PRAYER: Jesus Is The Rest For My Soul!

Father Of The Faithful,
Lover of My Soul
I Come To You Knowing
You Can Lead Me to My Heavenly Goal!

I Own No Other Master!
I Own No False God!
I Seek No Other Rest For My Soul
And I Willingly Reject Satan

He Who Desires To Be Like You, The Holy God!

Jesus Christ The Righteous
Promised Me A Home!
A Home Where All Is Blessing
A Home From Whence I Shall Never Desire To Roam!

Father,
I Have Made My Decision!
I Desire To Enter Into Rest!
I Desire The Eternal Blessing
And To Meet Part Of The Conditions

My Known Sins I Readily Confess!

I Repent Of All The Yesterdays
Of Doing Things That Did Not Your Heart Please
Of Walking Wise In My Own Will
Of Relishing The Known Sin-Disease
Which Attaches To Us Fallen Creatures

Like So Many Leeches, Maggots And Fleas!

Please, Father
By Your Holy Spirit
Cleanse Me And Remake Me To The New Life
Where Waiting Upon You
In Faith
In Obedience
With Endurance
Will See Me As Gold
Emerge From The Carnal, Mortal, Strife!

I Endeavor To Keep Your Holy Commandments!

Please Help Me To Keep That All, Always

So That I Do Not By Breaking A Single One

Become Guilty, According To The Word

Of Every Last One!

Please, Father

Remember The Poor And The Lonely!
Remember The Sad And Sorrowing, Too!
Remember The Proud And The Puffed Up!
Remember All Those Who Do Not Yet Know 

Jesus Christ, The Holy One Just

Faithful And Ever True!

I Beseech You, Father
For A Special Blessing
For All Those Who Are
Who Will Be 

The Inheritors Of The Eternal Blessing
Life Everlasting With Our Lord Jesus Christ
Who Died To Save Us All
And Who For Us Was The Once-For-All Sacrifice! 

Help Us, Dear Father

With Alacrity To Answer "YES, LORD!" To The Call!

Thank You, Father
For Your Gift Of Love!
Thank You For Your Grace And Mercy!
I Thank You For The Book Of The Way
That Good News Gospel Story!

Thank You For Keeping Us Day By Day!
Thank You For Desiring Our Return Home
And Thank You For Making The Way Perfectly Plain!
Please Help Us So That We Do Not 

This Unspeakable Gift Spurn!

I Love You, Father
And I Thank You 

And Bless You For Your Unfailing Love!
Thank You And Bless You

For Hearing And Answering The Prayer Of Faith!
Thank You For The Blessed Hope!
Father, With All My Heart
I Thank You For The Blessing Of Praying!

I Offer This Prayer In The Matchless Name Of 

Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ
Your Beloved And Only Begotten Son
Our Redeemer
And
Soon Returning King!
We Need You!

Please Come Soon!
AMEN.

FAITH & BELIEF: Gods, Gods, Everywhere?!?!

The Conversation Was Pleasant!
The Participants 
- From Various Countries, Ethnicities and Belief Systems -  
Had All Been Respectful and Polite
When,  Suddenly - Out of Left Field -
One Determined Voice
Voiced That Statement-Question Sure To Start "The Nasty Fight!"

I Don't Believe In God!

AND ...

The Flood Gates Opened!


I Can't Prove That There Is OR Isn't A God!

Nature Is God!

Man Is God!

God Is An Absentee Landlord!
He Made Us and Left Us To Destroy Ourselves!

Satan Is God!


Exclamations of Horror Were Heard,  When ...

A Bold Heavy Lyrical Voice said:


Satan and God Are Equally God!


There Followed Consternation ...


Then ...


In Our Family We Have Several Gods 
But One Is More Important Than All The Others!

Who Decided Which God IS More Important Than All The Others?


Another Voice Stated:


We Worship The Sun, and  The Moon, and The Stars in Their Courses!


The Multiplicity of Gods Is Mind-Boggling!

Wood Gods
Stone Gods
Silver Gods
Golden Gods
Bronze Gods
Clay Gods
Rich Gods
Poor Gods
Tree Gods
Sex Gods
Money Gods
Fertility Gods
Animal Gods
Bird Gods
Reptile Gods
River Gods
Sea Gods
Lake Gods
Air Gods
Fire Gods
Wind Gods
Storm Gods
Peace Gods
War Gods
Evil Gods
Malicious Gods
AND
Gods On Top of Gods and ... More Gods!


There Was A Lull In The Discussion When Timon Called My Name and Said:

We Have Not Heard A Word From You!

And Asked:

How Many Gods Do YOU Have?


I Quietly Replied:

I Have, and Believe In, One God!


Ino Pointed At Me And Said:

You Must Be Very Poor Indeed To Only Have One God!


Everybody Laughed Uproariously!


I Felt Energized And I Stood Up 
And Uttered A Silent Prayer And Began ...


In Your World View I Appear God-Poor BUT

I Believe In The One True Living Holy Eternal God
Who Made The Heavens And This Planet
And Everything On It And In It,
And Everyone Of You, And Me,  Too!

I Cannot See My God!
I Cannot Make The Almighty God!
AND
I Cannot Elevate Nor Denigrate My God!

I Cannot Place My God On A Shelf!

I Cannot Conceive Of The Face Of My God
So I Cannot Make A Statue Or Painting of Him To Venerate
For He Calls That Idolatry
AND
He Deems Such A Sin!

His Holy Word Clearly Says That The
World Cannot Contain Him

AND

Furthermore,

He IS A Consuming Fire
He IS A Spirit
AND
He IS Jealous For The Worship That Belongs Solely To Him

AND

He Says That I Must Worship Him In Spirit
AND
In Truth!

My God Is Holy

AND

My God Is My Shepherd
My Savior
My Redeemer
My Provider
AND
My Sustainer!

He IS Love!
He IS Life!
He IS Light!
He IS The Way
AND
He IS Truth!

He IS My Companion
AND
We Have A Relationship
AND
He IS My Friend
Until My Life Shall End!

He Gives Me His Peace!
He Gives Me His Rest

AND

Direction
Protection
Correction
Hope
Help
AND
He Provides Healing When My Spirit and My Body Are Tried!

When I Sin Against His Holy Name
He Restores My Soul
After I Confess
AND
Repent
Of That Sin!

AND

My God Has Given Me Of His Holy Spirit
To Dwell Within My Heart
To Comfort Me
AND
To Teach Me!

My God's Holy Spirit Also Chides Me
To Do What Is Right
When I Start Leaning
On My Weak And Carnal-Minded Self!

He Leads Me
He Guides Me
He Holds Me
AND
He Carries Me At One And The Same Time!

What Rubbish!

No God Is Anybody's Friend!

Nor Their Companion Either!

Our Gods Take Everything We Own!

Our Gods Don't Give Us Anything!

Our Gods Don't Care What We Do!

No God That I Know
Can Lead, Guide, Hold and Carry You
At One And The Same Time!

True! True!

YOUR GODS Can't Do All Those Things
At One And The Same Time
BUT
My God
God Almighty
God The All Seeing
God The All Knowing
God The Ever Present
MY GOD -  Your God,  Too -  If You Want Him
The True And Living God
The Ancient Of Days
The Eternal God
CAN and DOES
All of That And More
Every Moment of Every Day!

AND ...

Best Of All
He Sent His Only Begotten Son
The Darling Of Heaven
To This Planet
To Die For My Sin
AND
YOURS,  TOO!

AND ...

His Son, Jesus Christ - The Righteous
Conquered Sin,  Death And The Grave
AND
Is Alive 
AND
Has Prepared A Home For Me In Heaven!
All Of You Can Receive That Blessing As Well!

There Was A Sudden - Deathly - Quiet In The Room!

AND, THEN ...

The Voice That Started It All
Quietly, And Earnestly, Asked:

Would You Tell Us More About This Amazing and 
Giving God That IS Yours and 
How We May Know Him?

YES! Yes!

Teach Us!

Please Do! 

Dear Ones:

People all around The World are dying to hear The Word of God!

Please share The Truth, The Good News, so that another Heart may be Blessed of God.

Remember, as The Apostle Paul said: "I Planted, Apollos Watered; but God Giveth The Increase!" 1 Corinthians 3:6

Just Share, and Move Along, for God, Himself Promised   

May The Blessings and Bounties of Heaven Be Yours,

Betty

The Author AND Finisher of Our Faith!

My Always Available Companion

My Forever Faithful Friend

My Happy Hope For Heaven

Constant

Stable

Immovable

To My Life's Journey's End!

This Well-Describes My Jesus

The Author and

The Finisher of My Faith!

By God's Grace

My Faith Will Be Faithful

AND

He Will Carry Me To His Home

When Earth's Travail Shall End!

SERIOUSLY THINK ON THIS POINT:

Jesus Walked His Path Alone

BUT

I Will Walk Only If Jesus Carries Me! 

TRUTH SPEAKS: Every Day Is Not As Today! + PRAYER: Let My Hope In Jesus Ever Hold Sway!

Truth Spoke Her Piece: "Peace Is In Jesus Christ!"
Hearer Did Not Listen!
Hope Called a Vote, and
Courage Called for Action
Who Knew Not The Way
Nor Knew How to Pray, and
Behaved As If
Every Other Day Is As Today!

Pride Is Aggressive
In The Face of Humble Hope!
Courage Is Amazing
For He Is - By Faith
Learning to Cope!

Hunger Is Hampering
The Walk Into Truth, and 
Necessity is Dealing
With The Intense Pain
Found in The Loose Tooth
That Demands
Total Attention, and 
Won't Hear
Of The Facts
The Fabrications nor
The Outright Lies in The Air
Where True Truth and
Long Lies are  Compared, and 
One Has The Need
For Spiritual Ears!

Truth Speaks!
Hearer Listens
AND
There is Now-Known Fear
BUT
Among The Assembled
Grace - Herself - Appears
AND
Pointing To Hope
While Looking At The Strife
She Holds Out 
Redemption
Leading to Eternal Life!

Truth Speaks!
Stony Heart Creaks!
Deaf Ears Waste Leak!
Blind Eyes Peak
AND
Weary Legs ... Though Weak
Find Courage in The Spirit
AND 
Humbly Speak:

Dear Lord, Most Holy

I Bow Before You and Pray

That My Hope in King Jesus

Will Forever Hold Sway!

My Courage is Faltering, and

My Body is Near to Break!

Lift Me Up and

Protect Me,  Lord

From The Petty Pretty Snake

Who Preys on My Weakness

Who Tries to Hinder Me From Pray

Who is Always Underfoot

Telling Me That Partying Pays -

Not Abstention

Not Rejection

Nor Refusal To Play!

Please Tell him, Dear Father

From Me to Get Away!

I've Been There!

I've Done That, and

I've Got The Tee-shirt and The Scars!

Father, Please Save Me for

I want to Live With You and 

Travel Through The Vastness Of Space

Amongst The Myriad Stars!

Please Give My Hope Courage 

To Act On Your Unfailing Love for

I Truly Love You, Lord!

Amen.