Honest Policy!?!

The Age-Old Adage
"Honesty Is The Best Policy!"
ISQuite Frankly
A Straight-up Lie!!

Man, From The Looks Of You
You Drank What You Should Have Anointed Yourself With
Because It Is Running Out Your Mouth
As Bare Ignorance!

Not So Fast, Slow-Poke!
He Is Right!

YOU Have Obviously Had Some Of HIS Libation!

Not At All!
Just Give Us A Hearing!

Simply Put

Honesty

ISYes!
ANDNo!

Policy
Simply Put
IS
Maybe Yes!
Maybe No!
AND
Maybe So!
Probably!
Likely!
Possibility!
To Our Understanding!
By Reason Of ...!
Our Interpretation Is ...!
As A Matter Of Convenience!
Etc. Etc. Etc.

Policy Statements Are Full Of Loop-Holes

Available Only To The Issuer

And Always Leave Room ...!

... For "Improvement!"

... For Escape!

Honesty Do Not Contain Wiggle Room!

Honesty As A Policy Has No Wings
Because
Policy Lacks Honesty
AND
Has Hidden Arrows That Sting!

If Your Honesty Needs A Policy
To Give Your Words Strength
THEN
You, My Brother
My Sister
Will See Almighty God As Your Judge
At Length!

Policy Is All About Craft
Expediency!
Convenience!

Honesty Is Not About Convenience!
Honesty Is Not A Convenience!

Honesty
- Truth -
IS!

So ...

What Do We Really Know?!

We Know That Any "Honest Policy" That Changes

According To Time
Circumstance
Personnel
Administration
Prevailing Conditions
Is A Shifting-Sand Lie!

Honesty Aka Truth
Needs No Color Nor Spin
AND
Policy Masquerading As Honesty
Will Never Get For One
The Everlasting Win!

Remember The Word Of God!

This Is An Honest - Truthful - Statement:

The Lord: The Same Yesterday

Today 

AND 

Forever!

You Should Check Out
The Ten Commandments ...!

... And The Beatitudes!
John 3:16
1 John 1:9
Psalm 23
Psalm 46
Isaiah 55:6-7

And, Then ...

For An "Honest" Comparison
Take A Look At, Oh
I Don't Know ... 

... A Policy Of Insurance!
A Credit Card Agreement
The Tax Code
Your Refrigerator Warranty
Or ...

... The Patient Information Pamphlet 

Distributed With Medicine 

When The Pharmacist "Forgets" To Remove It!

Oh, Dear ...!

When You Put It That Way ... I ... I!

Look At It Like This:

Honesty AND Policy

Can Never
- Will Never -

Cooperate
So 

By Careful Consideration
With Godly Fear
AND
With Jesus Christ As Your Example

Let Strict Honesty
Be The Guide Of Your Life!

Policy

Is

A Convenient Conveyance!

***

Honesty

Is

Precious

Soul-Saving Cargo!

**--**--**--**--**

What Does YOUR Life Say

About How YOU Are Living?!

SELF CONTROL: The Muscle Tussle!

Self Control
Is A Road
A Vehicle On A Road
A Seat In A Vehicle On A Road!

Self Control
In A Man
Is A Steering Wheel
In The Hand Of The Man
In A Vehicle
On The Road Called Life!

Self-Deceit
Sin
AND
Disaster
Are Deep Ruts In The Road Of Life
When Man
- Any Human -
Has No Self Control!

This Man's Vehicle Is Vanity
Intemperance ... His Wheels
AND
His Fuel Is Dirt Cheap
Because
He Buys It 

At Mobile Gas Station I-Feels!

Who  ...  But A Fool
Drives A Vehicle With No Engine
Or Sits In A Vehicle
That Has No Seat Cushion

AND
Whose Brake Line Has No Fluid
AND
Of Direction Has ... No Notion?!

Who ... But A Fool
Will Deign To Have A Feast
In A Speeding Vehicle
Possessing Neither Wind Shields
No Doors?!

Can You Drive A Vehicle
That Has No Spark Plug?!

Who ... But A Fool
Blindfolded
Inebriated

AND
Going The Wrong Way
Gets On The Expressway Of Life
Racing A Vehicle With A Broken Axle?!

Let's Get Real ...

The Man
The Woman
The Child
Without Self Control
Is A Weapon Of Mass Destruction
Stuck

In Self Destruct Mode
Wise

In Its Own Eyes
Confident

In Its Own Prowess
Sure
That Its Cause Is Just
Ignorant
That It Is Being Purposefully Driven
By Lust Of Its Own Eye
AND
Lust In Its Own Flesh
For That That Is
The Pride Of Its Own Life!

Let This Be Made Known ...

Self Control
Is As A Coal
From The Altar
In The Temple Of The Living God
Retrieved By The Good-Influence Angel
AND
Carried With Tongs
AND
Placed With Due Care
On The Tongue Of The Blessed
The Sanctified One!

Self Control
IS
The Gift Of God!

Self Control Is The Great Reminder!

DO NOT ACT LIKE:

KING SAUL  

• Grieving Away The Holy Spirit

GENERAL MOSES

• Striking The Rock At The Waters Of Strife

NADAB And ABIHU

• Placing Strange Fire On The Holy Altar Of Almighty God

ACHAN

• Stealing The Dedicated Things

KING DAVID

• Fornicating With Bathsheba
• Murdering Uriah

KING SOLOMON

• With 700 Wives And 300 Concubines Out Of Known Idolatry

JUDAS ISCARIOT 

• Betraying His Master, Jesus Christ

WARNING:

When You Do Not Control ... Self

Self ... Controls You

And

In The Darkened Eyes Of Satan

THAT

Makes You

- Against Jesus Christ AND To Him -

The Perfectly Useful Usable Disposable Tool!

Exercise Your Self ... Control!

Through The Holy Spirit

Get For It Muscles

Because

If The Known Wicked Spirit

Controls Your Self For You

Against Sin

You Will Lose The For-The-Victory Tussle!

PRAYER: Lord, Keep My Conscience ...!

Dear Lord,

Grant Unto Me A Conscience

That Is Controlled By the Holy Spirit Of Truth!

Bless Me To Do Your Will

So That I May Spend Eternity With You!

I Do Not A Desire An Overworked Conscience

That Is Ever Feeling Guilty ... Just Because! 

I Desire A Conscience That Feels Guilty

When By Sin 

I Have Broken Your Holy Laws!

Help Me Not To Ignore The Pinpricks Of

My At-Work Conscience

So That I Can Go Off And Be Free

To Sin And Do Wrong With Impunity!

Lord,

Help Me To Ever See My Jesus

As He Paid For My Sin

On That Cruel Cross On Mount Calvary!

Help Me, Lord

Not To Rely On My Feelings

Because Feelings Can Be Convinced

To Anything Do!

Help Me Ever To Accept 

The "Thus Saith The Lord!"

Help Me Not To Make Shipwreck Of My Faith!

I Do Not Want To Be To You A Disgrace!

Remember My Brethren

All The World Around! 

Help Those Who Are Calling! 

Help Them To See Light

So That Before The Dark Night 

You May Be Found!

Bless The Brethren To Bank Their Faith

In Jesus Christ The Lord

And

Help Us All Not To Grieve Away The Holy Spirit

By Ignoring Truth

And

Walking Blind In The Ways Of The Fraud!

Take Our Hands! 

We Are Reaching Out! 

Take Our Hearts! 

They Are Calling Out! 

Take Our Eyes! 

Take The Beam Out

And

Make Sweet Our Voices

As Over Sin

By Doing The Right

We Gladly Your Praises

Shout Out!

Let Not Sin Have Dominion Over Us! 

Let Peace Reign In Our Hearts! 

Let Not The Light Of Truth

From About Us

From In Us

Ever, Ever, Depart

For

We Love You, Lord 

And

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 

We Pray

And Humbly Plead

For Your Great Mercies

Of Which We Stand In Dire Need!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: SATISFACTION IN SIN: Balaam Beor

Balaam Beor
Was A Fraud
AND
A Prophet
For Whom Satisfaction Came
Only From Profit!

Balaam

Son Of Beor
Beat His Faithful Ass
Until The Lord Gave It A Voice
Which Caused
The Profit-Driven Prophet
To Answer It
As Though It Were Human!

He Didn't Have A Choice!

Balaam
Knew God's Truth
BUT
Being Of Deceitful Ilk
Petitioned The Eternal
- Not In Innocence -
To See If God
Would Think As He Thought
So That He Could Get His Grubby Hands
On King Balak's Coinage
That Would

In His Loving Hands
- By His Ecstatic Rejoicing -
Gloriously Clink!

Balaam Sold Out His Soul To The Devil
Because
Greed
In His Soul's Armor
Was A Really, Really
Really Big Chink!

It Was A Big Hole!

So Big Was That Hole
That A Whole Satan
Walked Comfortably Through
Never Touching The Edges
So That Balaam Thought
- Wrongly -
That
He Was Doing His Own Do
Never Realizing
- I Conjecture -
That Practice
Wears A Nun Robe
AND
Did Not Recognize
That Against The Living God
He Had Become
A Raw Sinner
Another Adversary
- Pretend Friendly -
AND
Studiedly Bold!

A Little Sin
- Cherished -
Becomes
A Lot Of Sin
- Relished -
AND
You Can't Control It
For
It
- Triumphing -
Controls You!

Your Life Becomes Hellish!

The Story Of Balaam
Is
A Cautionary Tale
A Tale With A Tail
That Does Constant Flail
At This Time Of The End
When Men's Hearts Do Wax Cold
Where Love For The Other
Is Something To Be Sold
When Profiteering Is Laudable
Where Faith In God Is Laughable
Where Truth Has No Beauty
AND
Love For The Living God Is A Nasty Cootee!

I Ask You, Brethren
To Sincerely Search Self
For The Chink In Your Character
For That Lesson In Your Book Of Life
For Which You Always Score An "F"
Because
That Is The Lesson
Which Will Continue To Be Your Test
Ever Getting Harder As It Pertains To Jesus Christ
AND
Ever Easier As It Pertains
To The Base Perpetrator Of Wickedness And Vice!

Think On This ... Carefully:

Just As An Innocent Oyster
Is Impregnated
In Under A Minute
- So As Not To Immediately Kill It -
With A Grain Of Sand
To Make It Produce A Precious Pearl
So, Too, Are We ... But In An Instant!

The Difference 

Is Who Is Doing The Impregnating
AND
For What Purpose
AND
Do We With It Agree!

Oysters Have No Say
In Their Impregnation
AND
They Also Have No Say
In What Color Pearl
What Size Pearl
What Iridescence
It Shall Produce
BUT
We Do!

Balaam Beor
Was Known
To Be A Prophet Of God
Known To Work Enchantments
Known To Utter Curses
Knew The Ways Of God
Had Great Light From God
BUT
Willfully
Wickedly
Knowingly
Treacherously
Greedily
Disobediently
Used It All
For The Glory Of Satan
The Base Fraud!

Satan Is A Thief
A State-Line Robber
A Murderer
Who Impregnates
To Kill Twice
BUT
Jesus Christ
By His Holy Spirit
Indwells
To Give Us
Abundant Life Now
AND
Eternal Life Later!

What Is In Your Soul?
Is It The Light Of Life
The Glow Of Heaven
ORIs It The Seed Of The Serpent
The Bloat Of Corrupting Leaven?!

When You Know WHAT In You Grows
You Will Know WHO Causes It To Grow!

What Are You Raising
For Your Harvest?!

Balaam Son Of Beor
Got The Sword Of Damnation
In His Chest
Because
Those Who Willfully Cause Others To Sin
Get The Same Punishment
As Those Committing The Sin!

Think, Dear Ones
On These Things
AND
Convicted
AND
Convinced
Let Jesus Christ
Of Your Whole Life
Be
The Crowned And Reigning
Laboring King And Captain
To Direct Your Life
AND
Fight
All Your Battles
Against The Adversary Of Souls
Who Cherishes The Night!

Look Unto Jesus The Christ
AND
Keep Heaven
In Your Eye Sight
For
Night Comes
AND, THEN

The Getting Up Morning!
Judgement Morning!

HAPPY SABBATH + CHOICE: Profit Or Loss!

What Is The Point Of Earthly Gain
When There Is No Heavenly Profit?!

Where Is The Blessing
In Reaching The Success Pinnacle
Holding The Bank In Your Hand
Grasping The Grapes Grown By Felt Need
AND
Having No Access To Eternity
Because The Creator God
- Our Savior Redeemer Friend -
You Despised 

In Your Overarching Greed?!

In Your Hour Of Trial
Will Your False God Plead For You?!

Is Your Seen God
Your Refuge And Strength?!

Is Your Touched God
Your Shepherd Who Will Your Life Defend?!

Does Your Perishable Bounty
Come Without Sorrow?!

Is Your Blessing Today
Going To Bless You In God's Sweet Tomorrow?!

Does Your God Made
Give Unto You Peace And Rest
Or
Does Your God Only Heap Upon Your Weary Head
That That Gives Stress?!

Brother! Sister!
Hear Me Well:

All That You Have Will Perish!
That Is The Promise Of God
For
Man Brought Nothing Into This World
AND

He Will Nothing Take Out
Save A Name:
Saint!
Sinner!
Blessing!
Curse!

What Will Be Your Legacy?!

Know This ...

It Is Not Yet Too Late!
This Way To Destruction
- By You -
May Be Reversed
When You Give Your All
To The King Of Life
The Master Of The Winds And Waves
The Only One Through Whom
A Repentant Sinner's Life
May Be Preserved!

It Takes Just One Step

To Come To King Jesus!

It Just Takes One Step

From Sin To Turn Away!

It Just Takes One Step

To Have A New Beginning!

It Just Takes One Step

From Hell And Damnation

To Walk Away!

Are You Willing
To Reach For Salvation?!
Are You Willing
To Walk On The Path To Life ?!
Are You Willing
To Deny The Lie And The Liar?!
Are You Willing
To Accept The Free Offer Of
Eternal Life With The Lord Christ?!

Brethren,

When Here And Now
Is In Your Heart
Hereafter With Jesus
Will Never A Start
So
Look Beyond What Is
Unto That, That Is Promised
Believing That The Word Is Sure
AND

The Spilt Blood Of The Beloved Jesus
Is
- For Our Sin -
The Known
AND
Only
Cure!

Be Wise Unto Salvation!

PRAYER: I Surrender All, Lord!

By Faith, Dear Jesus

I Claim You

And

I Make You Wholly Mine

Even Though I'm Human

And

Thou Art Divine!

The Spirit Of God Called Me

And I

Free-Willed Said "Yes!"

And

To The Heavenly Father

In Your Blessed Name

My Known Sin

I - Convicted -

Now Confess!

Oh, Father To The Faithful!

Eternal God On Heaven's Throne

I Come To You Humbled

But

I Do Not Come Alone!

My Jesus!

My Savior!

Your Beloved Son

The Sinless Spotless Lamb

Is My Only Mediator

And

My Name Is Written

On His Marred But Ever Holy Hand!

Jesus, Savior

Please Plead For Me

For

Without Your Intercession

I'm Just A Dead 

Totally Lost 

Cast Out

Condemned Damned Member 

Of

The Clan Humanity!

Father,

I'm Confessing!

I'm Repenting!

I'm From Sinning Turned Away!

Jesus Christ Is My Shepherd

And

By Your Holy Spirit

I Will Follow Him Everywhere!

My Heart In Me Is Broken!

My Spirit Is Wholly Contrite!

Do Not Despise Me, Lord God

I'm Trusting In The Promises

In The Good Book Detailed!

Help Me, Dear Jesus!

Help Me Fight

For Victory Over Sin

To Stand Up In Lively Faith

And

To Hope Strong For The Ideal

Purchased For Me

On Mount Calvary!

This Is My Soul's Desire!

Help Me Or I Will Fail!

I Have Been Foolish!

I Admit It! 

I Walked With Willfully Blind Eyes

And 

I Paid Dearly For It!

Often With Regret

I Cried!

But, Now, Father

I See And Know My Need

And

It Is As The Holy Spirit Shows!

Please, I Beseech Thee

In Jesus Christ's Name

Do Not From Me

Take Your Gentle Spirit Away!

I Have No Other God!

I Have No Other Friend!

I Have No Other Home!

Lord Jesus, I Beseech You! 

Defend! Defend!

Without I Am Alone!

Please Do Not Let Me Become A Soul

From Eternal Life Turned Away!

Make Me A New Heart

A New Mind

A Willing Spirit

Make The Way Plain For Me

And

Send The Guardian

To Help Me Walk In The Truth

Steadily Firmly Faithfully Upon It!

I Give You My Life, Lord!

Use Me! 

I Am Willing! 

Bless Me And Equip Me To Serve You!

Here's My Heart! 

Please Fill It!

Father, 

By Your Sweet Spirit

I Have Decided To Follow My Jesus!

Lord Jesus,

Where You Lead Me

I Will Follow!

Oh, God Of Glory

Pour Out Of Your Holy Spirit

Upon This Sinful Flesh

For I Need The Infilling!

I Desire The Cleansing!

I Desire To See Him In Peace

Who Purchased For Me

Of Holy Heaven

A Perfect Piece!

I Love You, My God!

Grant Unto Me In This Hour

Your Blessing Of Sin Relief

Your Blessing Of Perfect Peace

Your Daily Grace That Is Sufficient For Me

Your Mercy That Is Ever Free 

And

Of

Eternity To Come

A Tiny Taste!

I Worship You

Father

Son

And

Holy Spirit!

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

Muscle Memory + PRAYER: I Give You, Lord, My Deceitful Heart!

I Had Lost My Way!

I Applied My Tongue To Cussing
AND
I Became A Curse Bird!

I Applied My Eye To Spying
AND
Became a Tatler:

Would You Like To Hear A Lil' Word?!

I Ran Around
Getting Into Other Men's Matter
Enjoying The Appellation
"Tha' Is De Expert!"
BUT
When The Tables Were Turned On Me
I Ran And Sat Down Righteously
In The Front Pew Of De People Church!

As Is To Be Expected ...

Good Behavior In Me
Di'n Long Last
For Soon
I Was In De Know
In Evahbody Bidness
AND SOON ENOUGH
There Was Bacchanal
For My Flighty Fiery Tongue
Through The Good Offices Of My Eye
Led To A Sold Out Show!

I Had Pledged To Reform!
By Cold Turkey, I Had Quit
BUT

Things In De People Church
Had Been Too Delicious
AND
Before Old Tom ... Cat
Could Lick He Split Ear
I Was In Foremost Lady Cora House
Hauled Up In She Easy Chair!

She Is Such A Dear!

Truth Be Told ...

Things Did Not Work Out
As I Assumed They Should
Because
Cora Was Not Called The Foremost Lady For Nothing
For
I Was Taught a Lesson
That I Will Never Forget
When She Turned The Rough-Table 'Pon Me:

• Do Unto Others
• Think Before You Speak
• Give And It Will Come Back To You Just Not In The Way You Expect 
• Plant Indian Corn: Guinea Corn You Will Not Reap, And
• Preach The Gospel But Not Through Lying Teeth
• What One Practices Is What One Performs
• When One Walks In Broken Shoes One Will Get Corns

Lady Cora Is An Old School Teacher

AND

Her Lecture Was ... Well

You Judge:

When One Practices Folly

Foolish Is What One Becomes
AND
Giving The Red R A G In Your Mouth Gossiping Muscles
Marks One As Just Plain Dumb!

Foolish Gossip Is Double Jeopardy!
Living As A Bone Carrier
Is Simply Foolhardy!
You've Got A Fat Tongue
AND

A Permanent Squint In Your Eye
AND

Your Heart Is Just Plain Rotten!
Don't You Know That Gossipers 

To Almighty God's Heaven Won't Fly?!

After That Oh, So, Calmly Delivered Tongue-Lashing

You Should Have Heard My 

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

I Retire From

And

Repent My Participation In

The Gossip Game

And

I Willingly Give To You

My Deceitful Heart

My Itchy Ears

My Lying Eyes

My Seared Conscience

My Fiery Tongue

And

Beseech You

In The Name Of The Holy Jesus

To Keep My Feet

On The Path Of Peace

And

Off Of Satan's Oiled Easy Street!

Help Me, Please

To Mind My Own Business

- The Business Of The Living God

And

Jesus Christ's Soon Return -

So That

In The Great Day Of Vengeance

- Saved As One Enduringly Faithful

By Your Now Available Grace -

I Shall Ascend To The Great Reward!

I Love You, Lord!

Remember Me!

AMEN.