HAPPY SABBATH + Prayer: Oh, Lord, Lift Us Up!

Oh, Lord, have Mercy on Your People!

Without Your Comfort and Aid

Protection and Provision

We are as Storm-tossed, Leaking, Listing, Ships in The Angry Sea!

Open Our Eyes So That We May See The Changing Tides and

Make our Skins Sensitive to 

The Disturbances and Direction of The Evil Winds of Prevailing Change!

Open our Ears to Enable us to Distinguish Safe Harbor from Wrecking Rocks!

Help Us to Understand The Height of Hypocrisy and 

The Depth of Deception 

Willing to Be Forced Upon Us by Those Who Avidly Seek After 

Our Hurt and Destruction, and

Cause Us Who Are - and Are Seeking To Be - The Holy People 

To Call, Walk, Run, Crawl

To You

To Bend Our Will to Your Way

To Follow You Faithfully

Fervently and Fully

No Matter The Provocation

The Occasion

The Location

Lust  or License

Time or Tempest

Torture or Terror

Temptation or Tyranny

Foisted Upon, and Fomented

Against Us who Call Jesus Christ

Savior,  Lord

Captain

Commander

Redeemer

True Friend

Eternal King

Beginning and End!

Oh,  Lord,  Lift us Up

So that We Will Lift You High

As Our Holy God!

Remind Us,  Lord

That You Are Always Available to Us

That You have No Desire for Our Hurt

That Your Hands Are Not Short

That Your Vision Is Not Fore-Shortened

That You See All

Know All and

Are In All!

Remind Us, Lord

That You Know All of Our Days, and All of Our Years

That You Are The God of All Graces

Who Keeps The Book of Life 

and

The Book of Remembrance

With The Steadfast Heart which Turns Not

and

In The Unchanging Hand

Balanced By Firm Justice

and

Tempered with Fair Mercy!

Remind Us, Lord

That Your Loving Heart Faithfully and Unfailingly 

Forgives The Sin Confessed and Repented of

By The Contrite - and Penitent - Soul!

Sanctify Us - Christ Marks and Makes us Worthy!

Save Us - You Delivered Up Jesus Out of Your Great Love For Us Sinners!

Seal Us - Your Holy Spirit Calls, and We Willingly Answer

So, Help

Heal

Save, and Eternally,

Eternally,  Lord

Eternally Hold Us, and Seal Us

By Your Great Love

In Your Holy Care

For We Do, Indeed, Love You, and

Praise You, and

Worship You

For You Are Our Holy God!

AMEN.

Oh, Foolish Christian!

Oh, Foolish Christian
Does Not The Holy Bible Say
Be Strong In The Lord
 and
Don't Walk In Your Own Way!?

So, Why Do You Persist
In The Folly Of The World
Standing in Your Own Strength
Forgetting Who Is Your Lord?

Self Is A Seed of Sin!
Self-Righteousness Is Denying God!
Self-Actualization is Refuting God
And All Come Packaged -
"Compliments of The Fraud!"

Humble Yourself!
God Will Lift You Up!
Trust In The Lord
He Will To Heaven 
Take You Up!

Don't Follow The World!

Follow Jesus Christ -

The Creator Of The World!

FINAL FATE: Walking on The Wild Side!

I Took a Walk on The Wild Side!
I Kissed Reckless Endangerment!
I Hugged "Life Is Good!" and on 
Self-Reliant I Stood
AND 
On The Day I said: "What Jesus, Bud?!"
Was The Day I Unleashed Satan ... and 
Sin's Malicious Soul-Destroying Flood!

My Shoes Began to Hard Pinch Me!
My Path Rocky and Scrambled Crooked Became!
My Knees Began to Cruel Hurt Me
AND 
I Felt Myself a Bought Stolen Recycled Used-Up Abused Slave!

I Bought a "Friend" at The Mall of Satisfaction!
I Rented The Beliefs from The Self-Actualization Store!
I Swapped Spit with Modern Philosophy
AND 
Sprayed On "In Action I'm God!"
AND ... THEN
I Realized it was All a Put-Up Job
Compliments of The Double-Death-Dealing Fraud!

I Made a Great Discovery that Floored Me
More and You, Too, Will See as I Tell
That Heaven Offers Mercy - Free
To You, Me and Everybody
BUT 
Malice is a Garment of Costly Array
With Pretty Bells of Self-Satisfaction that Ring: "bRring Hell!"

Mercy - So Free - Is Lovingly
Sent from Heaven Above - No Longing Soul Denied!
BUT
Malice from Hell of Costly Array
Is Liberally Applied to All
Who would Sins' Pleasures Deny!

Mercy Thrives in Love!

Malice Thrives in Hate!

Think Carefully to Which You Apply

For 

It Will Determine Your Final Fate!

God's Love Has No Strings!

See King is Looking for Love!

Loo King is Seeking Grub!

Ma King is Faking Love!

Fa King is Making Love for Grub!

Ta King is Making Grub for Love!

Stal King is Taking Love Grub!

Haw King is Talking Grub Love, and

Gaw King is Hawking Love in White Gloves!

Love is Grub to Some!

Grub is Love for Some!

No Love is when Grub is Done for Some!

No Grub is when Love is Done for Some!

Some Love!

Some Grub!

Some Love, and Grub!

Some Lie!

Some Cry

And 

All Try

To Tie Love to Things that Die

But

There is True Love

And

There is True Food

That Comes from Him

Who in Gethsemane Stood

Then Knelt

And Prayed

Till Love's Blood Poured Forth

From The Pores

On The Body

Of The Loving Lord!

No False

No Fake

No Love Twice-Baked

Just Love

God's Love

Not Love On The Take!

God's Love Has No Strings

No Attachment To Pretty Things

Just Love Serene

From The God of Heaven - Supreme!

So ...

If Your Love Hurts

Or

It Hurts To Love

Or 

The Love You Receive

Requires

White Gloves

A Coating of Teflon 

And

Nerves of Steel

180 Degrees

IS The Turn You Must Make

For What You Are Receiving

Is

Courtesy of The Fake

The Foul

The Fiend

The Fraud

And 

I Cannot Say It Any Louder

Repair To The Lord

Love Sublime

Love True

Rewarder of The Faithful

The King Of Love

Who Died For Me 

and 

For You!

Jesus Christ Died

AND

It Proves

That

Love Is An Action

Not 

A Chemical Reaction!

*******

LEARN

and

LIVE

THE  DIFFERENCE!!

Time ... Is Getting Late!

No Need to Fear
The Dreadful News
That Man - Depraved
Is on The Loose!
This, My Dear Ones
Simply does Prove
The Prophetic Fulfillment
Of The Good News!

The Low-Depraved Soul
The Self-loving Hoard
The Ungrateful Heart
The Brute-beast Mind
Outside The Safe Ark
Openly Point
To God's Light in The Dark
Where God's People
May Enjoy Peace's Song
As They to Jesus Christ's Word Hark!

Give You No Heed
To Christian Hate
Except to Acknowledge
That Time is Getting Late
Stand Fast in Jesus' Faith
Trust,  Hope and Wait
God will Abandon
The Reprobates
To their Just Fate!

Work by Faith!
Work Your Faith!
Faithfully Work
But Set No Date!
Jesus IS Returning and
He Won't Be One Moment Late!
Get Set and Be Ready
He's Even Now at Your Heart's Gate!

Please Fix Your Mind
On Things Divine
Not Earthly Things
That Heat The Mind
That Leave The Body
Making The Pleasures of Things Its Goal
But Leave The Soul Corrupt and Cold!

Make Haste! Make Haste!
Night is Coming Fast
When Good is Well and Truly Out-Cast
And Time for Work is Eternally Past!

Work Now - Teach and Pray
Appeal To The Wicked Hearts
While it is Still Day
Before The Word
Is Uttered
"However He IS Let Him Forever Stay!"
And Jesus Christ Bursts The Clouds
And Rewards Tom,  Dick
Harry and Every Sister Brother!

Do Not Fear 

What Man Can Do 

To Your Body!

Fear What The Living God 

- Who Created The Man -

Can Do!

A New Song To Sing!!

THESE SIMPLE WORDS ARE FREELY OFFERED!

IF YOU HAVE THE SKILL
PLEASE SET THE SAME TO MUSIC 

AND

SEND THE SONG ON ITS WAY

TO 

FREELY BLESS THE FAMILY OF GOD!!

Accept My Worship, Lord!
Oh, May It Bless You, Lord
Even As It Brings Pleasure
Unto This Longing Soul
Which I Pray
Clings 
To You, Lord
Forevermore!

My Heart Gladly Sings
The Song of Life
Eternal
And
Forever Free
From Death, Hell and Sin 
Sorrow, and Grief and
Its Dread
Insanity!

CHORUS:
I Need You,  Lord!
Restore, Restore!
Grant Me New Life
Upon Your Golden Shore
Where All Is Bliss
Forevermore!

You Are The Light!
The Open Door!
Oh, Let Me Sing
Upon The Shore
Where Mercy Free
Is Calling Me
To Rest 
At Home 
So Peacefully
Oh, Lord
With Thee
Eternally!

CHORUS:
I Love You, Lord!
Restore! Restore!
Grant Me New Life
Upon Your Golden Shore
Where The Faithful Are Blessed
Forevermore!

TELL YOUR OWN STORY: Life Is A Journey On A Path

With The Following Words
That I here Quote
Is a Story that Every Christian Can Write
I Ask You Fair
To Note Well and Repair
To Your Thinking Closet
And That Story Prepare!

Your Story
My Story
Her Story
His Story
Historical
Hysterical
Miserable
Hurtful
Hateful
True
Will Speak A Word of Caution
To A Traveler Who
Is Stumbling
Bumbling
Fumbling
Tumbling
Maybe Losing a Shoe
And Who Would Be Blessed
By Something
From Someone
Who Knows of Life
A Thing or Two!

The Yesterday Story
Is of Life E'er Past
Pointing to The Life
For Which The Dye Is Now Cast
It can Tell of Past Errors
And Corrections True
And Point to The
Things You Now Hold Close To Easily View!

To Learn a Skill or Lesson
Teach what You Know to Someone Else
Your Knowledge Gains Traction
And Saves Someone False Action
If that Person
Will be a Student True
Willing to Learn from Experience
Without Having to Personally Experience, too!

Story Long
Story Short
Fraught with Danger 
Full of Error
Even Stark Terror
A Best Seller Is Not What's Sought
Just a Story Of A Battle Win After Having Fought!

A Pilgrim's Progress
A Wayfarer's Song
Stranger Danger Message
Horror Story
Mashup of Sin and Song
All are Worthy Writings
No Need for Pretty - Just Truth
Give God Some Glory
Save A Brother Sister's Youth
Sing The Song of Zion
As You Hold Yourself from The World Aloof!

Teach - Don't Preach
Save Another
From  Sinning
Denying
Crying
Lying
Save That Soul from The Life of Sin
Give Your Light The Shining,  and
At The Revealing
Jesus Christ's Love Will You Be Rewarding!


THE WORDS:

• Been There
• Done That
• Seen It All
• Done It All
• Know It All
• Had It All
• Lost It All
• On The Ball
• Got The Scars
• Got The Tee-Shirt
• Follow Fashion
• Petty
• Pushy
• Pragmatic
• Practice
• Practical
• Justice
• Right
• Wrong
• Wish
• Wash
• Washup
• Washout
• Warn
• Promise
• Pride
• Hope
• Help
• Healing
• Faith
• Fancy
• Fantasy
• Gotcha
• Gimme
• Greed
• Gloating
• Searching
• Finding
• Doubting
• Funning
• Running
• Lost
• Found
• Hate
• Escape
• Need
• Want
• Wasteful
• Binding
• Bounding
• Bracing
• Bloat
• Blasting
• Gloating
• Gas
• Fast
• Last
• Lost
• Gospel
• Truth
• Trust
• Tarnish
• Temper
• Temperance
• Temptation
• Test
• Tasty
• Testy
• Testing
• Tuck
• Tickle
• Tarnish
• Tissue
• Issue
• Toss
• Think
• Thank
• Live
• Love
• Learn
• Laugh
• Lie
• Lead
• Lust
• Fuss
• Future
• Forward
• Asleep
• Awake
• Wonder
• Wander
• God
• Jesus
• Spirit
• Spoil
• Soil
• See
• Send
• Sound
• Search
• Settle
• Stomach
• Heart
• Head
• Hands
• Feet
• Ears
• Eyes
• Skin
• Sin
• Sorry
• Forget
• Remembrance
• Deceit
• Distrust
• Dismay
• Descend
• Docile
• Domicile
• Dingy
• Dirty
• Dusty
• Dormant
• Dance
• Distaste
• Disgrace
• Mercy
• Maintain
• Menace
• Mountain
• Molehill
• Moss
• Meat
• Mile
• Worry
• Drive
• Drink
• Brink
• Brace
• Bribe
• Grace
• Guide
• Guilt
• Guile
• Glory
• Glance
• Mercy
• Merry
• Manners
• Mile
• Mild
• Mix
• Munch
• Mince
• Muddy
• Will
• Wily
• Willful
• Walk
• Talk
• Beauty
• Bound
• Back
• Bring
• Brim
• Brine
• Bother
• Fodder
• Build
• Guild
• Repeat
• Reception
• Deception
• Conception
• Rejection
• Eject
• Select
• Elect
• Home
• Hope
• Help
• Hell
• Hunger
• Brink
• Drink
• Sink
• Think
• Heaven
• Seven
• One
• Two
• Three
• Ever
• Never
• Pay
• Pray
• Prayer
• Pride
• Deride
• Provide
• Confide
• Betide
• Wish
• Dish
• Fish
• Frame
• Fan
• Fought
• Sought

This IS Every Man's Story
I've Provided The Words
So Craft Your Story
Using Many or A Few and
Let Your Voice Be Heard
The Way is Hard
The Road is Long
But with God's Help
And Faith as Food
We will Sing The Zion Song
For Christ's Sacrifice for Us is
Appreciated and 
Understood!

Choose Your Words
Write a Page or Paragraph
Share Here There and Everywhere
For
Life Is A Journey 
On An Oft' Circuitous Path
From Truth to Beauty and Even
Walking Through Hell 
But
With Jesus Christ As Our Captain
Satan Can't Us Subtly Fell!

Write and Sing Your Own Song of Salvation
As We Await The Elevation!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Tares Amongst Wheat + PRAYER: Help Us To Look Up!

Pretty Tares and
Tearful Wheat are Growing
Together
Side by Side
Today!
Christians Are Not The Reapers for
Jesus Christ Hasn't Given Us Permission to Act That Way!

Petty Tares and
Praying Wheat
Look Alike Until The Moment of
The Change!
Until Then
Any Hint of Separation
Will Destroy Both and
In The Master's Barns
There'll Be No Grain!

But ... The Lord
In His Great Grace
In The Land Called Provision
Did Something Wonderful for You and Me
Whether Wasting Tares or
Waiting Wheat!
He Feeds US All
As is Good and Mete!

And ... At 
The Change of Acceptance
Of The Truth That Is Light
At The Rain of Perfection
Which Falls Day and Night
At The Becoming
Of What Jesus True
Created Us Truly To Be
Our Heads Display The Bunches of Goodness
We Have Been By Truth Fed!

There!
In The Distance
Coming
IS The Owner of The Barn
Bringing His Sickle
Sharp to
Cut Clean and Deep!
His Reapers
Separate Out
The Wrong Tares from
The Right Wheat
With The Wrong Tares
Sent for The Burning and
The Right Wheat to Be Good Eats!

God IS Not Going to Eat You!
It is Metaphorical I Say!
You Will Become Something Grand
In The Great Harvest Day!
The Change Will Be In An Instant
Robes of State Will Appear
Crowns of Glory Distributed
And
All Will Be Satisfied With The Pay!

So, Dear Ones
Let Me Encourage You
Look To At Jesus - Not Your Lot!
Earthly Discomfort IS Temporary
Living With Jesus IS Not!

Living Amongst Tares May Make You Tearful!
Not Being A Tare Will Make You Tear-up A Lot
But ... Bear Your Burden
Jesus Christ IS Coming
And
He Will Wipe Away ALL Tears
From Those Eyes
Who With Him
Cast Their Eternal Lot!!

Have Faith!

and

Hold Hope!

We Will Have Heaven

When

We Digest The Gospel Leaven!!

PRAYER:

I pray Father

For Your Children

Who Must Grow Up With Hell's Tares!

Oh, Father, Even Though Our Eyes Weep

Help Us To Stand Firm and

Not Give Up On Eternity

Even As The Contamination of Hate Is Burning Our Feet!

Help Us To Not Look Down At Our Condition

But To Look Up 

To See Heaven's Promise and 

Hold Its' Provision!

Help Us, Even If 

- God Forbid - 

On Legless Bodies 

and 

With Blinded Eyes

To Maintain A Death-Grip on Our Jesus for

Father, We Desire To Complete Our Journey Home!

Grant Us Your Grace

and

Envelop Us With Your Peace

To Continue On By Jesus' Faith

and 

To Gain The Eternal Victory!

In Jesus' Holy Name I Plead

Have Mercy and Bless!

Amen.