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All-Absorbing Selfishness Met Self-Denying Endurance And Instantly Despised Him!
Self-Denying Endurance Met All-Absorbing Selfishness - A Lost Soul Willing To Destroy Everything And Anything That Came Between Him And His Lust For Fame For Fortune For Sensual Gratification For Power For Praise For The Preeminence In All Things At All Times No Matter The Costs To Others - And He Felt A Pitying Love For Him!
All-Absorbing Selfishness Saw And Interpreted The Look And Felt A Consuming Hatred For This Minion
Who Loved People ... Not Things And Who Strove Conscientiously Working While It Was Day Loving The Life Of Light Compliments The Light Of Life And Not The Delicious Shadows Of The Darkest Of Nights Where Pleasures Innumerable Strode!
Self-Denying Endurance Extended His Hand And Spoke Gently.
The Answering Response Was Vulgarly Rude!
Endurance Did Not Take Offense!
Selfishness Became Incensed!
Endurance Benignly Smiled!
Selfishness Became Fighting Mad And A Few Utensils Were Bent! A Couple Bowls Were Broken!
Endurance Was Unfazed Even Though A Flying Sliver Of Glazed Clay Had His Face Grazed!
Selfishness Was Red In The Face His Chest Heaving! He Called Upon The False Gods Visible But It Appeared They Were Eating Sleeping Gone On A Long Trip Blind Deaf Dumb Solidly Immobile And To Endurance's Way Of Thinking Fantastically Aka Utterly Useless!
Endurance Spoke Up
When Selfishness Gave Up In Defeat:
Perhaps You Should Call On The God Living Who Is The Shepherd Good The Physician Great Of Salvation The Rock The Tower Strong The Hope Certain Of Peace The Provider Of Rest, Sure!
I Do Not Need Another God!
That's Quite True!
You Only Need The Holy God! Those To Whom You Petition Are Decorating Your Life With Sure Damnation!
That ... Is Defamation!
That, My Brother Is The Plain Truth Declaration!
I Declare That I Don't Like You!
I Say To You That I Love You And I Desire ... By The Mercies Of The Eternal God That Your Soul ... By His Love May Be Eternally Saved!
There's Nothing Eternal! Not My Possessions Not My Power Not My Prestige Not Even My Life!
Very True!
Pardon Me!?! Don't You Know How The Polite Game Is Played!?!
I Sure Do But I Don't Indulge In Fairy Tales!
You're A Very Strange Person! You May Draw Closer And Tell Me Your Story!
Very Well!
My Story Is All About Christ Jesus The Loving Savior Who Died To Save Me! My Story Is About The Good Shepherd Who Through Green Pastures To Still And Living Waters Do Daily Safely Guide Me!
My Story Is About The High Priest Of My Confession The One Who In Heaven's Temple In The Most Holy Place Is Advocating Interceding For Me!
My Story Is About My Friend My Lord My King My God My Creator My Redeemer My Provider My Hope And My Help The One Faithful Kind Blessing Loving Giving And Forever True The One Who Loves Me Personally The One Who Truly Loves You ...!
... Loves Me!?!
Loves You Eternally!
But Why!?! I Know I Don't Know Him! We Have Never Met! I Know I've Never Seen Him Because On Every Good God Worth Knowing My Eyes Have On Their Faces Been Set!
If I May Say So, Friend That Is Your Problem I Fear!
My God Loving Is Invisible Seen Only Through The Eye Of Faith And He, It Is, Is The One Only Who Causes Us To Be Beneficiaries Of Loving Grace!
The Only Grace I Know Is A Lady Of The Night!
Oh, Dear!
You Speak Truth! She's Very Expensive!
Cough! Cough!
Selfishness, My New Friend Let Me Introduce To The Man Who Gives Grace For Free!
Wow!
She Told Me I Had To Give Her An Annuity!
Please Focus On What I'm Saying!
Faith Grace And Mercy Love And Truth Peace And Rest Forgiveness And Salvation Are Free
And
Freely Available Gifts To Me To You To Us From The Invisible God!
Ask ... And It Shall Be Given! Seek ... And You Shall Find!
Knock At His Door And He'll Open It!
Truth Be Told
He Is The Door
And
He's Open To You Right Now!
He's Knocking ... Even Now At Your Heart's Door! Please Let Him In!
Are You Joshing Me!?!
Heaven Forbid It!
Are You Serious!?!
I Sure Am!
What's It Going To Cost Me!
It's Gotta Cost Something!
It Will Cost You Your Heart
Your Will Your Way Your Trust Your Obedience Your Endurance Your Very Life!
This Is Not Possible! I'd Prefer To Give Money!
He Doesn't Need Your Money!
He Needs Your Time And Your Talents! He Has Work For You To Do!
Work!?! That Means A Pay Check! How Much And For How Long!?!
Let's See ...
Eternal Life Personal Mansion New Name White Robe Gold Crown Harp Of Gold Country House Water Of Life Tree Of Life Walks On Streets Made Of Purest Gold Seeing Him Face To Face Incorruptibility Immortality Eternal Life ...!
... You Said That Twice!
It Tasted Nice The First Time So I Had To Get A Second Taste!
You Actually Sound As Though You Believe The Word Of Your God!
I Do Because It's True!
I Wish I Could Believe Like That Instead Of Going Through Useless Motions Exercising False Emotions!
He Can Do It For You!
Just Call On Him And He Will Answer You And He Will Show You Great Things About Which You Know Nothing!
Don't I Need A Reason ...!?!
... He Says To All
Come ... Let Us Reason Together!
I Can Reason From Cause To Effect!
With Him, You May Reason And By So Doing You May Become One Of His Few Chosen His Very Elect!
Elect As In Election!?!
Indeed!
Never Mind! He Must Be A Politician!
No, He's Not! He's Not A Man That He Should Lie Nor The Son Of Man That He Should Be Variable Constantly Changing His Mind!
If That Is True He's Got To Be Real!
He's Real! He's Righteous! He's Giving And Forgiving! He's Faithful Just And True And He Desires Your Love!
He's The Blessing God And Desires Personal Communion With You!
I Know Desire!
It's Not That Kind Of Desire! He's The Only Holy God
And You're Unique, Irreplaceable And He Desires To Have You Make Your Home In His Father's House Where All Is Truth Where The Emotion Is Holy Love Where The Atmosphere Is Peace And Truly Restful!
May I Speak To Him!?!
You Surely May!
Just Speak As You Would To A Dear Friend And Do Not Repeat The Same Thing Over And Over As The Heathens Do When They Pray!
Even As You Speak Also Take Time To Listen! He Sacrificially Loves
I Was Wandering In A Daze In Philosophy's Convulsing Maze Looking For Already Biblically Provided Answers When My Eyes Started To Glaze!
I Called Out In Terror!
Suddenly ...
There One Stood AND In Pitying Love, Said:
Dear Beloved, I AM The Door! I Gifted You With Faith! Exercise It And Walk Safely Through! The Way Is Sure! He Made It Sound Ever So Easy!
For Very Long AND Like So Many I'd Had An Intellectualized Faith Wearing It As A Badge Of Honor Wearing It Like A Cape Satisfied To Be Called A Faithful One BUT Never Having Displayed Its Fruit For My Reading AND My Reasoning Did Not Philosophically Compute!
I Had Not Understood That Exercise Is To Faith What A Spoon Is To Soup!
You Are Hungry! You Have A Spoon! AND You Have A Bowl Of Vegetable Soup BUT If You Don't Believe It Is Hunger-Satisfying Vegetable Soup AND Put The Spoon Into The Soup AND Lift Up A Spoonful AND Place Same In Your Mouth AND Swallow The Contents Thereof THEN You Will Not Experience Your Vegetable Soup's Benefits! All You Will Have Is A No Score AND A Still Hungry Belly!
You Exercise! You Have Received The Gift Of Faith! BUT If You Don't Exercise Faith By Believing The Word Of The Giver By Believing There Are Merits In The Gift By Opening The Wrapped Gift AND Taking The Contents Out AND Using Them According To The Instructions You Will Never Experience The Benefits Of Free Mercy AND Daily Grace Hope Forgiveness AND Salvation Which Are Irrevocably Tied To The Exercise Of Faith! Exercised Faith, To You Would Be Just A Words Falling Out Of Your Mouth!
All That We Have - As Christians Called - Without The Exercise Of Faith ISA Mountain Goat On A Short Rope - That Is Wrapped Around Our Waists - That Is Running From A Roaring Ravening Man-Eater Lion! Put Differently We Have No Options!
With Exercised Faith With Faith Exercised On AND In Christ Jesus We Have Unexplored Unexpected Unanticipated Untold Unheard Of Options Which Are Only Available To Those Who Will Believe The Word AND Look Up To The Gift Giver AND Because Of Exercised Faith LIVE!
Brethren,
I Encourage Us All To Stop Living Dangerously Riding Doubt That Mountain Goat On The Short Rope AND To Start Living Safely As One Saved By Exercising Our Gift Of Faith For By Exercise Regular Exercise Strenuous Exercise - Exercise With Intent - Our Gift Of Faith Is The Gift That Will From The Here And Now Through The Ceaseless Ages Of Eternity Keep On Giving And Giving And Giving And Giving AND ... GIVING ...!
False Gods Aren't True And Imitation Gods Aren't Real And Neither To The Life Adds Substance But Substance They Will Take Away! Truth Needs No Spin But Lie Is Always In Need Of Polish And Spinning A Polished Lie To Manufacture Truth Shows That We Are Of The Clan Called Foolish! A Fool And His Money Are Well Spent! A Wise Man Never Goes Where He Is Not Sent And He Is Never A Fool For To Him Money Is Solely To Be Used As A Tool! Common Sense Is Not A Common Thing And A Sad Bird Will Not A Happy Song Sing! Night Needs A Light And Faith Depends Not A Sight And To Gain Victory In Jesus Is The Christian's Willing Fight! Reward Is Not Given For Work Flawed And Cats Can't Scratch Without Claws! Beauty Does Not Say Brain And Missing Wind Can't Spin A Weather Vane And Painting A Leopard Won't Make Him A Tame House Pet On A Dog Chain! Jesus Christ Willingly Died To Save Men! Devouring Satan Walks About Like A Lion Roaring! Satan's Roar Rattles Man To The Core! Jesus Christ's Call Points Purchased Man To The Open Door But Neither One Can Force Man's Decision Of That You Can Be Sure! Peace Is Like A Calmly Flowing River! War Is Like The Hurricane-Buffeted Sea! Hope Is Like Oil On Water And Everlasting Help Comes From Him Who Created Humanity! Dishonoring God Brings Disaster And Ultimately - Unrepented - Eternal Death! Jesus Christ Is Not Our Foe! He Placed The Covenant - The Beautiful Rainbow And He Is Coming For His People This, Too, Is Sure AND There Will Be An Unimaginable Heavenly Pyrotechnic Show! Remember That Satan Is The Black Jaundiced Liar But That Jesus Christ Is Faithful And Just And Our Faith In Him Is A Critical Must! Soon Satan Will Be Under Our Feet Having By The Eternal God Been Consumed So Let's Not Over His Petty Annoyances In Our Lives Lived For Christ Fret And Fuss!
