HAPPY SABBATH + GRATITUDE: Let Your Tongue Be A Ready Writer!

 

How Often Have We ... In The Euphoria Of Blessings Received

Chosen To Do A Show And Tell Of The Things We Have Gotten 

And 

Have Totally Forgotten

Ignored, Disregarded, Or Dismissed 

The Grace, Mercy, Love

And 

Kindness Of The Giver Of All Our Good Gifts!?! 

Where Is Our Gratitude!?! 

Do We Not Realize That If Our God Took Offense 

At Our Graceless Oversights, And Downright Devilish 

"I Deserve This!" Attitude, That 

He Could Take Away Our Pride And Joy 

And 

Leave Us Useless, Homeless, Penniless

And 

Powerless For Our Boldly Base Behavior!?! 

One Leper Out Of Ten 

Knew And Truly Understood Where His Blessing Came From 

And 

Turned Back To The Master To Give Him

To Give Almighty God

Real Praise! 

Good King Hezekiah

After He Was Raised Up From His For-Sure Death-Bed

Instead Of Telling The Babylonian Strangers 

Inquiring About His Blessings That 

It Was The True And Living Holy God 

Who Blessed And Kept Him And His Nation

He Showed Them His Things! 

After They Left To Return To Their Nation

The Sentence Came From God

- Through The Prophet Isaiah - 

That All That The Babylonians Had Seen 

Would Follow Them To Their Homeland! 

Dear Ones, 

Be Wise! 

The Lord Of Life Giveth 

And 

The Lord Calling Us Home To Himself Taketh Away 

So Let A Thankful Heart Keep Your Bountiful Blessings On You 

And 

In Your Home! 

Give Almighty God His Owed ... And Deserved ...  Praise: 

Let Your Tongue Be A Ready Writer! 

Peace!

DEFIANCE: I Worship The Living God!

I Have Decided
That I Shall Be Defiant
In Making It Clear That ...

I Worship The King

The Living Holy God

AND

I Do Not Care

What Anybody Else Does

For

I Am Striving

For His Promised Reward!

I Desire To Be Like Christ!

I Make It Known
That I Confess
My Sins
My Iniquities
My Wrongs
My Faults
Sitting
Standing
Lying Down
Falling Down On My Knees
Crying
Clutching A Blanket
Like A Shawl!

I Daily Offer Up Me
To Him
Who Died To Save Me
AND
I Am Doing It Of My Own Free Will
AND
I Am Doing It Gladly!
I Have The Facts - Not Depending On Feelings!
Feelings Don't Last
For
They Only Reach To The Ceilings!

This God
That I Willingly Serve
Offers Pardon
To Me
Free!
Easy!
Just Ask ... He Told Me
AND
I Have
AND
I Am Doing This
Because He Cares Lovingly For Me
AND
Because I Desire To Go With Him
Where Peace Himself Is In Holy Residency!

I Serve The King - He Is My Lord!
I Bow To The Savior
In Whom Is Great Reward!
I Pray To The Father
He Who Made The Great Sacrifice
AND
I Am
AND
Will
Continue To Deny The Damned Devil
For
He Is Not To Me
A Sacred Cow!
He Is Such A ... The Fraud!

Prayer Changes Things!
Jesus Christ Saves!
Angels Protect!
Sin Enslaves!

The Holy Spirit Comforts!
Glory Awaits!
Love
In Any Language
Has Jesus Christ Holding Open
For You And Me
Heaven's White Pearly Gates!
Accept The Gift Now!
It Is Not Too Late!

Sin Defiles!
God Forgives!
Hope Is For Heaven!
Grace Gives And Gives!
Saints Will Have Incorruptible Lives!
I Desire To Forever Live!

Faith Works!
Blessings Give Rest!
Godly Sorrow Is A Comfort
AND
Narrow Is The Glory Road Of The Blest!
Walk Holy!

The Struggle Is Real!
The Victory Is Sure!
Sin Is The Disease!
Love Of The Lord Jesus
Is The Only Cure!
The Great Physician Heals!

Confession
AND
Repentance
Go Hand And Hand
AND
Forgiveness
AND
Restoration
Come From The Almighty God's Holy Hand!
He's Got The Whole World In His Hand!

Let No One Steal
Your Living-Hope Tree!
Let No One
Be The Barrier To Your Being
Your Living
As One In Christ
Charitable
Godly!

Let Jesus Be The Captain
The Captain Of Your Ship
BUT
Make Sure
It Is Jesus The Christ
AND
Not Jesus Christ The Convenient Fillip!

Mercy Is Free!
Faith Is Free!
Forgiveness Is Free!
Salvation Is Free!
Redemption Is Free!
New Life Is Free!
Immortality Is Free!
So
Get To Jesus
For
He Died To Make You Free
AND
Heaven With Jesus Is Free To Unto Thee!

So  ... 

Be Free
AND
Answer The Call
For
Heaven Awaits
For
When Jesus Christ Comes
That Will Be The End
Of The Sin Free-For-All!
Don't Wait!

You Can Say "No!" To The Fraud

When You Know The Living God!

How Can I - To The Lord - Say: "Thanks!?" + Prayer

I try to #DoSomethingForTheLordEveryDay
For every day He works does wonders for me
I don't even think about what I Receive
Or what He causes me to Achieve!

I open my Eyes - Sight!
I turn my Ear - Delight!
I sit on a Chair - No fear!
I put out a Foot - I Walk around!
I Sing a glad song and
Oft' dance along
To the rhythm that 
My steady Hands beat
Glad for the sound beating 
My Happy Heart does regular repeat!

How do I say: "Thanks!"
To The God of The Mountain
Maker of The Seas
Ruler of Heaven
Healer Helper
The Blessing to Me?

I bow my Heart
I close my Eyes
I "look" toward Heaven
And softly, I cry ...

Thank You, Dear Father

For The Blessings today

I thank You, I bless You

For The Store You prepare

If I had a choir of voices

I could not sing enough

Of Your Praise

And provision 

Of what is not stuff!

You give me My Being

You give me Your Love

You show me The Path to Mount Zion

You protect Me from McGruff

That Lying Old Serpent

Who is always sending Stuff

And Nonsense

And Nudges

And Winsome White Lies

That were it not for You, Lord

I would be beguiled!

Know, Lord, that I am Thankful for

I know that I am Blessed

Thanks for The Leading - All Sin I confess!

Keep me on Your Pathway

Sheltered by Your Light

Thou Giver of Abundance

Thou Healer of Strife!

And when My Day is over

Cradle me in The Long Night

And at Your Coming

Awake Me, I pray

To the Glorious Sounding 
Of Your Everlasting Day!

Until then, Father ...

Teach Me so that I may Teach Another

Bless Me so that I may Bless Another

Inspire me so that I may Inspire Another

And Use Me so that I won't Use or Abuse Another.

I love You, Lord!

Amen.