BUT: God Can ...!

Man May Dwell In Tranquil Safety
IF
He Will To The Living God
Pledge Fealty!
This Indeed
Is A Necessity
IF

He Will Avoid
The Fiery Calamity!

Man Cannot
Of Himself
Provide Peace And Security
Because
In Himself
He Has The Evil Propensity
Which Causes Him
In His Wicked Heart
To Live A Life Avidly Leaning 

Toward Criminality

Which
- Unchecked -
Leads To God's Dread Judgment Of 

Death With Finality!

Man Commits Murder!
Politicians Perjure!
Priests Are Pedophiles!
Mommies Commit Infanticide!
Parents Commit Murder-Suicide!
Children Commit Patricide

AND

Matricide!

Brethren Commit Fratricide!
Statesmen Legalize Government-Assisted Suicide!
Teachers Turn Tricks With Teens!
Poor People And Old People
Get Hit With Big Sticks
AND
Ordinary Citizens Get Abused By Just Opening
Their Own Front Door

So That Sadistic Men Can Adore 

The Quick Score!

But ... God

In His Mercy
Has

For Man
Made A Clear Way!
Reach Out To Jesus
IS

The Only Way

For Humans
To Get Right
To Walk Right
To Avoid The Dark Night
To Return To The Heavenly Father

AND

In The Great Day
To Enter The Rest Home
Where There Is
No Sorrow
No Sadness
No Death
No Tears
To Sickness
No Suffering
For
Old Things Will Have Passed Away!

We Shall Have
New Hearts
New Bodies
New Clothes
New Names
New Homes
New Abilities

AND
New Places Called Amazing To Explore
AND
To Know!

And ... Wonderfully

Face To Face With Christ Jesus
We Shall Know 

Even As We Are Known

For

We Shall Be Touching The Hand
That Was Marred

AND
Permanently Marked

AND
That Bled For Us

AND
See Plainly
The Thorn-Scarred Brow

AND
Behold The Feet
That Stood Up
For Us
So That We Would Not
Be Forever Cast Down!

We Shall Be
Hearing From
Singing To
Praising

AND
Loving The Lover
Who Loved Us The Best

AND
Blessing The Savior
Whose Sacrifice Was The Sweet Savor
In The Nostrils
Of The Holy God
Who Can Consume
AND
Who Does Bless!

God Will Bless The Believers!
God Will Curse The Disbelievers!
God Will Destroy 

All Those Unrepentant
Who Practice To Deceive
BUT

For Now

God's Grace Is Still Available

To All Who Will Kill

The Sin-Sow!

Mercy Is Still On God's Table
BUT
Time Is Running Out
For Us To Choose Salvation
OR
To Be Rabidly False

AND

To Self
Sin
AND
Sinning

- Remaining Enamored -
Cleave

Preferring

To Be Eternally Deceived!

Almighty God IS Ever True!
Man IS Always A Liar!
God - If Trusted -
Will Eternally
Take Care Of You

AND

That IS The Guarantee

Upon Which You May Daily Feed!

Please ... LET THE LIVING GOD LEAD!

So As Not Be Sorry

Later

Trust The Living God

Now

To Truly Live

Now!

WORDS: Weight

Words Have Weight!

Careless Words Weigh Heavy

AND

They Can Send A Person

Into A Troubled State!

How Much Weight Do Your Words Carry?

To Hear The Back-And-Forth
You Would Not Believe
That They Were Friends:

You Are Nothing But
An If But And An And!

You're Nothing More Than
A Therefore What For And A Question Mark!

You Are Unkind!
You Are Hateful!

You Make Me See Red!
You're A Technicolor Excuse Masquerading As White!

That Was Not Very Nice!
Neither Are You!

Excuse Me!
Don't You Know
That Unkind Words
Hidden Behind Your Shirt 
Hurt
When In Anger
You Open Your Mouth
AND
Do Them Blurt!

Be Angry
AND
Sin Not!
Let Not The Sun Go Down On Your Wrath!
Stop!
Think!
Turn Away!
Isn't There Something Better
That
In Kindness
You Can To Your Adversary Say?

Today!?
Today!

Let's Start Over!

God Loves You
And So Do I!
Let Us Be Friends!

I Am Willing To Try!
I Am Going The Extra Mile!

I'll Always Speak The Truth!
I'll Always Speak The Truth In Love!

I'll Extend A Helping Hand!
My Hand Offers The Touch Of The Household Of Faith!

I Walked A Mile!
I'll Walk A Mile In Your Shoes!

I Shall Pray!
I Shall Pray For Rain!

Hold Up!
Why Are You Praying For Rain?!
There Is No Drought!

I Am Praying For Showers Of Blessing
From The God Of Heaven Above!
I Am Praying That The Lord Will Bless Us
To Speak To Each Other With Love!
Words Have No Scale-Weight
BUT
Ugly Unkind Words Kill!
I Am Praying 
For Words Edifying
That Will A Yearning Soul
Fill!

Words Cause Wars 
AND
Much Strife!
AND
The Little Red Rag
That Forms Them
Gets Lit From The Devil In Hell
AND
Is The Match-Light
That Starts The Conflagration
That Will
Friends
Family
Nations
AND
Congregations
Benight!

Word!

Wordssss!
Remember The Snake!

I Love You!
I Love You More!

But ...

He Who Made Us
Loves Us Best!
So
Let Us Strive To Be
To Do Better
So That In Him
We Shall All Be Gloriously Blessed!

Yes! Yes, Indeed!

We Should Bless God
With The Fruit Of Our Mouths
AND
Curse The Devil
By Being Kind One To Another!

Let Your Words Go North

And

Not South!

Let Your Words Lift Up

And

Not Cast Down!

Let Your Words Speak Peace

And

Not Propagate Hate

For

Your Own Words 

Will Be Your Judge

When The King Comes

Through The Gate!

The Next Day ...

Hey, Child Of God!
Hello, Beloved Of The Father!

LIFE SWAPS: The Discomfort Of The Truth!

Reggie,
How Do You Counteract
The Comfort Of A Lie?

With The Discomfort Of The Truth!

I Like That!
It Sounds So Simple!

Wait Up!
There's More!
I Can Feel A Speech
Breaking Out Of The Door!

(Distinct Throat Clearing Follows)

And Then Sallies Forth ...

Plant The Truth
In The Disrupted Soil Of The Mind
AND
One Cannot Unhear The Truth Spoken 
By Him Who Is Divine!

Man May Reside In Denial
BUT
He's Just A Visitor There!
Reality Is His Homeland
AND
God's Truth Is Present There!

The Comfort Of A Lie
Causes
Calluses In The Mind
While Putting Brambles In Your Britches
AND
Jello
Where Your Spine Should Reside
AND
Under Your Behind!

The Result
Is A Bloody Mess
Tortured
Tempted
Benighted In Mind
Wrestling
With Its Own Shadow
Afraid
Unwilling To Approach The One
Who Alone Can 
To The Hurting
Tortured Soul
Be Lovingly Kind!

Truth
Is Not Like Dirt Which
If It Falls On One
Will Kill!
Truth Falls
Upon A Hearing Ear
Giving The Callused Mind
An Unexpected Unknown 
Known Thrill!

Truth
Is In Our Inward Parts
Put There By Him Who Made Us
So That
We Are Without Excuse
AND
This Is Why
Hearing The Truth Makes Men Mighty Mad
Since
The Revealed Truth
Ensures
That They (We) Can Never Say:

I Did Not Know That

Wrong-Doing Is Bad!

No Matter 
Their Lying 
Coughed-Up Excuse!

He Who Gave Us His Truth
IS
Himself 
Truth True
AND
He Is Able To Forgive Our Sin
By Brooking No Compromise
Of The Truth
Given To Me
AND
To You!

Truth Needs No Polish!
Truth Has No Color!
AND
Truth Has No Truck With Spin!
Truth Is The Truth! - Handle It!
Dump The Boss Liar Satan
AND
Go To Jesus Christ
For
Your Always Available Win!

A Half Truth Is A Black Lie
Covered In White Paint!
                A Technical Truth Is An Economical Lie!
                              An Alternative Truth Is A Lie With A Law Degree
                              Changeable As The Wind
                              Free-Wheeling As The Fly!
AND
                                          A Spun Truth Is An Unraveling Lie!

When A Liar
Tells A Lie 
Not To Hear The Truth
You Know That That Lie-Teller 
Is A True-True Liar
AND
His Squeeze-Him-Tight Pants
Will Surely 
Catch On Fire!

Lesson Taught?!

Lesson Learned!

Let's All Make The Change

AND

Save Ourselves Some Pain!

Let's All Ditch The Lie

AND

Do The Death-To-Life Exchange!

When Recognition Truly Dawns ... In Prayer!

A Prayer Is The Cry Of The Soul

AND

Because The Holy Spirit

Is There To Bless And Teach

And

Groan In Intercession

In Our Stead

And Chide And Guide

We Learn ... Even As We Pray!

I Was Saying My Prayers One Morning ...

Lord,

Please Grant The Officers

Wisdom And Understanding

And

Protection And Direction

And

Grant To The Soul In Mortal Distress

Care And Comfort

And

Help And Healing

All Accordingly To Your Will

And

In Your Way!

Pity Us All, Lord

And

Do For Us What None

But

A Holy God Can Do! ...

And ... I Stopped

For I
In That Short Moment
Honestly Realized
AND
Recognized Suddenly
AND
Appreciated Thoroughly
That There Is
No Other Being aka Satan
Wannabe God
Mere Man
False God
Idol
Holy Man
Man Thinking Himself As God
Priest Acting As If He Is God
That Can Deliver On The Stated Request
For Blessings
As I Had Just Put Forth
In My Prayer!

How Shocked
Totally Not Shocked
I Am!

Grace And Mercy
Are Met Together
In Our Father's Hands!

Pitying Love
AND
Gentle Caring
Reigns Down Upon Us
From Grand Heaven Above!

Peace And Rest
Combine To Give Us
Respite
From The World
AND
Truth And Light
Combine To Give Us
Ammunition
With Which To Fight The Churl!

Sanctification
Justification
Sustenance
AND
Provision, Too
All Come From The Heart
Of Him Who Made Us
Along With
Forgiveness
Salvation
AND
Redemption, True!

And ...

To Top It All Off
Our Creator
AND
Redeemer
Designates Himself
Our Very Best Friend
The Friend Who Sticks Closer Than Any Brother
The Friend Who Can Our Sickness Unto Death Mend
AND
Raise Us Unto Eternal Life
In The Day
That The End Of The Beginning Shall Cease
AND
The Beginning Of No End
Unto Us
Shall Be Released!

My Heart
In This Is Well Satisfied
AND
So I Say ...

Lord,

Thank You

For Truly Showing Us

Who Is The Real God!

Thank You

For Truly Exposing To Us

Who Is

The Real God-Fraud!

Praise You, Lord

For Being Holy

And

Faithful

And

The Real Father

And

The Eternal God

That No One Can Truly Challenge

Or Ask

Why

How

What For

Do You Do

What You Do?!

Thank You, God

For Being You

For We Know That

Trusting You

Will See Us To The Great Day

When The Celebration Of New Life

Starts ... In Truth!

Bless You, Lord!

We Love You

And

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

We, Committed, Plea And Stand!

AMEN.

CONFESSING SIN: Not Feeling The Need?! + PRAYER: Father, Teach Me Thy Ways!

The Question Had Been Politely Asked:

Have You Ever Asked God For Forgiveness?

The Response Was Mind-Blowingly Stunning:

"I Have Never Felt The Need!"

The Obvious Comeback Was:

Don't You Do Anything Wrong?

To Which Came The Reply:

I Do, BUT I Just Try To Do Better 
... To Make Things Right!

Here Spelt Out
Is The Very Thing
That Will Cause Many Men
Including Numerous Christians
To Be Premium Ticket Holders
Elite Passengers
On The Damnation Express!

Man Must See His Need
For Him To Go To The Savior!
Self-Sufficiency
Will Not Lead Him There!
Standing Up For Self
Deciding That Self
Is One's God
Is All It Takes
For One To Embrace
The Chastising Rod Of
The Eternal God!

Never Felt ...!
Never Felt ... "The Need!"
Says Plainly
In Whose Kitchen
At Whose Table They Feed
For
If They Saw God
Recognizing That He Is
Sovereign
Holy
They Would Then Know
Unrepentant Sinners
He Will Not In The Day Own!

What Is Sin?
Breaking The Law!

Who Wrote The Law?
Almighty God!

So ...

If You Break God's Law
Should You Not Ask God For Forgiveness?

That Would Make Sense
Unless
You Are God To Your Self!

Sounds Like Satan Talking!

Exactly!

The People Of God
Are Today
Boldly Facing Total Ruin
Because
The Under-Shepherds
- Obviously In The Pay Of The God-Fraud -
Are Racking And Stacking
Wooden Faggots For The Fire
By Saying To Sinful Men:

Forget Repentance!
Do Good!
Do Good For The Common Good
AND
God's Ire
Will Against You Expire!

Men And God
Do Not Pitch Marbles Together
So Being God's Equal
In Forgiving Self For Sin
Or Repatriating Unto Self Your Sin
Is Just A Satanic Fraud!

So What Do We Do?!

We Need To Recognize That
High-Mindedness
Is The Spring-Board
Over Fire And Brimstone Lake
For
Unrepented Of Sin
Is Left On One's Record
As Unforgiven Sin!

God Is Holy!
God's Word Is Holy!
God's Person Is Inviolable
AND
Condemnation To Hell
Is Really, Truly, Avoidable!

Please Do Not Let
Oversight
Presumption
AND
Assumption
Make Temporary Separation From God
Through Willfulness
A Thing Final In Toto!

Recognize Your Need For God's Forgiveness!
Bend!
Don't Burn!

PRAYER:

Father,

It Is Against Thee

And Thee Alone

That I Have Committed This Sin!

Forgive Me, Lord

And Make Me Clean

For I Repent

And Confess, Today

That I Have Sinned

Against My Own Soul

And

In The Sight Of The Holy God!

Father,

Many Are The Days

That I Walked In My Own Way

Thinking That I Am The Great Physician

Healing My Own Self

And

Forgetting

That I Was Heading With Damnation

For A Head-On Collision!

I Do Love You, Lord

And

I Acknowledge That

For Just A Moment

I Lost My Way!

I Recognize My Actions As Sin

And

I Claim The Promise

That If I Confess My Sin

That You Are Faithful

And

Just

And

Will Forgive My Sin!

Father,

My Heart Is Heavy

With Sorrow

For My Sin!

Please Lift This Great Burden

So That Your Holy Light

Into My Soul

May Get In!

In Jesus' Name, Lord

I Come!

Please Make Me Whole Again

So That I May Have A Secure Place

In Your Sheltered Fold!

I Desire, Lord

To Reclaim My Place

In Your Favor

And

With Contriteness Of Heart

Beseech You

To Take Away My Will To Sin

 From Marring My Soul With Its Disgrace!

I Am Truly Sorry!

Forgive And Bless, Father!

I Am A Child!

Teach Me Your Way, Lord

And

Help Me To Walk In It!

AMEN.

God IS! + PRAYER: Father, I Am Tired Of Running ...!

Denying That Satan Exists
Or
That He Can Damage You
Doesn't Make His Power Less Effective
When He Preys Upon
AND
Does Maliciously Attack You!

Denying God's Existence
When Jesus Comes To Judge You
Won't Make Your Eternal Punishment
- Which Is Separation For The Holy God -
Easier To Bear
For
Covering Your Eyes
Your Ears
AND
Wringing Your Hands
Just Displays The Folly
That Kept Your Company
As You Walked In Your Own Way!

Jesus Christ Is The Commander
The Captain Of All Heaven's Great Hosts
He Is Coming To Give Each Being His Rewardings
AND
That Includes That Evil Spirit Satan
Who Chose To Be The Head Goat!

Goats Have Kiddies
AND
Kiddies Are Own Way
AND
I Was One
Until That Great Day
When The Master
The Teacher
The Creator
Met Me In The Way
AND
Softly Said:

Isn't It Time That You Stopped
From Truth Running Away?

I Looked Left!
I Looked Right
BUT
Not Directly At Him
Until I Felt The Hand
Gentle
Under My Chin!
It Was Commanding
Calming
Calling
AND
I Felt The Tears
Washing Away My Regrets
AND
My Choking Fears!

I, Then
Cried Out ...

PRAYER:

Father,

Please Help ME!

I Am Tired Of Running!

Help Me!

Fix Me!

Make Me Anew!

I've Been A Willful Runner!

Lord, Make Me A Walker!

A Walker

Quietly Walking With

And

Unto You!

I Can't Run Anymore!

I Am Tired, Too!

Running With The World, Father

Has Been Decidedly Weaning My Soul

From Heeding You!

I Repent, Dear Lord

Of Walking In My Own Way

For

It Paid Me In A Coin

That Spends

But
Does Not Anything Good

Acquire Along That Pathway!

I Ran With The Liars

The Whoremongers
And

The Thieves!

I Even Ran With The Devils

And
Dear Lord
I Picked Up Gross And Evil Fleas!

Lord,

Clean Me, I Beseech You!

I Want To Come Home!

Hold My Hand!

Lead Me!

I No Longer Desire To Walk Alone!

The Master

The Savior

The Redeemer

The Friend

Drew Me To His Breast

AND
Did Me Gently Kiss!

Forgiveness!

Forgiveness!

Oh, How My Heart Sang!

Forgiveness Of All My Sin

AND

In My Head 

I Heard The Bells In Heaven

As They Rang!

I Will Not Say

That Life Became Easy

From That Day

BUT

I Will Say With Confidence

That Now

I Know How To Get The Comfort Of Jesus

For

All I Have To Do

Is Say
A Believing Heart's
Trusting-In-God Prayer!