HAPPY SABBATH + GET REAL: Love Involves Labor!

Our Lord Said Two Things 

Which Should Make Us All Come-To Aka Get Real 

When It Comes To The Issue Of Love! 

"If You Love Me

Keep My Commandments!" 

And

"If You Love Me

Feed My Sheep And Lambs!" 

Beloved, 

Love, According To Our Lord, Involves Labor: 

Caring For Your Own Soul 

And

Caring For Others! 

Nowhere In Scripture Does It Say That 

Love Is Hot And Sweaty

Buy Me This Give Me That

I Will Abuse You If You Tell Me "No!" How Dare You Do That!?! 

Or

Because You Love Me You're My Door-Mat Got A Problem With That!?! 

It Is Time To Get Back To The Basics 

Where Love Is Kind

Never Selfish Or Cruel

And 

Does Not Hold Grudges! 

As Committed Christians

We Seriously Need To Live Out The Love In 1 Corinthians 13 

If We Desire To Be Known As True Followers Of The King Of Love

- Our True Shepherd -

Who Alone Is Able To Get Us Safely Home To Our Father's House 

Where Life Is Heavenly, Lovely, Peaceful, And  Perfect! 

The Love That We Display As Christ's Followers 

Is 

Neither Top-Lofty, Licentious, Nor Ludicrous

With Palms Either Held Up To Receive

Or Balled-Up In A Fist To Hurt

But 

Never Turned Down To Give 

Or Sideways To Help! 

We Get What We Give

So Let Us Share The Love That We Desire To Receive! 

Peace! 

Let Us Not Be High-Minded, Hard-Mout' Goats!

We Need To Do Better! 

Consider That 

The Lord Jesus Did Not Use Goat Parts 

To Create Man! 

The Lord Took The Dust Of The Earth 

Which He, Himself, Created 

And 

Formed Man 

And

He, Himself, Blew The Breath Of Life From Himself 

Into Adam's Nostrils 

And 

Caused Him To Be ... Able! 

We Need To Know Our Value 

Through The Eyes Of Almighty God 

And 

Stop Living Like Incendiary Devices 

Always Ready, Willing, And Able To Explode 

And 

Do Damage To Whomever, Whenever

With Or Without Provocation Or Perks! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Is Our Shepherd 

And 

We Are The Sheep Of His Pasture: 

He Leads Us! 

If For Some Unknown Reason ... Or Just Because

You Decide That You Are Better Than Your Creator 

Who Has Life And Death Control Over Your Existence

Consider This: 

You, By Your Own Will

And Exercising Your God-Given Choice

Have Decided That You Are A Goat ... Your Own Leader

And 

He Who Owns You Will Have To Follow Where You Lead! 

Satan Loves This Attitude 

And

 Is Glad To Follow You

Encouraging You To Go To 

The Spiritually-Dead And Eternally-Done End 

To End Existence! 

Jesus Christ Doesn't Make Mistakes: 

We Are To Go To Him To Correct Our Mistakes! 

Let Us Not Be High-Minded, Hard-Mout' Goats 

But 

Be Gentle, Humble, Sheep 

Who Faithfully Follow The Shepherd 

Who Will Restore Our Souls! 

Look To Jesus Christ The Lord 

And 

Be Saved! 

Peace! 

Dig For Hidden Treasure!

Ponder This ... 

Have You Ever Received 

A Big, Sumptuously Wrapped, And Bow-Decorated Gift Box

And Lifted It Up To Check The Weight

Shaken It To Hear If It Rattled

Checked The Gift Card To See From Whom It Came 

Because 

You May Have Some Cheapskate Friends, Relations, And Acquaintances

And 

Recognizing That It Is From The Generous Benefactor 

Who Always Gives Good And Perfect Gifts

Proceeded To Place That Good Gift 

In A Highly Visible And Well Lighted Corner 

Without Opening It 

Because 

You're Going To Save It For A Rainy Day 

Which Only Comes Twice A Year 

Since You Live In A Desert!?! 

Beloved, 

Salvation Full And Free

Is

The Open And Still Wrapped Gift 

With The Name Of Our Lord Jesus 

Prominently Displayed On The Name Tag 

But

With An Appetizingly-Thick Love Letter Attached Saying: 

"Open Immediately

And

Dig For Hid Treasure

Pearls Of Wisdom

Tried Gold

Healing Balm

Eye Salve

And

A White Robe Of Righteousness

An Over-Comer's Crown

And

Your New Name And Life

In And With Me!" 

Today Is The Day Of Salvation! 

The Book Of Love 

Is 

Given To You To Explore And Experience! 

Open The Gifted, Sure Word Of Almighty God

And 

Line Memory's Hall 

With The Found Treasures Of Goodness 

Harvested From Your Excavations! 

Peace! 

The God Who Cannot Lie Or Change!

 

Willful And Own-Way Was A Serious Indictment 

Against One's Character In The Old Days 

But 

It Is Somehow Elevated To A Badge Of Honor 

In These Times Where Participation Trophies

Aka Show Up And Do Nothing

Are A Thing! 

Beloved, 

As Committed Christians

We Cannot Walk Willfully And Unwisely Aka "Doing You!" 

And 

Really Expect The Great God Who Inhabits Glory 

To Pleasurably Say: 

"Good One, Bucko! 

You Didn't Make My Mark 

But At Least You Were On The Planet! 

Come On Up Here 

And Make Everybody Miserable With Your Bad Attitude

Constant Complaining

And Bold Challenging Of My Sovereign Will 

Which Was For Your Safety And Eternal Security!"

"I Cast Lucifer Out For Pride, Lies, Willfulness

Envy, Deceit, Greed, Disobedience

False Worship, Dissension, Warmongering

And Hatred Of My Only Begotten Son ... Your Only Savior

But I'll Let You Into My Fiery Presence 

Where Sin And Sinners Cannot Exist 

Just Because You Were Made In Our Image 

And After Our Likeness 

And Despite The Fact That 

You Despised My Son's Personal Sacrifice 

To Personally Save You 

To Give You A Future, A Hope, And An Expected End

Which You Rejected 

While Diligently Following After Satan 

Our Sworn Enemy ... And Yours

Who Maliciously Engineered Mankind's Downfall 

By Deceiving Eve 

Who Encouraged Adam 

Who, For His Love To Her, Chose To Indulge 

Willful Disobedience!"

"I Am The God Who Cannot Lie Or Change 

But For You, Whatever! 

Enjoy The Eats And Treats!" 

Dear Ones, 

It Ain't Never Gonna Happen

So Let Us Let Almighty God's Will 

Be Our Chosen Way Of Life!

Let Us Straighten Up And Walk Right

And

Be To The Eternal God A Pleasure And A Delight

In The Name Of Jesus Christ The King

Our Lord, God, Savior, Redeemer, And Forever Friend

The Judge Of All Flesh!

We Will Be Forever Blessed! 

Peace!

Join The Clean-Heart Club!

We Keep A Clean House 

But 

Have Dirty Minds! 

We Display Beautiful Faces 

But 

Practice Ugly Habits! 

We War With Each Other 

But 

With The Devil ... Not So Much!

We Decry Bad Behavior In Others 

But 

Excuse It In Ourselves! 

We Elevate Known Wickedness In Our Favorites As Self-Expression 

And

Denigrate Faithful Christians As Holy-Rollers And Jesus-Freaks! 

Beloved, 

Upside-Down Back-To-Front "Wisdom" 

Is 

Worthless, Useless, And Pointless 

For Both Seller And Buyer 

And

Believing That Satan Is Your Friend 

Because 

He Says Do What You Desire

And That 

Wrong Is Right 

Is 

Going To Book You A Berth In The Lake Of Fire! 

We Cannot Paint Truth Black 

And 

Color Lies White 

In The Belief That It Will Change Their Character: 

It Won't! 

Let's Just Accept That The Word Of God 

Is 

Ever True 

And 

Is Good To Fix What Ails Me And You! 

Join The Clean-Heart Club: 

Look Up To 

And

Put On Jesus Christ 

And 

Really Live! 

Peace!

"I Am Following My Heart!?!"

Why Would We ... As A Committed-To-Christ Christians

Ever Utter The Words: 

"I Am Following My Heart!"  

When The Lord Of Life Calls Man's Heart Deceitful 

And, In Truth, Impossible To Know By Man!?! 

Beloved, 

We Really Need To Stop Following Popular Culture 

And 

The Self-Help No Help At All Gurus 

Who ... With Gay Abandon

Encourage People To Doubt The Word Of Almighty God 

To Gleefully Foray Into Fashionable Foolishness! 

There Was A Time When Your Parent Told You How To Live 

And

You Obeyed 

Because 

You Knew That They Loved You 

And 

Wanted What Was Best For You! 

Our Father In Heaven ... Our Parent Supreme

Has Warned Against Trusting Our Deceitful 

Aka Lying, Unholy, Proud, Desperately Wicked Heart 

Which We May Only Know The Right About 

Through His Saving Grace! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Man's Heart Desires What Soothes The Senses 

And 

Not What Pleases Almighty God 

And 

Satisfies The Savior-Seeking Soul! 

It Takes Amazing Grace 

To Get Us To The Heights Of Christ's Surpassing Glory 

Where No Wicked, Unregenerate, Heart May Enter! 

Grace Is Available! 

Grab It! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Stop Calling The Living God A Liar!

 

We Need To Stop Calling The Living God A Liar: 

He Is Not A Man! 

One Of The Most Unscriptural  Things That I Came Across Recently 

Was In A Public Prayer 

Where The Person Asked The Lord 

To Forgive Their Confessed 

And 

Unconfessed Sins 

And

Then Made Much Of Having Received Their "Destiny Helper" 

In Their Year Of Grief For A Lost Spouse! 

Beloved, 

Be Wise 

And 

Choose To Walk In The Truth Of Almighty God! 

Unconfessed Sin 

Is 

Sin Unforgiven! 

Forgiveness And Cleansing 

Ride The Steed Called Confessed Sin!  

Mysticism Aka The Destiny Helper 

Has No Place In Jesus Christ's Christianity! 

The Lord Jesus Christ 

Is 

Our Helper! 

The Holy Spirit 

Is 

Our Comforter 

And 

He, As Promised, Will Lead Us Into All Truth! 

By Their Good Influence And Protecting Care

Holy Angels Help Us 

- Who Choose To Accept The Lord's Free Gift Of Salvation -

To Safely Get Home To Our Father's House! 

Dear Ones, 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Means And Makes The Difference Between Life And Death! 

Let's Not Add To Or Subtract From The Word Of God 

And

Let's Stop Making Simple Things Complex And Convoluted 

To Enrich Wicked Men And Seducers 

Who Want Our Money 

For Their Lying Clanging Bells And Tinkling Cymbals! 

Please Let Your Conversation Be In Heaven 

So That You Don't Fall For Lies On Earth! 

Almighty God Is All! 

Peace! 

Forgive Us, Lord

As We Confess And Repent

And

Help Us, I Beseech You

From Walking In The Truth

Never To Relent!

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Let Satan Turn You Around!

 

In All Things, Give Thanks!?! 

How Does One Give Thanks For Wood Ants In Your Floor 

And Hornets In Your Attic!?! 

How Are We Supposed To Be Thankful For The Problems

Pressures, Parasites, And Plague-Rats In Our Lives!?! 

With Humility! 

Beloved, 

Wanting To Give Thanks Is Not The Issue! 

Being Obedient 

And

Doing The Will Of Almighty God 

Because 

He Asks Us To

Is 

The Command! 

We Are Soldiers Of The Cross! 

We, For Love, And With Willing Hearts

Offer Up Our Highest Worship 

Aka Obedience With Our Highest Praise Aka "Hallelujah!" 

Because 

We Know That He Who Says "Do!" 

Has Already Done 

And

Has Overcome For Us! 

Jesus Christ's Request 

Is 

A Test Of Our Faith ... Which Works By Love

And

Our Trust In Him Which Can Never Be Misplaced! 

Dear Ones, 

We Must Go Through To Come Through 

And

We Must Get Up To Stand Up 

To Go On Up ... To Jesus Christ's Glory! 

Let Us Remember This Day That 

Our Lord Jesus Equips Us 

And

Accompanies Us To Accomplish All That He Asks Of Us! 

Please Let Us Join Together This Day 

And 

Choose To Defeat Satan 

By Thanking Our Savior Who Satisfies Our Souls 

Through All The Changing Scenes And Seasons Of 

This Short But Eventful Life! 

Don't Let Satan Turn You Around! 

May The Lord Jesus Christ

Our Hope For Glory, Satisfy, Save, Sanctify

And 

Seal Us All Who Are Willing!

Peace!

Careless Words Cost!

Careless Words Cost 

And 

Costly Words Cure Us Of Carelessness! 

We Used To Have An Old Expression 

About Paying For Your Mouth 

And If People Used To Have To Go Down To Coleridge Street

At The Court Building

To Pay For Their Often Useless Talk

They Wouldn't Talk Foolishness! 

Beloved, 

There Is Bible For Your Feet In This Matter! 

Our Words Justify Us! 

Our Words Condemn Us! 

The Old Folk 

And 

The School Master And Mistress 

Used To Tell Us Not To Talk Idle! 

Dear Ones, 

Many Of Us Believe That 

The Only Bad Words Are Swear Words 

But

We Should Sincerely Look At Unkind, Careless

Lawless, Crude, And Cruel 

Aka Candy-Coated Venomous Words! 

We May Spend Our Word-Money Carelessly 

And 

Start Using "Words On Credit" 

But 

The Debt-Collector That 

No One Can Turn Around Or Escape From 

Will One Day Be Right At Our Side! 

Have You Counted The Cost Of 

Self-Condemnation And Other-Denigration!?! 

Same Tongue Different Day Hell To Pay 

Stands Up Against 

Same Day Different Tongue Glory To Share! 

The Call Is Yours Alone To Make! 

I Sincerely Pray That 

We Will All Choose To Speak Peace

Share Love

And 

Give God Glory! 

Words Lift Or Lower! 

Choose The Good Portion! 

Peace!

DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN: The Strait Way Struggle!

 

Onward And Upward 

Is 

On The Strait And Narrow Way 

And

We Will Never Reach The Heavenly Home Safely 

If 

We Allow Our Attention From This Path To Stray! 

Beloved, 

There Will Always Be The Way Faster

The Way More Fun

The Way Less Strenuous

And

The Way Where Doing Without Is Just A Song! 

Think! 

If Anyone "Helps" A Butterfly Out Of His Cocoon

He Will Never Fly 

And

He Will Soon Die! 

If A Humming Bird Forgets Who He Is 

And 

Why He Does What He Does

He Will Become The Feast On The Table Of 

The One Who Will Handle Him 

According To What He Shows Himself To Be 

And 

Not By The Reputation For Which He Is Known! 

Dear Ones, 

A Ground-Dove Will Never Rise 

To The Heights Achieved By An Eagle! 

Please Choose To Live In Your Place 

Near To The Heart Of God 

Through The Lord Christ Jesus 

And 

Though Belittled

Denied, Disregarded

And 

Disrespected

Dare To Firmly Hold The Line That 

Leads To Surpassing Glory! 

There Is Always Darkness Before Dawn! 

Jesus Christ Saves: 

Be Strong In The Lord

And

In The Power Of His Might! 

Peace!

LIES NEED SCAFFOLDING: Truth Stands ... Alone!

You, Me, We Have To Love The Truth! 

We Should All Know By Now That 

People Get Punished For Speaking The Truth! 

We Should Also Know That 

Even If The Crud Is Beaten Out Of The Truth

And Its Back Is Shredded Into Ribbons

It's Spat Upon

Its Beard Is Ripped Out

And A Crown Of Thorns Is Driven Into Its Head

And It's Made To Bear Its Own Cross

And It's Pinned To A Tree Reserved For The Cursed 

With Nails Driven Into Its Hands And Feet 

And It's Suspended Between Heaven And Earth

And A Spear Is Driven With Malice Into Its Side 

Causing Innocent Blood And Cleansing Water To Gush Forth

And It Dies 

And Is Wrapped Up And Placed In A Borrowed Tomb 

And Shut Up In Deep Darkness To Be Unseen For A Time

Truth Will Never See Corruption 

And

Will Rise Again 

To Publish Glad Tidings Of 

Peace With Almighty God! 

Lies Are Generated In The Darkness 

And 

Will Never Survive The Light Of Truth! 

Lies Need Scaffolding: 

Truth Stands ... Alone! 

Please Stick To 

And

Stand Up For The Truth! 

The Truth Is Jesus Christ: 

He Is Life And Light! 

Love Him! 

Peace!

Trust The Shepherd Of Rest!

Let Us Not Live Like Bewildered Sheep 

Who Have No Shepherd

Because

We Were Bought At A Great Price 

By The Shepherd Who Is Our Rest

Who Leads Us To Green Pastures

And  

Restores Our Souls! 

Beloved, 

I Beseech Us All 

To Internalize The Ideal That Is Trust 

As Gleaned From The Good Book Of Truth 

From The Lord Of Life 

Who Is The Truth 

And

Dare To Rest Sheltered And Protected

Comforted And Cared For

Blessed And Bettered! 

Let's Be Thoroughly Refreshed 

In The Calm That Comes From The Knowledge That 

Our Creator Is Our Recreator

Our Savior Is Our Sanctifier

Our King Is Kind

And 

The Good Shepherd ... Our Good Shepherd

Is 

Ever Present And Available Always! 

We Are Never Alone!

Our Shepherd, The Lord God Almighty

Is 

He Who Gives Us Time To See And Personally Know Him! 

He Dwells In Eternity And He Never Sleeps! 

He Is Our Peace

And 

We May Sleep Soundly In Peace 

And 

Be Refreshed And Strengthened 

To Be Refined Into Beautiful Jewels For His Crown! 

The Good Shepherd Calls Us:

It Is Our Choice To Answer Him!

If We Don't Stand Firmly By Faith 

On The Foundation Of Trust In The Lord Christ

We May As Well Be As Those Idolaters 

Who Are Worshipping The Man-Made Abominations That 

Cause Jealousy In The Heart Of Our Living Holy God! 

No Idolator Will Ever Enter

The Beautiful City Of God!

You Are Blessed! 

Our God Is Real And Returning! 

Please Dare To Live As One Dearly Loved Of The Good Shepherd

The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Peace!

Tears Are A Language That God Understands!

We Have The Perfect Example Of 

How To Live On This Earth 

In The Person Of Our Blessed Jesus! 

Even Though He Was High And Mighty

Divine And Holy

The King Of Earth And Glory

He Was The Willing

Trustworthy, Caring, Able, Capable

Approachable Servant 

Who Knew His Mission

Who Stuck To The Plan

Who Maintained Constant Contact With His Leader

And 

Was Not Afraid To Touch The Untouchable

And 

Was Undeterred By Dirt! 

He Was A Friend 

To All Who Appreciated Him As Such ... Or Not

And 

He Was Not Influenced By Who Had Stuff And Pedigree 

Or Dismayed By Who Was A Non-Entity Aka A Nobody! 

Jesus Prayed And Pressed On! 

He Knew That Quiet Time With His Father In Heaven 

Was The Key To Success On His Mission! 

Jesus Knew That The Living Word From On High Spoke Life 

And 

Imparted Vigor, Strength 

And 

Incentive To Accomplish The Mission! 

Beloved, 

Think On These Things 

And 

Remember That We Are Not Better Than Our Master

Jesus Christ The Lord! 

We Have A Work To Do 

And

A Destination To Get To! 

We Have An "Employee" Aka Servant Review To Pass 

So That We Will Keep Our Pick 

So That We Will Remain On Track For Promotion 

To The City Of God! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Paychecks Aka Rewards Are Determined By Performance: 

Let Your Gift Of Daily Faith Work For You 

As You Choose To Willingly Work For The Lord!

 Tears Are A Language That God Understands! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAY FOR SOMEONE: Correction Is Better Than Rejection!

If We Do Not Correct Our Children

They Will Corrupt Themselves! 

If We Do Not Pray For Our Children

They Will Be Prey For Someone Else! 

Beloved, 

Prayer And Correction Go Hand In Hand: 

We Receive This Good Teaching From Jesus Christ The Lord!

Refusal Of Correction Is The Philosophy Of Satan The God-Fraud!  

Our Father Is In Heaven And His Way For Us Is Clear! 

He Teaches Us The Way To Go 

And He Gently Corrects Us When We Go Astray! 

Dear Ones, 

When You Have Done The Thing Foolish

Let Your Repentance Be Swift! 

Forgiveness Is Only By The Lord Given 

And It Is The Blessed-Forever Gift! 

God's Forgiveness Cannot Be Bought Or Bartered

And We Cannot Play With It 

Because It Is Never Casually Bestowed! 

Correction Is Never Pleasant 

But It Is A Necessity 

And It Will Be Humbly Accepted And Followed 

By All Who Desire To Enter The Eternal City! 

We Are Called To Pray Without Ceasing

To Humbly Repair To Prayer

To Spend Time In Sweet Communion 

With Him Who Does Our Every Burden Bear! 

We Are All Children Of Someone

Be It By Blood, By Faith, By Affection, Or By Adoption

And That Means That You Are Loved By Someone 

Who Desires Your Blessing And Entrance Into The Courts Above! 

Correction Cures! 

Praying In Faith By Following The Word

Makes Our Motives Pure

So Do Not Permit Lack Of Correction

Into Bold Sin Our Children Lure! 

Pray For Someone!

I Am Praying For You! 

Peace!

Correction

Is

Better Than Rejection!