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!

New Poem entitled "Talking to Jesus"

Greetings, Dear Ones!

    I hope that you all enjoyed the three-day weekend off!

    I have written a new poem entitled Talking to Jesus which pretty much summarizes the kinds of conversations we all have every now and again with our Jesus.

    Not so long ago, I had a conversation with a neighbor who told me that she "quarrels" with Jesus when she asks for help and He "ignores" her requests! I thought she had lost her mind!

    Another time she was complaining about some other problem, and I asked her why she had not prayed about it. She looked me dead in the eye and said: "I am not talking to Him, and He knows why!" Now I was really sure that she had lost her mind!

    In high indignation, I really thought she had not gotten the "memo" which said that the Lord always answers His children's prayer, and the answer could either be: "Yes!" "No!" "Wait!" or, as I coin it "Welcome to the pain!" i.e., My Grace is sufficient for you!

     After much thought, I realized that she was vocalizing what we all do at one time or another, and that she was being honest about her true feelings. She believed the Bible when it said that she was a child of the Heavenly Father, and because He said we may cast our every care on Him because He cares for us. And besides that, our Bible told her that outside of Jesus being Savior, Redeemer, Lord, and King, He was also our very Best Friend which meant that she could say anything to Him, without fear.

    Please have yourself a read, and "hear" her Best Friend's response. Also, if you have ever had yourself one of those "coming to Jesus meetings" with Jesus about your life and living, please drop me a line or two, I would love to hear from you on this topic!

Be well, and be gloriously blessed,

BJC

   

New Page Added entitled "My Testimony"

Greetings, Dear Ones!

     I hope that your day was blessed, and that all is indeed well with you, and your loved ones!

     I have added a new page entitled "My Testimony!" It is indeed my personal testimony, and it is written as poetry.

     "My Testimony!" is the story of my journey toward finding my way back home to the Family of Faith (not that I ever left), and it was written about eleven (11) months after I came close to losing my life in an accident.

      I have one very clear memory of that event when, as I was in a crosswalk, a vehicle picked me up and tossed me out of my shoes and sent me flying through the air: I remember being physically, and very slowly and gently, let down to the ground.

      Afterward, I was told that I should have been dead BUT The Lord obviously had very different plans for me.

     My health, life and living were changed drastically, but I am thankful to be alive.

     I believe with all my heart that I am, and have been, kept alive for a purpose, and I am willing, The Lord knows when He will be ready for me, and He will ensure that I am able to perform whatever task He has ordained for me.

     It is my prayer that some one soul may be blessed by this outpouring,

BJC