Every Day

And 

Sin Will Not Have Power Over You 

And

Neither Will The Second Death!

Physical Pain Is A Part Of Life! 

How Are You Feeling Today!?! 

Have You Been To Jesus!?! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + REALITY BITES: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself!

... And She Says That She Sees Nothing Wrong With 
Sin!

Okay, Okay!
Now Pull The Other Leg!

I'm Serious, And So Was She!

Please Explain What You Mean
Because I'm Out To Sea
In A Leaky Boat Without A Paddle!

Very Well!
Just Remember That I'm Only The Messenger, Alright!?!

Messengers Sometimes Get Hurt But
We'll Make An Exception Just For You, Okay!?!

Yeahhh, Me!!

Seriously, Though
Chimera Said:

Sin 

Is So Straight-Forward!
Look At Its Symmetry!
You Start At The Bottom Of That "S"
And You Take The Path Snaking
Winding Round

And You're At The Top Of 

Self!
You Take The Slalom
And Fall Into "i"
And You Play Ignorant
And Pretend To Be Dead
To See What Kind Of Funeral
You're Going To Get
And, Suddenly, You Get Up

When Life Kicks You In The Nuts ...!

.. Cough! Cough!

... Guts
And, Then
Having Be Made Wise
By Sacrifice, Pain, Re-Education And Time
You Start Climbing The "n"
Negotiating The U-Turn
That Leads To The Nazarene
The Savior
The Lord
The King Of Love
Who Defeated
Who Defeats Satan, The Serpent
The Dragon, The Devil
The God-Fraud
The Liar Supreme
The Murderer ... No Conscience
And You See ... For Real
That Actual 

Sin 

In The Flesh
Can Never Pay
Profit
Put One Ahead Of The Curve
Because
All Sin Is Lawlessness

And
All Lawlessness Is Sin
And The Wages Of Sin Is Death
And All Unrepentant Sinners

Get What Unrepentant Sinners Deserve:

• Death
• Damnation
• Destruction 
• A Dreadful Deep Dip In The Lake Burning With Brimstone And Fire

 Which No Hand Can
Or Will Extinguish
And Where They Will Burn Until Consumed
Until All That's Left Is Ashes
Under The Feet Of The Saints Of God And Christ
Who Have Chosen Jesus Christ
And His Sure Salvation
For Their Portion
The Eternal Reward!

Good Gracious Me!

In Her Usual Warped Sense Of Humor
She Actually Said Something That Makes Sense!

But ...

The Thing Is

Wouldn't It Be Better
To Avoid Sin Altogether!?!

Great Minds Think Alike!
I Asked Her The Same Question!

And, Pray Tell, What Did She Answer To That!?!

She Simply And Plainly And Unemotionally Said That
Some Of Us Are Hard-Headed
Hard-Hearted
Presumptuous
Own-Way, Wayward 

Rude And Crude

And Would Do Well
To Investigate The Book Of Jude
And Take To Heart The Message
While Eating It As Necessary Food!

She Also Said To Follow It Up With
The Book Of James
Taking Special Note Of Chapter One!

For Hope, We Should Read Psalm 23

Psalm 46 And Psalm 91!

And For A Good Measure
We Are To Read King David's Psalm 51
Which Lays Us Bare Before The Lord Of Life!

She Also Pointed To The Conclusion Of The Whole Matter
As Pointed Out By The Wisest Fool Who Ever Lived!
She Is Inviting All To Enjoy Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
For It Is Life's Reality-Check!
It's The Cure-For-All-Sin-Things Pill!

I'm Shaking My Head!

You've Gotta Love Her!

Wow! Negative Reinforcement!

I'm Sure That That's Not What The Lord Desires For Us

But

The Reality Is

Attendance At The School Of Hard Knocks

Does Teach Unforgettable Lessons!

Nevertheless, It Is Better To Learn From Our Forefathers

And Not Walk In The Way Of Sin Because ...!

... Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Anyone!

Indeed!

The Sin That Is Left Unconfessed

Is 

The Sin That Is Unforgiven

And

No Man, Woman Or Child

Will Enter The Great Reward

With Black Marks Aka Unforgiven Sin

On Their Final Judgment Card!

The Bottom Line ...

Leave Sin Where It Is

And

Cling To Christ Jesus

Who Paid The Ultimate Price

So That We ... Repentant

May ... By Right

Through The Assigned Pearl Gates Of Heaven

Boldly Walk In!