Thoughts of God's Love ...

I had Me a Think about God's Love - again - and - again - I am Glad that God has The Job and I do not! 

Mankind is unkind

Mankind destroys and then whines

Mankind is ungrateful

And treats God as they would a wild vine!

So, with that being said, let Me ask Us ...

Why?

Why what?

Why does God Omnipotent, God The Omniscient, God The King Omnipresent, Creator of The Universe, i.e, Heaven and Earth, tolerate us?

Why didn't God just destroy Sinful Man and Corrupt Earth - all with Finality - and Create a Brand New Earth from Scratch, and a Brand New Man from The New-Made Earth?

When we Answer these Questions, we will then Understand why We Should Reverence God.

Couldn't God have make a New Earth?
With ease!

Couldn't God have made a New Man?
Certainly, and with Pleasure, I'm sure!

So, why didn't He?
LOVE.

LOVE!?!
LOVE.

God gives us The Clue when He States in His Word ...  

He Says He Can Never FORGET Us!

Another Clue: 

Let US make Man (He already knew who we were) in OUR Image (body appearance) AND Likeness (ready/able to accept immortality; ready to be a being of His Light).

I don't know about you, but I do not want anyone that I do not love to be like (representative of) Me, and I definitely will not have them taking care of my possessions! 

Therefore, by basis of deduction, God MUST LOVE Mankind.

Third Clue ...

Since God is LOVE, and He has Thoughts Concerning Us, it is Obvious that He LOVES US!

Let us consider that BEFORE we were Made, God had The Plan of Redemption in Place!

Does this not suggest that God was making Defective Merchandise?
Not by a long shot!

This is clearly telling us that despite our Anticipated Willfulness, and in spite of The Anticipated Sacrifice of Personal Blood, The Godhead knew us in ... LOVE!

If we look to Lucifer - another Personally Created and Crafted Individual - and his Jealousy-inspired Rebellion, and the subsequent War, and the resultant Expulsion from Heaven, we would see, again, the Answer.

LOVE.

I will venture to say that God said in His Heart: "Let My Love for My Creatures Lead them into My Light," and it is so. 

The Almighty God ALWAYS GIVES US TIME to choose to OR to choose not to be cared for, and guided, by Him.

God's Creatures will either Love Him because of WHO HE IS to them OR Hate Him because of WHO HE REFUSES TO BECOME for them.

God's Love, or The Expansiveness of God's Love, is Unknowable for a Finite Creature.

God's Love REQUIRES Choice on the part of the Creature Receiving that Love.

God's Love contains The Patience Of The Eternal.

God's Love contains God's Measurement in Eternal Time.

God's Love contains God's Blessed Hope 

Which is Measured by God's Faithfulness 

To Constantly Plead with Us Out Of His Love For Us 

UNTIL 

His Measure of Time Convinces Us to 

See, Experience, Understand and Accept 

His Love and His Way 

OR

Because of Sinful, Willful Self, Selfishness and Greed

See, Experience, Deny and Summarily Reject 

His Love and His Way as Contemptible.

In short, God's  Love IS The True Transcript of God's Character which character is showered upon us UNTIL ... The Appointed Time ... which we cannot apprehend.

There is an old expression: 

TIME IS LONGER THAN TIME!

The God Of Love 

who sheds 

The Love of God Abroad

and 

Who Made Time

but 

Who Is Not Constrained By Time 

gives 

The Time-Bound 

Time Not Measured by Man 

but by 

The Eternal God

To See and To Know and To Decide 

To Love God As Lord.

God Made Mankind 

Out Of 

His Love

In 

His Time

For 

His Pleasure!

God's Love contains His Grace
God's Love contains His Mercy
God's Love contains His Justice
God's Love contains His Hand of Provision
God's Love contains His Peace
God's Love contains His Pardon
God's Love contains His Compassion
God's Love contains His Caring, and
God's Love contains His Pathway To Our Perfection.

God's Love is Infinite
God's Love is Free
God's Love is Overflowing
God's Love is Faithful
God's Love is Truth
God's Love is Light.

God's Love Seeks after His Children.
God's Love Seals His Children from Sin and Death.
God's Love Sanctifies His Children unto Himself.
God's Love Saves His Children from That Separating Line.

God's Love Heals
God's Love Helps
God's Love Holds, and
God's Love Hands Us Hope.

God's Love Pleads
God's Love Leads
God's Love Feeds, and
God's Love IS The Steed Which Will Get Us Home.

God Gave Man 

A Free Will

and 

A Personal Choice!

Will You Exercise Your Free Will 

and 

Personal Choice

and

Bless God

and

Return His Love For You? Today?

I Have! Please Join Me!

God's Love is Costly Array

and is

Fashioned 

out of

The Holy God

The Living God

The Eternal God

The God called Man's Savior Friend

and

The God Who Will Succor His People

Until Life's Journey's End!

MARANATHA!

At The End Of It All God's Love Is All!

God's Love IS All ...

So, Please, Drop Satan's Shiny Deception Ball

And

Get Over Adam's Ignominious Fall

And

Recognize That We Sinned -

You and Me and One and All

And

Confess and REPENT

And Accept God's Forgiveness

And

Stand Tall

And

Give To Jesus Christ Your Body and All

And 

Do The Good Works By Faith

And

At The End of It All

When The Last Trumpet Shall Loudly Call

He Will Your New Name Lovingly Call 

Before

Almighty God 

And 

The Angels All!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The One Who Did Our God Deny!

Jesus Christ 

Triumphant King

Holy Lord

God All Glorious

The Overcomer

Speaker of Peace

Destroyer of The Devil and The Devilish

*******************

Dear Stewart pointed out 
In the IDE/IED acronym play that Jesus says:
"I Did Enough!
I Even Died!"

Well, let me tell you of
That Other Side
Of The One who Lied
Of The one who did Our God Deny:

Satan is The Copy Cat!
When it comes to Creation
He can not do that for
His method is to pull things out of a "Big Black Hat!" 

Satan speaks to Being Creative
But all he can do is to Abominate!
He never can Bless but he will Dominate
And his basic ingredient is to Always Humans Hate!

Satan brags each day of his Expressed Prowess
Over man and woman whom he will Oppress
Of woman and man whom he doth possess
Being ever the usual False Witness!

Satan, as usual, must follow behind God
But with The Spin
He, The Lie, doth Deploy
He gives The Plus plus The Minus 
And he achieves "Goal!" with a thrusting of Self-trust!

Satan motivates himself each day
By making men believe that:

Sin ever Pays

That Man is god

That to Do Good is to Need Greed

That Feeling Flesh is Staying Fresh, and

Gotcha is Good Growing Seed!

And when Satan takes himself a Non-break
He strokes his Ego
Before he on another victim let's go!
He looks in his mirror
And repeats the vile mantra he wrote, and
Proceeds valiantly Wicked Seeds to sow:

"It's All About Meeeee!

I Will With Ignoble Deeds Humans Ensnare!

I Will Ex-filtrate Souls Every Day!"

And he sings to himself his glory song:

"I ENSNAAARE with ignoble needs

I will daily The Humans' Greed feed

With Putrid Praise

With Petty Pleas

With Puffup Pastry

And Pesky Deed Fleas

Of Self and Sin

Of Song and Dance

Of Vodka and Gin

Of Smoke and Mirrors

Of Conquerable Skies and

Dark Domains enchained

Of Life unfettered

Without restraints

With me in charge

By lies about Him

I'll weave my Web of Deceit

And I will deny Them to Him!"

Dear Ones:

Please remember these points:

(1)

Seeking Self 

Sets Satan's Seal Securely 

Upon 

Sinner's Souls!

(2)

Saints Solemnly Seek After Their Soul's Salvation!

(3)

Seeking The Savior Seals and Saves From Sin!

(4)

Satan is The Lifelong Liar

He will reap Almighty God's Ire

Don't fall and join him on the Funeral Bier

The Holy God is going to rain down Living Fire!

Prayer: Thank You, Lord

Thank You, Lord

For The Blessings Today!

Thank You, Lord

For Provision in All Ways!

Thank You, Lord

For Saving My Soul!
Thank You, Lord
I Don't Have To Set Dates
For By Jesus' Faith
I Will Have Right To Walk Through
Your Holy City's Bright Gates!
I Love You, Lord!
Amen.

Happy Sabbath + Life's Look Book 'n Prayer

I opened up My Life's Look Book today

I turned a page - I looked away

I turned a page - My heart grew sad

For I saw things ugly, some even bad.

I kept turning pages

I kept looking around

Some things there made my Poor Soul frown

And not long thereafter, I put The Look Book down

And turned away

And started to pray:

Dear Lord, My Father

It's just Me

I feel heart broken 

Please hear my plea!

I come today and

I must repent as

Review today showed things 
Of a youth misspent.

Forgive me, Father

And help me to grow

In the Faith of Jesus

More and more.

I give You Permission

To yank snap Me right back

When Life's Polluting Nibbles

Are in Me on The Attack.

I Give You, Lord

My Will

My Way

As I say to You this Humble Pray.

Rid Me of Self

And Walking in My Own Way

Keep Me Walking Toward Zion

In The Straight and Narrow Holy Way.
I love You, Lord
I don't want to disappoint
Bless Me, Father
Anoint, anoint
This Soul often listing
As The World's thrusts annoy
Lift Me up, raise Me up
Unto Eternal Joy!
Amen.

Life ... Set To Music!

Life is "Set" to Music!

Prelude
Interlude
Crescendo
Diminuendo
Forte
Sotto Voce
Solo
Duet
Trio
Quartet
Orchestra
Choir
Accidentals
Sharps and
Naturals
Flute
Trumpet
Violin
Timpani - Rolling Bass
And At The Finale 
The End of The Performance
There is A Peaceful Benediction
Some Rousing Applause 
OR
Cry of Waste and 
The Sound of Distaste!

Life Begins with a Spark!
Water, Light, Disturbance
Then a Cry of Disbelief
Then Relief
Poke, Poke
Then Prod
Open Mouth
Singing a Song
Loud, Loud
Then Comfort
And Rest
And The Voice
Soft, So Soft
Gentle, Proud!

Food in The Mouth:
"Coo! Coo!"

Wipe on The Bottom:
"Boo, Hoo, Poo!"

Cry! 
Scream!
Attention: "I am Here!"
Please Get On With The Show!"

Grab a Finger
Pull on A Heart
Mommy and Daddy - The Sweethearts
I Manipulate
Those Who Can My Life Make or Break.

Quiet
Whistle
Tumble
Fumble
Stumble
Laugh
Cry
Play
Learn
Pray
Care
Hope
Despair
Soft Sound
Loud Gong
I Have Arrived
Wedding Song
Maybe - Perhaps
A Dance or Two
Upset
Lie Down
Happy, Happy
Frown, Frown
Upside 
Right Side
Down!

I Learned
I Cared
I Was taught - I Taught
I Prayed
I Cried
I Pleaded
I Beseeched!

There Was a Guffaw!
There Is Sin - The Outlaw!
And There Is The Master
Who Knows My Every Flaw!

Long Story!?!
Yes!
Cut It Short!

I was Pushed
I Fell
Heaven Picked Me Up and
 I Avoid Hell
With Much Prayer, and
Faithful Works and
Singing, and 
Reading The Book!

Until My Day is Done
Life's Musical Instruments
Will Play The Notes
And I Will Live Sing
But Not On The Whim
For The Director of My Masterpiece
Is None Other Than
Jesus Christ, The King!

My End Will Be Peace for
Live or Die
Peace is The Relief
Of All Who Set Aside Self and are
Following The Plan and
Doing His Bidding and
Singing The Song of Zion
Casting Aside The World's Whirl
Having No More Stomach to Make Hurl
And Soon ...
Soon ...
Heaven ... and Countless New Worlds!

Until Then ...
I Shall Pray
I Shall Plod
And I Shall Sing The Song
Of Jesus' Blessed Peace
As I Wait Impatiently Patiently
For Heaven To Descend and
Bring My Blessed Release Relief.

This Life IS Set To Music!

Do You Know WHO Is Your Music Director?!

Sowing AND Reaping!

I Sowed In Tears - Repentance For Sin Was My First Seed
He Sowed In Tears - Suffered for Jesus Christ In Deed
But in The Day The Dear Lord Appears
We Shall Not Shed a Grieving Tear
Nor Shall We Bow Our Heads In Abject Fear!

We Both Will Reap 
With Unalloyed Joy
Along With All The Faithful
Man, Woman, Girl, Boy!

Whether Still Living or Having Faithful Died
Nothing Will Keep Us From Eternally Praising
Jesus Christ - The Living Lord
The Lamb Who For Us Was Crucified!

Our God IS Faithful
Our God IS Just
And, Whether Living Blood or Even Once Before Dead Dust
Our God Will Deliver The Saint's Reward To All
To All, That Is
That He calls The Just!

The Word of God a/k/a God's Looking Glass!

The Word of God is The Looking Glass
By Which We Know That We Are Sinners Who Sin
The Glass Itself Can Will Not Save Us But
It Plainly Shows The Trouble That Sin Has Us In!

The Word Of God Also Points To The Way of Salvation
Free To All Who Will Acknowledge Their Plight
It Gives To All A Sure Way To Glean Repentance
If We Would Not With The Holy Spirit Fight!

For Cleansing The Word Of God Points Out Our Need Of The Life-Giver
The Holy God, The Word Himself, The Lord Divine
The One Whom All And Sundry Must Appease OR
Be Permanently Removed From ... At The End of Time's Line.

No Amount Of Judicious Self-cleaning
Can Will Make One Justified In The Lord
We Must Appeal To The Captain
Jesus Christ - The Savior
The One With Whose Holy Spirit We Must Be In One Accord!

We Must Not Be Forgetful Observers
We Must Read The Word
Honor The Lord, and Obey
We Must Take To Heart The Word of The Master
And Not Just Look, and From Ourselves Toss It Away!

Let Us Look In The Word's Mirror

And Truly Believe What It Shows

Let Us Take Heed To The Rebuke

And ... Change Our Spirits' Clothes!

The Tongues a/k/a Red Rags Waving!

I Met The Tongues!
Truly Red Ones Indeed
Language is Their Specialty, and
Variety is their Speed!

There was Vitriolic
There was Sarcastic
There was Majestic Tongue
There was Foolish
There was Frantic
There was Dynastic Tongue
Then, Lo, and Behold
Before I could Make a Sound
I Heard, Felt and Shivered
As Fiery Tongue made Everybody Move Around!

There was Iniquitous
There was Impious
There was Bad-Talk Tongue
There was Tamed
There was Tempermental
There Unruly Tongue
And in a split second of our Meeting
Bitter and Envious were making Me Frown!

There was Sweet-Talk
There was Girl-Talk
There was Pillow-Talk Tongue
There was Jest
There Restful
There Messy-Talk Tongue, but
The Worst of this Lot
Was a Devilish Dude
Who Prided himself on
His Talk being Crude!

There was Vile
There was Vilifying
There was Educated Tongue
There was Silly
There was Sad
There was Putrid 'N Proud Tongue
The Mother was Dastardly
Their Daddy was Untamed
Their Grampy was Discordant
And their Granny was called
That Tongue Full-A Hate!

There was Boastful
There was Blasphemous
There was Potty-Mouth Tongue
There was Naughty
There was Nasty
There was even Long-Talk Tongue
But The ones that Impressed me
Were Old Blessing and Caring-Talk
Praying and Truthful-Nice Tongue
Who Cleaned up for them all
Ever watching for where Wicked
Wild and
Just-Wrong Tongue would fall!

Some Tongues are a Handful -
Many have Strayed Away!
From The Words of The Master
Some have Simply Walked Away
Forgetting, E'en Ignoring
The Truth on The Way
That Blessing and Cursing
Shouldn't come from The Same Tongue Walking
Truly Walking
On The King's True Pathway!

Understanding God?! + Prayer: Let My Heart Be Ever Thankful

I Can't Understand My Son - and I gave Birth to him!
So ... How can I Understand Almighty God
Who is as Visible as The Rushing Wind?

I Don't Understand God
And I am Not Even Going to Try
For I Know - with Certainty
That with Wings, I am Going to Fly Away
Far Away
From Struggle
Want, Hate, and Greed and
Death
For I Know The God 
Which Sacrificed His Son for Me
Has to Love Me!
Love Me, Indeed!

So ... When I'm Feeling Used
Abused, Refused
Sad, Neglected
Tired, Unloved
And Needing to Cry
And Sneeze and Wheeze
I Pray, and 
Thank God for His Love, and Mercy
And Beseech Him to Come - Soon - for Me
For I'm Begging: "Lord, Please?!"

Heavenly Father,

Let My Heart Be Ever Thankful

For I Know That You Always Provide!

I Do Not Ever Have To Think Of Or Wonder

What The New Day Will Provide!

You Have Promised - Your Word Is Faithful

To Provide For and Be With Me to My Life's End

So, I Give Unto You My Will and Way, Lord

Lead and Guide - You Are My God and My Friend!

I Love You, Father.

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Way Of The Faithful

The Way of The Wicked is Convoluted

Their Speech upon it is Sorely Polluted

They go Two Steps Forward, and take Three Steps Back

And are Always Looking The Righteous to Attack!

The Way of The Faithful Leads to Heaven's Door

Where The Savior Awaits

The Rich, Young, Old and Poor!

There's No Left! There's No Right!

There's No Spinning in The Night for

Our Footsteps are Ordered and

Our "Horse" is Made of Light!

Heaven Awaits!

God's Glories Never Abate!

Trust God To Deliver -

Jesus Won't Be Late!

Declaration: My Conscience Is Not On Sale!

My Conscience Is Not a Commodity
To be Bought and Sold to Eat Bread!
My Conscience IS My Director to Get Me Home Safely
So that I won't End Up Eternally Dead!

My Conscience Does Not Belong To The Civil Authorities
The Church Authorities
Nor god on the Earth!
My Conscience is My Gift from My Creator
He who Made The Heavens and The Self-Same Earth!

I Exercise My Conscience!
It is not Fat, Lazy, Greedy, on Sweetness Overfed!
It is Lean!
It is Clean
Led by The Holy Spirit - not The Evil Machine
And Cannot be Begged, Bought, Bartered for 
Ease, Money nor Pastures Green!

My Conscience is Mine

Delivered by God

Operated by The Holy Ghost

Renewed Daily in The Holy Word, and

Waiting for Glorious Validation at 

The Coming of Jesus Christ, The Lord!

Sorry, 'Bub!

This Conscience Is Not On Sale!

HAPPY SABBATH: No More Night!

You can't Fool the  Master
He Gave you your Mouth
He is the Redeemer 
AND He is your Friend
AND He'll Either be your Judge OR  your King
It's your Choice ... at The End!

Think About your Life!
Can you Save your Own Soul?
Can you Extinguish Hell's Fires
When you get Thrown Out The "Door?"

Salvation is Free
To All who Will Believe
And Trust on King Jesus
His Heart on their Sleeve!

Rather to be Chosen as 
Soldier or Sacrifice
Makes No Difference to us for
When He Comes we Fly
Home to His House - To Mansions of Rest
To Live with The Eternal
Eternally Blessed!

I am In on Jesus' Action
I will in The Strife Fight
And if I am Chosen to Say: "Good Night!"
Well??
"Good Night!"

In Jesus I Know No Fear!
With Jesus I Fear No Fright!
Jesus Christ IS My Lord and My God, and
He's Already Saved Me from Sin's Blight!

I Shall Awaken - Remade
Righteous
In Flight, and
I will See My God 
As One of His Own!
My Rest will Sweet!
My Light will be Glory Bright!
I will Sing through Endless Ages
In Eternal Day, for
There is No Night - Nor Worry, Nor Care - There!

Prayer: Give Me Grace

Lord, there is The Great Shaking Coming -

Please give my Heart some Relief

Help me to Stand Ever Victorious

 When Faced by Evil, Strife, and The Troubler-in-Chief!

Help me to Stand Firm in Your Precepts

Help me not to Hold on to Worldly Conceits and Receipts

Help me to Stand Fast in The Faith of Jesus

Not Afraid of that Wicked Soul Thief!

Give me The Promised Grace, Dear Lord, I Beseech You

Grant me Strength to Hold on to 

Your Peace, Dear Lord, I Pray

Bless me, Lord - Help me to be Victorious 

I am Your Child, and 

I would have it to be No Other Way!

I Love You, Lord.

AMEN.