Giving Thanks! For All Things!?! + Prayer

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

It Is A Good And Wonderful Thing To Be Thankful

To Bless Almighty God In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

For All The Bounties We Receive

The Most Of Which Our Minds Didn't Think 

The Request To Conceive! 

We Give Thanks For The Pleasures

The Treasures

The Good Days

The Days Great 

But

Brethren Beloved,

Let Us Dare Today 

To Give Thanks For The Challenges

The Tests

The Trials That By The Worldly-Wise 

We Are Told That We Should Hate! 

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

We Humbly Thank You For The Difficulties We Face 

Which We Know Are For The Perfecting Of

Our Christian Character 

Which Will Have Us Ready To Meet You

In Perfect Peace! 

We Are Thankful Always

For Food, Family, And Friendship

And

Even The Few Foes

Who Drive Us To The Throne Of Grace

Into The Hands Of Him Who

Our Every Need Knows! 

Please Remember Our Brethren

By Blood, Faith, And Affection

And

Keep Us All In Your Holy Care 

As We Await The Glad Day Of Our Elevation 

To The Land Of The Blest 

Where We Shall No More Be Reckoned 

As Being Among The Least! 

Thank You For This Blessed Day's Feast! 

Please Bless Us To Be Humble, Faithful

Giving, Kind, And Ever True

As We Diligently Seek

To Become More And More Like You! 

Thank You, Lord

For Always Being So Very Good To Us! 

We Love You! 

Please Come For Us Soon! 

AMEN!!!

Be Grateful Aka Thankful!

Gratitude Aka Thankfulness 

Is 

A Grace ... A Gift Given! 

Are You Grateful For What You Have 

Or Are You Looking At The "Good Stuff" 

The Expensive Toys 

Which Are In The Possession Of Other People 

And

Are Making Yourself Miserable About Your Own Life 

Because 

You Refuse To See The Obvious!?!

You Are Greatly Beloved

And

Truly Blessed!

Beloved, 

The Blind One Envies The One Who Wears Glasses! 

The Man Who Wears Cheap Shoes 

Envies The Man Who Wears Expensive Shoes 

But 

Surprise, Surprise, No Shock

They Are Both Envied By The Man Who Has No Feet

The Man Who Has Legs But Can't Walk

And 

The Man Who Has No Legs At All! 

We Need To Be Truly Grateful 

For Almighty God's Many Gifts Of Unmerited Favor 

And

Stop Being Lip Servants

Saying That You're Blessed

While Envy Is Consuming Your Heart! 

We Have Food In Abundance 

Which Gives Us Choices As To What We May Eat 

When And Where! 

We Have Clothing In Abundance 

To The Point That We Can Say 

"I Am Not Wearing That Because It's So Last Year!" 

Or 

"I Wore That Twice!" 

In Base Pridefulness! 

Oh, That We Would Realize That 

The Things We Despise 

Are The Very Things Others Would 

Literally Kill To Possess! 

Food, Shelter, Clothing

Care, Comfort

Peace With God ... And Our Brethren

And 

Good Health 

Are Treasures Beyond Measure! 

Please Honestly Look At The Person In Smelly Rags

Barefooted And Dirt-Encased

Eating Out Of The Garbage

And 

Living On The Street 

And

In Heartfelt Gratitude Say: 

"There, But For The Grace Of God, Go I!" 

Our Gifts Are Many

Our Blessing Are Innumerable

So Please Do Not Consider Them

As Cheap Things Consumable! 

Peace!

TREASURES: Human Magpies?!

We Humans Talk About Magpies
Who Like Things Shiny And Bright
BUT
We Are No Different
AND
We Also Like Tingling
AND
Jingling Twinkling
Even Though The Inordinate Love Of These Things
Brings With Them
None Other Than Soul Blight!
We Happily Call Them A Delight!

We Also Like Things
Blaring And Glaring
AND
We Detest The God-Fearing
The Mindful And The Careful
AND
Coddle The Damnable
AND
The Distasteful
AND
Call The Faithful Good
Disgraceful!

We Sing Songs Of Praise
To The Knowingly Sinful!
We Make Light Of Ways
Knowingly Shameful!
We Take Walks In Glades
To Do Things Abominable
AND
We Deliberately Call The Lord Christ
A Verifiable Fable!

We Doubt The Word Of
The Giver Of Life
AND
Laud The Lies Of The Blight Of Life!

Some Of Us Talk To The "Dead"
Calling Them Angels From On High
AND
Forget God
Who Is Able
To Shine Light On Devilishly Nimble Lies!

Time To Break That Cable!

We Trust In Wrong
AND
Doubt The Right!
We Kiss The Frog
AND
Let Down Our Hair!
We Drink-In The Lukewarm
AND
Bite The Poisoned Apple

AND

In The Glass Coffin Lie Down
After "Honestly" Believing
That Blighted Man Will Raise The Dead
After Satan Aka Lucifer The Light-Bearer
"Comes Down "

In His Shining White And Bright Nightgown!

The Fool Says
In His Deceived Heart
That There Is No God!
The Fool Is The One
Who Will Not Take Of God's Correction!
The Fool Is The One
Who Chooses Not To By God Be Made Wise
AND
Is The Fool Is The Ardent One
Who Treasures Known Lies!

Be Not Deceived!
Almighty God Is Not A Man-Made Clock
To Be Set According To The Fashion!
Almighty God Is Neither A Gyroscope
Working At Our Direction
Nor A Metronome
To Go At Speed
Ordered By Us To Perfection!

The Living God
Is The God Of Order!
He Provides Time For Man
To Be Led Out Of Ways Disordered
AND

By His Direction
Correction
AND
In His Protection
To Live Life Orderly
IF
We Will Give To Him
Our Will
So That He Will Make For Us The Way!

It Behooves Us Well
To Trust The Lord
To Think Aright
To Ignore The Temptations Of The Fraud
Who Cannot Make Us Bow To His Will
No Matter How Many Blandishments
He Will Our Minds
Try
Avidly To Fill!

Let Your Eye Be Bright
With Shining Truth!
Feel Your Feet Tingle
As You Move To Share The Good News!
Let Your Nerves Jingle
In Aversion
To Reinterpreted Gospel
AND
See The Twinkle
In The Eye Of The One
Who At Last Knows
That God
- Through Jesus Christ -
Will Never Reject
A Repentant Sinner's
Trusting-God Call!

Take Time To Know Jesus
Who Knows Everything
About  Everything
Concerning
You!

Be To Him True
For
He Loves
AND
Cares 

Mercifully

Forgivingly

Redeemingly

Gracefully
For You!

I Trust Him! - Will You?!