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I Sat AND I Thought AND I Thought Some More! Should I Ask The Lord To Search Me? Should I Let Him Enter Into My Personal Heart's Door? Should I Really Bid Him Enter? Should I Give Him The Grand Tour? Should I ... Should I Let My Savior Enter? Should I Let Him Through My Most Private Door? Should I Let The Savior Try Me? Should I Make Him Privy To My Thoughts? Should I Let Him See The Darkness? Should I Let Him View The Ugly Truth Distorts? Should I Let Him See My Treasured Hopes? My Hidden Desires Of The Night? Should I Let Him See The Passions Against Which I Constantly Fight? Should I Let Him See The Real Me? Insecurities And All? Should I Let Him See Those Things That By Satan I Did Fall? Should I Bare My Own Soul To My Maker And My King AND Give Him A Carte Blanche To Fix Me Up For Once And For All? I Thought Me A Little Thought AND I Got Tired Of The Thinks So I Uttered A Simple Prayer AND Opened The Door - No More High Jinks! The Master Quietly Entered In AND I Longingly Looked At Him AND In His Face I Saw The Blessing For Which I Had Been Avidly Instinctively Seeking! In His Beautiful Marred Face I Saw Plainly His Bold Love AND In His Hand Was Marked:
"Come Home To Me, My Love!"
In His Warm Embrace I Encountered Perfect Peace AND Sweet Rest AND In His Ear I - Bestirred - Uttered Everything That Had To Be Confessed! When It Was All Over I Could Not Let Him Go AND In Loving Affinity He Held Me Close Asking Me To Love AND Trust Him AND Walk With Him Ever Even Unto Eternity! With My Heart Strongly Beating AND Seemingly Floating On The Air I Said:
"Lead Me, Dear Master
Into The Everlasting Way
For Yours Is The Only Voice
My Heart Desires To Hear
AND
Your Presence
Is All
My Soul Desires
To Be Near!"
In Truth I Here Acknowledge My Soul Has Found Its Resting Place Perfect For All My Need I Lean On That Amazing Love AND Daily Safely Feed!
If I Could Tell The Future As Some Would Have Us Believe I Would Purchase Me Stock In Eternity AND NOT IN Beautify Me! Charm Me! Nor Do Whatever I Please! I Would Look Around And Take Notice Of All The Sorrows Caused By Love Of Self! I Would Be Very Careful Not To Play With A Fallen Cherub Masquerading As Solicitous Best Friend Provider Stray Maker Rub Me Belly Treats Are Free Rascally Satan Wannabe God Holy! I Would Make It My Business To Go Into The World AND PREACH The Gospel Of The Eternal God Teaching Pleading Warning Every Single Soul I Would Meet Telling Them - With Sincerity Of Heart - To Look Up For The Sky Is About To - Like A Scroll - Roll Wide Apart Revealing The Creator God The Builder By Trade Coming To Collect The Pillars For The Temple So Fair! I Would Tell Of The God To Whom Confession AND Repentance Make One For Heaven Firmly Stand! I Would Tell The World About The God Of All Grace Who For The Love Of Vile Sinners By The Shedding Of His Pure Blood Took Our Damnable Disgrace AND Place! AND THEN ... I Would Tell The World Of A Love So Profound That Caused Divinity From Heaven To Come Down To The Cruel Earth To Bless To Teach To Pray For To Care To Help To Heal To Give To All Men A Solid Reason Sin To Forsake! I Would Tell Of The Book Ever New! I Would Tell Of The Holy Spirit Who Chides And Teaches, Too! I Would Tell Of The Angels Who Direct And Protect AND The Home Near God's Throne AND Immortality AND True Prosperity AND Real Life Lived But Never Alone!
I Would Also Tell Of The Grace That Will Permit Us To See God Face To Face AND The Glorious Expanse That We Will Traverse At Eternity's Pace! But ... I Do Not Need To Tell The Future For The Future Has Already Been Told To Me In The Book Inspired Of Heaven Containing History In Advance Where I Can Turn A Page AND At A Glance Know Which Beast Is Making An Advance AND Recognize How Close We Are To The Devil's Last Dance! I Will Know The Season - Never The Day - When At The Sound Of The Trumpet There Will Be The Catching Away To Glory Of Those Who Lived By Faith Alone Trusting In God Alone Walking With Endurance God's Way To God's Eternal Home!
I Can Say That None Will Be Left Behind Hoping For God To Come Back And Take Them - Second Chance Repentant - To The Heavenly Way For They Would Have Done Things Their Own Special Way And Will Have To - For Their Own Sins - Eternally Pay! I Have No Need To "Create!" A Spurious Vision Of The Future For God Himself By Christ Himself Has Crafted The Future For Me Which I Will Receive IF I Permit The Holy Spirit To Direct AND Teach Me! So, I Can Say ... No, Thank You! I have No Need Of A Crystal Ball For I Have The Holy Book Of The Eternal Living Glorious God Of All AND In The Reading I Will Know How For Temptation To Sin Not To Fall! No! I Do Not Need A Crystal Ball!
God's Word Is So Grand That The Lowly Accept It! God's Word Is Thought To Be Too Seasoned So The Lofty Remove The Measure Of Salt! God's Word Is So Elevated That The Educated Eviscerate It As Unknowable AND God's Word Is So Plain That A Child Taught Will Take It On Board! Why Is God's Word So Many Things To So Many Different People? What Is It About God's Word That Causes So Much Hate And Acrimony? What Is It About God's Word That Engenders Love In The Faithful Believer? What Is It In God's Word That Makes The Trusting Believer Wear It Like The Perfect Glove? God's Word Of Truth The Transcript Of God's Character Calls Unto All Who By Living Truth Choose To Be Led! God's Word Is A Hospital A Policeman A Stop Light A Walkway Light A Skylight To See Heaven's Light That Living AND Holy Sight! God's Word Is Food And Pasturage Watering Hole And Honey Comb Oil And Restorative Curative And Elevator Bed And Brace Pillow And Purse Meat And Milk Manna Love Letter License And Liberty Corrector And Director Map And Meter Measure Wedding Manual And War Manual Bridge And Banner Voice And Victory Wicket And Ticket Treasure And Threat Boot And Crown Cape And Cause Symbol AND Seal! God's Word IS Enough For Today Sufficient for Tomorrow Comfort For Any Sorrow A Footpath For The Way Narrow AND The Wood For Making Perfect Truth Arrows! God's Word IS Alive But Is Kept Out Of The Dive! It Is As Tasty As The Honey AND The Honeycomb Of The Beehive AND When Avidly Used Keeps The Soul Living Right AND Daringly Alive!
I Walked Along The Lonely Road Accosted On All Sides But As I Came To The Great Divide I Heard The Gentle Voice Speaking Saying:
Be Faithful
Walk Assuredly To Me!
Look Up
And
In Me Abide!
NOW ... I Had Heard That Voice Often Sometimes I Heeded Sometimes ... I Did Not But In Retrospect I Can Safely Say That In The Heeding I Carried No Worry I Tell You Not A Single Drop! The Lonely Road Had Been Lonely Indeed Every Soul Along The Way Was Concerned With Self AND Speed For The Way Is Fraught With Danger Distraction AND Disease AND Satan's Minions Acting As Rabid Fleas Dressed As Wayside Aides In Beautiful Brocades Dispensing Multicolored Tartly Sweet Free Refreshingly Cold Lemonade! Miscues Misdirection Myriad Miscellany AND Minutiae Of Own Way Self-satisfaction AND Glorious Inaction Are Found If One Makes A Left Turn To Walk On Broadway BUT Having Heard Of The Love Of Jesus AND Desperately Wanting To Get To Him AND Have Him Guide Me To The Golden Way I Stopped AND With All The Courage A Lonely Soul Can Muster I Said:
If You Are The Holy Jesus
Reveal Yourself To Me
And
I Will Follow You
Faithfully
Unto The End!
Suddenly ... I Was Out Of The Darkness! I Was Walking In Light! My Heart Felt Of Heaven Enraptured! My Faith Was Giving Me Sight! My Steps Were There Enlivened! I Was Walking As One Of Sin Free AND I Was Looking At Jesus' Face AND Holey Holy Hands Were Wholly Comforting Carrying Me! I Will Not Say That The Rest Of The Journey Is Uneventful For That Would Be Telling The Untruth For The Journey Is Not Yet Finished AND Satan and His Minions Are Very Much Walking About Lively And Loose! BUT ... Jesus Christ, The Lord Is My Shepherd My Help My Hope AND My Stay AND I Urge You When You Hear Him Your Name Calling Answer Him AND Let Him Direct Every Aspect Of Your Life Story On The Lonely Way Because ...
Mindy Gottit Grew Up Grossly Gratified Through The Gains Of Greed Generously Granted To Her By Grandfather Gottfried AND Granny Anne-Gel! The Gottit's Were Notorious For Being Gross Grabbits! "Thank You!" Was Not A Phrase Heard Used Amongst Them Neither Did It Enter Into Their Minds To Praise Anyone For A Benefit That They Received From Another's Hands! Yet ... Believe It Or Not These Gottit Grabbits Were Rabidly Insistent That Every Single Person - For Whom They Had Done The Merest Favor - Had To Bow And Scrape AND Kiss Their Rings AND Sing Their Praises Profusely Else They Be Called "The Ingrate!" One Fine Day ... The Most Important Personage In The Public D'Lordd Opened Up His Castle Stating That He Would Be Granting Requests To Those Who Willingly Made Petitions! D'Lordd's Castle Had Twelve - 12 - Gates AND A Note Was Affixed To Every Single Gate!
The Note On The Castle Gate One Said:
Ask - And It Shall Be Given!
Seek - And Ye Shall Find!
Knock - And The Door Shall Be Opened Unto You!
Gate TWO Said:
Give Thanks ... With A Grateful Heart!
Gate THREE Said:
By Prayer And Supplication
Let Your Requests Be Made Known Unto God!
Gate FOUR Said:
Oh, Give Thanks Unto The Lord For He Is Good!
Gate FIVE Said:
The Lord Bless You And Keep You!
Gate SIX Said:
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow!
Gate SEVEN Said:
Praise Is Comely!
Gate EIGHT Said:
All Of Your Help Cometh From The Lord!
Gate NINE Said:
Thanks Be To God!
Gate TEN Said:
Hallelujah Is The Highest Praise!
Gate ELEVEN Said:
Oh, Give Thanks Unto The Lord
For
His Mercy Endureth Forever!
Gate TWELVE Said:
No Good Gift Will Be Withheld!
No Surprise! No Shock ... The First Petitions Received Came Wholesale From Those Grabbits The Gottit's! They Had All Seen Gate ONE AND Like A Ravening Locust Horde The Grabbit Gottit's Got Their Got's On AND Grossly Gluttonous They Made Their Greedy Requests Known! Then ... A Strange Thing Was Seen Occurring ... The Poor The Peaceful The Polite The Widows The Oppressed The Distressed The Repressed The Demoniacs The Manic A Lawyer A Thief A Law School Teacher A Tax Collector The Town Whore The Hungry AND The Needy Were Seen Steadfastly Walking Around The Castle! Each Person Stopped Stood Firmly AND Faithfully Read Every Single Note On Every Single Door As If Life Itself Rested In The Then Viewed Note On The Current Door! As Full Understanding Dawned They Each Smiled Raised Their Hands AND With Blessed Assurance Each Went To The Door AND Made Their Petition Unto D'Lordd! As Time Passed The Grabbit Gottit's Started Spreading Talk Around Town That D'Lordd Was The Liar That D'Lordd Never Answers Petitions That D'Lordd Was Full Of Hot Air AND That They Wanted Nothing More To Do With D'Lordd! There Was A Fine To-Do Around The Town As Just About Every Body Who Had Walked Around To D'Lordd's Way Had Had Their Needs Met AND They Were Praising D'Lordd! Gottfried Gottit Washed Out His Mouth On D'Lordd Until ... Like A Proverb A Little Child Led Him To The Truth! That Little One Said In Bell-like Tone:
"If D'Lordd's Words Resided In You
And You
Had Resided In D'Lordd
Your Petitions
Would Have Been Received!"
BUT ... Said Gottfried: "I Did What Gate ONE Said To Do And I Got Bupkiss!" A Voice Was Heard Asking : "If You Saw A Gate Marked ONE What Should That Have Told You?" "That There Was Another Gate!" Those Assembled Cried In Unison! BUT ... Replied Gottfried: Going Looking For Another Gate Required Effort And I Just Didn't See Why I Should Walk Around! That Is Hard Work And I Pay People To Get My Work Done! Furthermore ONE Is My Favorite Number AND It Becomes My Station In Life! "Man, You Need To Humble Yourself Before D'Lordd!"
"Did You Open The Door!"
"Door?! What Door?!"
"ALL Who Go To D'Lordd
Must Believe
That He Is
And That He Is A Rewarder
Of Those Who Diligently Seek Him!"
"Huh?! Believe!? Who Said Anything About Believing?" "I Read That D'Lordd Gives Good Gifts AND I Like Presents AND The Note Said: ASK! AND I Asked! Nothing To It!"
"Didn't You Ever Receive Anything From D'Lordd?"
Yeah! Sure! But It Was Just Something Good That I Really, Really, Needed! A Voice Was Heard Saying:
He Just Wants The Bread And Fish!!
True!! True!! A Voice Asked:
Did You Give "Thanks!"
And Praise To D'Lordd
Just Like You
DEMAND
That Everybody Give You "Thanks!"
And Praise For Everything ...
... Including Their Paycheck
That They More Than Earned!
Why Should I Gottfried Gottit Say "Thanks!" For Something D'Lordd Asked Me To Ask Him For?! Why Should I Praise D'Lordd For Giving Me Something That He Offered Me!
Raised In A Barn!!
Who Said That? I Did! Said Ma Rainey! And I Cast Upon Your Head Your Charge Against Anybody Who Does Not Thank And Praise You According To Your Overblown Ideals! You - Gottfried Gottit - Are An Ingrrraate!! D'Lordd Gives Unto Us What In His Far-seeing Wisdom Is Best For Us! He Is Our Sovereign Lord And In Gratitude For His Unmerited Favor Toward Us We Give Willing Praise And Thanks!
That Gottfried Thinks He Is The Cat's Meow!
And He Believes His Requests Are Good Gifts To D'Lordd! Suddenly ... D'Lordd Is Noticed Walking Toward The Assembly!
D'Lordd!
D'Lordd!
Gottfried! Walk With Me! But, But, But, I Didn't Do Anything! Exactly! Now, Walk With Me! We May Never Know What D'Lordd Said To Gottfried BUT He Is A Changed Man AND A Real Change Is Being Seen Among The Former Grabbit Gottit's! They Are Turning Into The Gottit Givvitt's! They Give Praise! They Give Thanks! They Are - Out Of Thankful Hearts - Even Giving Gifts To Others AND Doing Missionary Work AND (No Need To Gasp) They Are Exuberantly Giving Glory To D'Lordd! As For The Princess Mindy Gottit She Is A Work In Progress For Old Habits - Just Like Bad Attitudes - Die Hard!
