UNCLEAN SPIRITS: Envy ... Plain Envy!

Precious Pearls

Pasty Pig

AND

Putrid Pennies

Famous Friend

Friendly Fiend

Fractious

False

AND

Fiddly

Blighter, Baxter, Bing

AND

Boss

Outrageous Anger

Cruel Wrath

AND

Secret Praise

Were All In Attendance At

Clear De Aire

Waiting

Some Patiently

Some Worriedly

- None Indifferently -

For Envy ... Plain Envy

To Do The Usual

AND

Blaze!

All The Brethren

Had Individual

Some May Say Peculiar

Some May Say Particular

Issues!

They Intermittently

Cussed Each Other Out

 - Just Because -

AND

As And When Necessary

AND

Made Up Often

- As Appropriate -

BUT

There Had Not Been

A Single Soul

Who Could Hold Their Own Against

Envy ... Plain Envy

Until

Open Rebuke

Into The Family

Had Adroitly

Walked In

Without A Shout

AND

Displaying No Doubt

Unceremoniously

Calmly

AND

Surprisingly Lovingly

Given Envy ... Plain Envy

His Very First Rout!

He Was Not Well Pleased!

But ... I Digress!

Pasty Pig

Always Stepped Upon

Precious Pearls!

AND

Precious Pearls Despised

Putrid Pennies

Because

Well, Because

Pennies Cannot Hold A Light Up To Pearls

Now, Can They?!

High Flying Precious Pearls

Forgot

Ignored

AND

Dismissed From All Consciousness

The Fact That

An Accumulation From

Putrid Pennies

Permits Particular People

To Purchase Pearls

For A Premium Price!

Altercations In The Clan

Caused Chaos

AND

It Is Not Unheard Of

For

The Occasional Crime

To Have Been

Casually Committed

Causing

Considerable Consternation!

But ...

What About Envy ... Plain Envy!

Who, Where, Why ...?!?

What Is He All About?!

Nice! You Called Out His Whole Name!

Envy ... Plain Envy

Is A Hustling Harridan

Who Highjacks Praise

Harasses Effort

Hounds And Hates

Hinders Progress

AND

Highlights Flaws

In Everything

Against Everyone

Anyone

Everytime Anything Excellent

Before Them

As Bounty

Is Placed

Just Because

He Did Not Get It

FIRST!

Envy ... Plain Envy

Is Just Plain Hateful

AND

He Is Past Master

At Getting

Outrageous Anger

AND

Cruel Wrath

To Do His Dirty Work!

Envy ... Plain Envy

Aka Jealously

Is Never Contented

With What He Has

Nor With

What He Gets!

Dissatisfaction Is His Disease!

Discontentment Is His Creed!

Destruction Is His Feed

AND

Hate Is The Strutting Steed

That He Faithfully Leads!

That Is How He Gets "The Feels!"

Remember ...

Envy ... Plain Envy

Jealousy - Same Personality -

Is What Momentarily

"Darkened" Heaven!

Lucifer Wanted

What Was Not His To Have

Nor To Hold

Nor To Know

So He Determined

He Would Have It All

As If His Selfish Desire

Was To The Holy God Of Heaven

Bright Gold!

For His Presumption

Lucifer Received

An ... OPEN REBUKE!

AND

Upon The Earth

He Did Unceremoniously Land!

The Outcome For Lucifer

Is

He Has Been Renamed

Satan - The Adversary

AND

He Was From Highest Heaven Cast Out!

He Can't Go Home Again

AND

Now

He Ever Always

At And Against Frail And Fallible Man 

Plots And Pouts!

Satan Is A Malevolent Spirit!

He Is Powerful

AND

He Is Motivated By Hate!

He Hates What God Loves

AND

In His Dealings With Mankind, My Friend

He Does Not Wear Kid Gloves!

The Continuing Fallout

From That Debacle

Is Still

Disturbing

AND

Destroying

Mankind To This Day

AND

All Who Indulge Satan's Envious Spirit

(Yes ... It Started With Him!)

Will Also Gain And Get

What He Got!

Not A Whole Lot!

Remember Eve!

Remember Cain!

Despise Envy!

Despise Greed!

Embrace Contentment Of Spirit

AND

Let Jesus The Christ

The Eternal God

- Who For Us Died -

In Your Embittered-By-Sin Life

Take The Glorious Lead!

CELEBRATING 1,000 POSTS! Once Deluded BUT NOW Delivered!

REJOICE WITH ME

AND

LET US PRAISE

OUR AMAZING

HOLY, ETERNAL, FAITHFUL GOD

FOR THE MYRIAD BENEFITS 

HE DOES DAILY BESTOW!!!

Many Of The Foolish Things
That I Did In My Life
Were Done
Not Because I Did Not Trust God
But Because
I Just Didn't  Stop
To Think
That I Truly Could!

It Wasn't Because Of Disbelief!
It Was Because
I Did Not Stop
To Think ... On God
That I Got Entangled
With The Salvation Thief!

Out Of Sight
Is Really Out Of Mind!
I Looked At
AND
Acknowledged Who I Saw
What I Saw
What I Felt
What I Felt That I Needed
Not Recognizing That
The Love Of God
Does Not Come 
Equipped
With A Fully Functioning
Working
Shark's Sharp-Toothed Jaw!

Gentle And Kind!
Faithful And True!
Holy 
AND
Wholly Available
God Has Made Blessed Provision 
For Me
AND
For You!

Look Not At What Is!
Look At What God Says It Can Be!
Keep The Living Word
The Oracles Of God
Ever Before You!
Keep Those Ever-Working Words 
Nestled Deep
Within Your Heart!
Remove Your Blinded Eyes 
From Your Visible Circumstance
AND
Let The Everlasting Love Of 
The Eternal God
Fill Your Wounded Heart
As He Gently Guides You
Into The Safety Of His Unsinkable Ark!

Faith Is New Each Day!
Grace Is Graceful!
Supreme ... In All Ways
For
Our God Does Not Suffer From Guile
AND
His Will
To Us
Is
With Us
In Us
Evermore To Abide!

There Was A Time 
That I Remember And Know
That I Trusted God Completely
AND
Because God Cooperated 
Per His Word
I Became Complacent!
I Became Conceited!
I Became Careless!
Then Casual!
AND
My Commitment Became
Incomplete
AND
As To Be Expected
I Was Soon Sitting At Satan's Feet
Deluded
Then ... Desperate
Then ... Despairing
Then
Of A Surety
Disgraced
Until
- Totally Defiled -
I Recognized My Dilemma
AND
After Deliberate Digging
AND
Remembrance Of The Good Days
I Wittingly Decided:

'Tis Better To Grovel

And

Know

And

Benefit

From God's Grace

Than To Die An Unrepentant Sinner

Cast Into Outer Darkness

An Eternal Disgrace!

I Neglected Jesus!
Jesus Christ 
Lovingly
Kept Calling Me
AND-BUT
It Took One Of Life's Broken Windows
For God To Finally Convict
AND
Convince Me
I Pray For Once 
AND
For All Time
That:

God's Ways Are Perfect!

God's Truths Are Right!

Obedience Is Better Than Sacrifice

For

If You Play With Dogs

The Rabid Fleas Of This Life

Will Surely Bite!

Confession And Repentance Was Good For Me
AND
Is Good For All Souls!
AND
Talking To The Lord Always
Should Ever Be 
Our Stated
Practiced
Goal
For
Those Who Encourage Us In Wrong Doing
Are The Very Ones
Who Will Drag Us Down
Leaving Us Exposed
AND
To Sheol
Fallen Down!

I Now Keep My Own Counsel!
I Talk Ever Always To My Lord
Endeavoring Always To Listen
- Not Yet Perfect But Trying -
To Keep In Tune
With Heaven's Song!

Put God Always As The First!
Never Place Him In Your Life The Last!
Trust Him Always!
AND
Guard Your Heart!

Trust God And ... Obey
To Truly Satan Outlive
AND
To Walk Blessed Upon
God's Eternal
Shining 
Sea Of Glass!

I Have Cast My Lot Upon Jesus Christ!

Upon Whom Is Your Lot Cast?!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Affliction Is Life's Teacher!

Affliction Is A Teacher!
AND
Affliction's Lashes Always Hurt
BUT
Affliction Viewed Correctly
AND
Studiously Acted Upon
Should Case Us 
- Who Are Truly Faithful -
To Sin
To Never Revert!

Sin Is Pleasure BUT
Only For A Season
AND
Salvation Is Security Always
Against Obliterating Night
Saving Us
From Against The Holy God
Committing Deadly Treason!
(Yup! Living Life Is A Battle!)

Faith Is Fuel!
Love Is Labor!
AND
Hope Rests
In Him Who Is Compassionate Light!

David The Shepherd-Warrior-King
Said He'd Rather Be A Doorkeeper
In The House Of His God
Than To Dwell In The Tents Of Wickedness
AND
I Add
The Dominion Of The Fraud!

Moses The Prophet
The General
A Type Of Christ
The Man That Trusted
Believed In
AND
Who Talked Daily With God
AND
Who Was Hidden In The Cleft Of The Rock
Safe Behind The Holy Hand
To See The Goodness
The Glory Of God
Was The Bold Meek One
Who Chose To Suffer Affliction
With The People Of God
Thank To Be Called Pharoah's Son!

God Loves Mankind
AND
Desires That None
To His Eternal Kingdom Be Lost
So Sometimes
Many Times
Often Times
It Takes A Pain
Or Two 
Or Three
Or A World Of Hurt
To Hurt Us
To Get And Hold Our Attention
To Get The Rust Off Our Rumps
To Get Us On The Straight And Narrow Path
To Salvation
So That He May Eternally Save Us!
(Just Think Of Cauterizing A Wound To Save A Leg
Or Chopping Off A Leg To Save A Life!)

So ...

Take No Offense
When The Holy God Allows Our 
Can't Walk
Can't Talk
Can't Hear
Can't Help
Can't Heal
Can't Satisfy 
False Gods aka Useless Idols
To Fall
AND
Then Severs 
Their Useless Arms And Legs
OR
When He Causes Them
To Completely Shatter
Rendering Them
Well And Truly Irreparable
AND
Very Dead!
(Come on! They Were Never Ever Living!)

Affliction 
- Life's Crucible -
Is A The Teacher
AND
To A True Jesus-Believing Christian
Cannot Be A Curse
For
If Satan And Cruel Men
Afflicted Him Who Is Our Master
Why Should We Expect The Reverse?!

Trusting God Through Christ Jesus
Is Waiving A Red Rag
In Satan's
AND
His Agents' Faces
AND
You Should Recognise
That
We
Me
You
Are
Runners
In The Salvation Stakes Races!

If We Are The Horses
Then Jesus Is Our Breeder Creator Owner Trainer
AND
The Living Word Is Our Premium Feed
The Holy Spirit Is Our Groomer
AND
The Holy Angels
- Our Influencers For Good Outcomes -
Hold Our Protection Cords' Leads!

Our Almighty Father God
IS
In Total And Complete Control
AND
The Owner
Of The Land
Whereupon Is The Race Course
AND
All
Must Recognise
AND
Accept
That If He Scraps
Or Allows
A Dog Race
A Steeple Chase
A Runner Sprint
Or A Carriage Race
He. Makes. The. Final. Decision!
AND
No Body Good 
No Spirit Evil
Can Change
The Racing Date
For Once Birthed
One Death Is Appointed Unto A Man
AND
He Has To Go Through 
The Racer's Gate!

Gold Is Tried

And

Flesh Is Tested

But

Have Hope

For

Jesus Christ Who Died 

Is Alive

And

For Us

Is In

The Most Holy Place

Of

The Heavenly Sanctuary

Faithfully Interceding!

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Be Faithful Unto Death!

Bear Your Hurts

By God's Grace!

Confess Your Sins

And

Repent

And

Thereafter

Steadfastly

God's Laws Obey

And

In Due Season

You Will Wear Your Own

Everlasting Crown!

That's A Blood-Bought Guarantee!

PLEASURES: "Secret" Sin?!?

Humans Love A Good Open Sin

To Do

To Brag Of

To Drag Someone The Coals Over

BUT

When It Comes To Secret Sin

Hey! Hey!

When Caught Out

They Would A Duppy Roll Over!

Secret Sin

Is

Man's Favorite Kind!

"You Ain't See Me

So I Didn't It Do!"

BUT

Catch A Person

With His Hands In The Stew

AND

His Sinning Is Your Fault

That Bold Sinner Will Argue!

Just As For Open Sin

Confessing Secret Sin

Is Good For The Soul

AND

Making Repentance

Before The Lord

Gets One Out Of The Hands Of The Fraud

BUT

We All Need To Remember

Sin Can't-Never A Secret Be

Because

He Who Sees All

AND

Knows All

Done Mek A Record Of It

AND NOW

You've Got A Black Mark Against You!

I Know

'Cause I Had Me A Few, Too!

"Out Of Darkness 

Into Light!"

Is A Good Word To Remember 

AND

To Hold Onto

If We Will Win

This Life's Dread Against-Sin Fight!

God Is Watching!

Angels Are Watching

AND

Recording 

Good

AND

Bad Works, Too

So Think Twice

AND

Don't Permit Lying Satan

To Mamaguy You!

The Same One Who

Encourages You To Sin

Is

The Same One Who

About Your Sin

Will Be Rabidly Talking!

Trust Your Soul

To None But

Jesus Christ The Lord

Doing All That He Has Commanded Us

AND, THEREBY

We

Will Escape

The Strangulation Cord

Of

The Already-Damned Fraud!

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PRAYER:

Father,

I Am Sorry

Forgive Me, I Pray!

I Was Oft' Malicious

And

I Walked Right

In My Own Way!

I Repent Of My Sin!

I Am Sorry

That I Walked

However I Chose

Even Though The Walking

Was Nothing But A Pose!

So, Help Me, 

I Beseech You

To Set Aside Self

And

In Your Heavenly Love

From This Day On

To Abide!

Help Me, My Father

 Ever

In Your Love

To Confide!

I Love You, Lord

And

In The Name

Of

The Beloved Jesus

I Stand, And I Plead!

AMEN.