ACTIONS: The Words

Hear D. Word
Speak D. Word
Do D. Word
Love D. Word
What A Lovely Clan The Words Were
Are
Should Be!

ProbLEM ...

Hear D. Word Loved The Word
But
He Didn't Do The Heard Word!
He Was Too Malicious Minding 
And
Meddling In Other Men's Matters!

Speak D. Word Listened To The Word
Believed The Word
And
Lovingly Shared To The World The Word
But
He Had No Personal Love For The Living Lively Word!
Too Many Do's And Don'ts!
Too Much Set Aside Self!
Too Much Lift Up The Lord!
Too Much Follow The Shepherd!
Too Much Look After Your Brother!

Do D. Word Hooked Up With Love D. Word!

It Was An Interesting Relationship
Which Some People Called Strange
Because
Do D. Word And Love D. Word
Had Blood In The Name Game
And
Some More People Went So Far As To Call 
Their  "Knowing" Relationship
Ever So Slightly ... Profane!

To The Public, It Was A Shame!
To Do D. Word And Love D. Word
It Was The Precursor To Heavenly Gain!

If You Will Step A Little Closer
My Brother My Sister My Friend
I Will Let You Eavesdrop:
Make Sure You Have A Pen!

Do D. Word!?!

Yes, Love!

I Tell You True:

The Word Is A Light

A Lamp

The Truth

And If You Will Walk Ever

In Its Glow Warmly Shed

You Shall Be A True Disciple Of

The One Forever Living

Who Was Once Good And Dead!

Love D. Word!?!

Yes, Do, Do, Darling!

I Tell You No Lie:

The Light Of The Word Shed Abroad

Will Mark The Way Home

When With The Lord Glorious

To Highest Heaven

We Shall On The Wings Of The Wind

Assuredly Fly!

How Sweet!

Slightly Sickening But ...

... Still A Tasty Treat!

Time Flies ...

With The Passage Of Time

Hear D. Word Got Tired Of 
Speak D. Word's Constant Carping About

Do. D. Word

And

Love D. Word

And

Speak D. Word Got Tired Of Seeing 
Hear D. Word Ignore The Spoken Word!

Speak D. Word ... That Self-Righteous One

He Couldn't See That He, Himself, Was 
A Regulation Hypocrite 

Because

He Loved To Tell The People

"Do As I Say Not As I Do!"

Methinks The Brother Might Be 

A Border-Line Fool!

Calleth Not Thy Brother A Fool!

"The Fool Hath Said In His Heart:

There Is No God!"

And

I Distinctly Heard Speak D. Word

- When He Was Waxing Philosophical -
Denying The Need For God
Setting Aside The Blessings Of God
And

Saying In A Booming Voice:

"With God In Control, I Have No Voice!"
In A Pejorative Sense
As Though That Is A Bad Thing!

Almighty God Is In Control

So I Cannot See

What Making A Fool Statement Like That

Will Do For Any Christian Body!

What I Don't Understand

Is Preachers,
 Teachers
And Promulgators Of The Word

Who Do Not Believe In The Word

Or The Giver Of Word

Preaching Teaching And Promulgating The Word!

People Need The Lord!
Ask Your Questions!
Reason With The Lord
Who Asked You To Reason With The Lord
And
In Godly Fear
Come To The Conclusion Of The Whole Matter
And
Depart From Sin And King Fraud!

The Word Has Power!
It's Mighty To Save
And
It Is Only One Devoid Of Common Sense
- Misguided -
Who Will Set Aside The Word ... Of Truth
And
To Lies And Lying
- The Works Of The Devil -
Become A Locked-Down Slave!

I Will Tell You Plainly
I May Not Like The Sting Of The Truth
But
I Prefer To Know The Word Of Truth
And
The Truth Who Is The Word
And
Being Stung By The Truthful Word
Seek To Change
Than To Ignore The Word Of Truth
And
In The Great Day
When The Lord Christ Shall Come
Try To Hide
Running To The Rocks And The Hills
Calling Them To Cover My Head
And
Still Ending Up Dead!

I Hear You!

Better To Die To Sin
Than To Die In Sin
And
Then To Be Raised From The Dead
Only To Die Forevermore!

I Don't Want To Die More Than Once!

I Agree With You!

I Desire To Die The Death
Appointed Once To All Men!
After That
I Desire To Live ... Forever
With The Giver Of Eternal Life
Free ... Forever
From A Life Of Constant Strife!

There Is A Bottom Line ...

Preach The Word - It Is The Truth!
Love The Word - It Has Eternal Benefits For You!
Live The Word - In The Word Is Life!
Die In The Word
And
Rise And Live ... With The Word Of God
Jesus Christ The King
In The Sweet By And By!

Jesus Is Coming Again!
Let's All Joyously Sing ...

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: BALLOONS: Leaden Truth Or Helium Lies!?!

In A Time Called Present
In A Place Called Here
Lives A Balloon Called Lead
Who Is Known To Speak Plainly 
To The Multitudes 
Often Causing Them To Cringe 
In Multifarious Despair!

By Many ... He Is Disliked!
By Many ... He Is Feared!
By Many ... He Is Jeered
And
By Many ... He Is Spoken Against
Because
He Issues Truth Bombs That
Make Man's Unsavory Doings
Abundantly - To All - Quite Clear!

It Is Like This ...

Lead Balloon Has What Some Call
A Nasty Penchant
At The Most Inopportune Times
For Dropping His Truth Bombs
Which ... Just As His Name Implies
Drop Like Lead 
And
Explode Amongst The Wrong-Doers
The Evil-Doers
The Evil-Surmizers
The Back-Biters
The False-Oath Takers
And
The Rest Of Their Ilk
Who Take Time To Publish Their Talent
- Back-Stabbing And Hurting Others -
Whilst Pretending To The Observers That
They Are Being Oh, So, Gallant!

They're Not!

Lead Balloon Is Never Malicious!
He Just Speaks Truth
Uncolored
Unvarnished
Unspun
In Season
Out Of Season
Popular
Unpopular
Inconvenient
Always Relevant
And
Ever True To The Great One
Who Gave Him To His Great Aunt Patreeda!

His Mommy, Anita
Never Even Wanted To Hold Him
Far Less Know Him!
As A Baby ... He Was As Heavy As A Grown Man!

To Some People Proud
Lead Balloon Is A Buffoon
Even Unto An Unwashed Pearl-Wearing Sow!
He Makes - To Them - No Sense!

To Some People Rich
Lead Balloon Is A Veritable Stickler
Who Finds Their Behavior Offensive
And
By His Very Presence
Puts Them On The Defensive!
He's Squeaky Clean!

To Those Who Do Not Make Their Living On Lies
Nor Ever Come Close To Loving The Lie
Lead Balloon Is A Blessing
Because
He Wakes Up Conscience
Rendering Lying To Self
A Total Inconvenience!
They Just Don't Do It!

The Truth Must Be Told ...

If You Love Lies
You Hate Truth!
If You Love Truth
You Hate Lies!
There Is No Middle Ground!
Truth Is Always In Your Presence To Be Found!

Warning, Warning, Warning ...

The Lord In His Mercy
Gives A Warning To The People:

Those Who Have No Love For The Truth
Will Be Given Over To Strong Delusion
Which, Obviously
Leaves All Who Are So Caught
In A Massive World Of Hurt
Where They Will Undoubtedly Suffer
Their Ever So Just Deserts!

Bottom Line ...

Better 
A Lead Balloon Filled With The Truth
That Hurts Temporarily
Than
A Huge Helium Balloon Filled With Known Lies
That Will Hurt Eternally!

What Say You!?!
Is 
Truth For You Selective
Elective
Subjective
Or Objective!?!
Where, In Your Life, Does Truth Fall!?!
When The Spirit Of Truth Calls
Will You Answer That Call!?!

Can You Even Handle The Truth Of The Holy God!?!

HAPPY SABBATH + PRAYER: You, Alone, Can Help Us, Lord!

Heavenly Father,
I Come Before You Seeking A Blessing
The Blessing That Can Only Come From
The Majesty Of Heaven
Our Creator
Our Redeemer
Our One True And Forever Friend!

Father,
I Bring Before You The Sick And Suffering Amongst Us!
There Are Those Sick In Mind
Sick In Body
Sick Financially
Sick Spiritually
And
All Sick Of Sin!
Please Help Us For You, Alone, Can!

Father,
I Bring Before You My Brethren
Be It By Blood
By Affection Or By Faith
And
I Ask In Faith For The Blessing That Keeps On Blessing
The Blessing That We Cannot Purchase
Rent Or Return
The Blessing That Comes Of Grace
That Unmerited Favor 
That You Alone Can Bestow!

Father,
Men's Hearts Are Waxing Colder And Colder
And
Their Icy Disdain Is Being Felt Around The World
And
Within And Among The Nations!
Pity Us, Lord, And Help Us!

Father,
You Are The Faithful God
Just Loving Kind
Blessing Giving True
And
Because I Trust Your Character
Because I Bask In Your Love
Because You Give Gifts To Me Without My Asking
Because You Are Ever Near
Because I Know That Within Your Presence
In Your Service
In Your Kingdom
I Have Nothing To Fear
I Cast Upon You All My Known Cares!

I Know That You Have The Whole World
In Your Mighty Hand
And
You Hold Me In Your Loving Heart
So, Lord ... I Rest In You
Safe
Secure
Sheltered
Because I Know Of A Surety
That Yours Are The Hands Of The Eternal God!

Remember The Brethren, Lord
Of The Household Of Faith!
Remember The Little Children
So That Their Innocent Lives Do Not Become
Lives Lived In Disgrace!
Remember The Sad And Alone
The Weary And The Wronged
The Pitiful And The Mighty
The Weak And Strong!

Remember Your Promise
Made Unto Us In Innocent Blood
And
Come Soon, Lord, For Us
Because Raging Wickedness Does Abound!

You, Alone, Can Help Us!
You, Alone, It Is That Does Us Daily Feed
And
It Is For These Reason, Lord
That With You
In Jesus Christ's Matchless And Holy Name
That I Do Here Plead!

I Love You, Lord!
Have Mercy, And Bless Us
Even As I Pray For The Holy Spirit To Fall Upon Us
And
Indwell Us
And
For The Holy Angels To Protect Us
And
Influence Us For Good!
AMEN.

What's So All-Fired Fantastic About 15 Minutes Of Useless Fame!?!

I'm Not Too Swift
But
Of One Thing I Am Sure
No One Can Make Me Feel
Badly About Myself
If Feeling Badly About Myself
Has Not Already Breached
My Mind's Upset-Over-Me Door!

Everybody Wants Everybody Else
To Call The Other Fantastic, Glorious
And
No One Any Longer Has The Right
To Raise The Eyebrow
When

Ahh .. Hmmm ...
You Know What I Mean
That ... Ahh ...!

Uh huh!

Exactly!

Pitiful!

Speaking Only Ever Always
For My Own Self
And
As A Person
Who Will Never Wear A Size 6 Anything
- Hat Shoe Dress Knicker Nor Glove -
I Can Assert With Authority
That Some Of Us Need To Feel The Real Shame
That We Know Is Carried By Self
When One Puts "Wet and Thick Sausage 
Into A Dry And Narrow Tube!"

And, Further More ...

What Is So All-Fired Exciting That 
Everybody Wants To Give A Sound Bite!
Everybody Wants 15 Minutes Of Glory
Even If It Is To Their Eternal Shame
And
In The Interim
Belaboring The Point On "Authentic Living!"
When All That Is Needed
Is
Their Life To Christ Jesus
Giving!

And, Still Further ...

The People Of The Congregation Of God
Are Joining In With This Rubbish
Wanting All And Sundry To Pat Them On The Back
Especially When
And
Even Though
They're Eating Duck's Guts
And
Saving Face By Telling The Whole World That It's 
Iceberg Lettuce!

This Is No Stretch Of My Imagination
For
We See It Every Day:
Willful Sinners
Maliciously Sinning
And
Demanding Commendation
And
Damning Condemnation!

Brethren,
Be Ye Warned Of The Iceberg!
One Only Sees The Iceberg's Tip
But
When Your Ship Strikes One
It Is Then That You Realize That
All Is Lost

And 
To The Bottom Of The Ocean Is Where
Your Only Ship Is Going!

King Solomon Said:

There Is No New Thing

Under The Sun!

And
We Know That Solomon Wise
Was Not Wrong!

What Was Is!
What Is Shall Be
And, Again
There Is No New Thing
Under The Light Of God's Created Shining Hot Sun!

But ...

Be Ye Informed
All You Who Will Walk In The Living Son's Light:

Public Approval

Does Not Prove Your Action Right

Neither Does Public Disapproval

Prove Your Act Or Attribute Wrong!

Those Who Walk With The Christ
Fully Surrendered
And
No Longer Compromising With Sin
Are Influenced By Good Angels
To Act In The Light
And 
Walk In The Right
Unneedful Of Man's Approval Or Disdain
Because
He Knows He Walks With God
And, Thus
Has No Need For
Nor Need To Feel 
Shame Or Ashamed!

Christians
Real Christians
Regenerated Christians Practicing Biblical Christianity
Have No Need To Invent
Nor Reinvent Themselves ... To Man's Standards
And
Neither Do They Have The Desire
Of The Times Or To The Times
Be Relevant!

The Shame That Mankind Truly Needs To Feel
Is
Real Shame Over Sin
Not Girth
Height
Color
Nor Attainment Or Lack Thereof
Attire
Nor Familial Relations!

When You Fix Sin
All Things Come Into Clean And Clean Actionable Focus!

Problem In View ...

Man Can Fix Many Things
But
One Thing That Man Can't Fix
Is
Sin!

You Have To Get Yourself Attached To Christ Jesus
Because
He Can Fix All Things!

Give An Offering To Jesus ...

Please Give The Creator-Redeemer His Due
- Love Glory Honor Praise Worship Obedience -
Whilst Exercising His Daily Gift To You Of
A Portion Of His Faith
And
Watch
What He Does
For Me
And
For You!

LIFE IN TIME: From Time ... To Eternity

My time
Tea Time

On your time
By this time

In Time
High Time
Time to go
Time to say
Goodbye

High time
Low life

God's time
New life

Holy time
Quitting time

Me time
To live
time to die
to plant
to pluck up what was planted
Time to kill
Time to help
Time to heal
Time on target

Life Time
Crying Time

Time flies ... when you are having fun
Time slows ... when you're having none

What do you know?
All in all
You need to know
In the Beginning - Alpha knows
At the End - Omega shows
No mystery
God is The Lord
End of The Story
Home to His Glory!

Life is a clock you cannot stop

Your clock will stop - how when you don't know

Appointed Time - your shop doth close

Then you will wear open-backed travel clothes

But

Having died with Love For Jesus because of Grace

Mercy

Faith

You will Wake Up on The Great Day

Glorified

To Rise Up ... Immortalized

To Meet Him In The Air

Along with The Saints of All Times

To Take Up For Eternity

In His Presence

Your Reserved Place!

Alone Time

Spent

With The Lord Jesus

Will Never End In Disgrace!

JESUS CHRIST: Do You Know What You Have!?!

Justice

Humility

Purity

Patience

Love

The Standard Of Righteousness

The Traits Of Character ... Necessary

IF

We Will Stride ... Blessed Forever

In The Courts Of Glorious Heaven Above!

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

The School Of Jesus Is In Session! 

The Students Are Assembled For Prayers
And
To Give Praise

To Build Character

And

To Learn To Walk In Wise Ways!

The Great Teacher, Himself
Has Set For Man The Example
And
Those Who Will To See Life Everlasting
Do Not With Soul Salvation
Ever Have To Gamble!

On Any Given Day ...

As With All Things Good For Man
There Is A Naysayer!
As With All Things Right That
Bring Light To Man
There Is A False-Oath Taker!

Brady Brix-Stone Was A Very Wicked Person
And, That Dear Brethren
Was Something Upon Which
Everybody In The Know Could Agree
But
To The Uninitiated In The Classroom
He Was High-Brow Elegant
Fastidious Noble
A Man Of The Book
And
With The Clothing To Match!

Brady Brix-Stone Considered Himself An Artist
And
He Liked To Sign His Name As
B B S
With Many Flourishes!

On An Aside ...

The People Who Had Felt The Sting Of His Public Excesses

Have Saddled Him With 

A B. B. S. Appellation 

Which Is Not At All Polite!

Knowing Where You Are Going ...

It Should Be Noted Here That
The Students In The School
- The Committed-To-Christ Students In The School -
Were Not There To Play Games!
They Were On The Upward Way
And
Marching To Zion!

They Were Using One-Way Tickets To Glory!

By Contrast
Brady Brix-Stone Had Taken To Making Friends
And
Influencing People
To Improve His Bottom Line

And 

To Expand His Waistline
And
No Surprise There

He Felt That This Was Compatible With His Mission Of 

Being A Missionary On A Mission!
He Could Not See That He Was The Whole Point Of Salvation
Completely Missing!

Don't Get Me Wrong ...

There's Nothing Wrong With Money!
It's The Love Of Money That Makes Men's Hearts Grow Cold!
However

There's Much Wrong With Money
If
It Causes Your Love For The Lord Christ To Wax Cold
And
Causes You To Depart Truth
And
To That Serpent Satan ... Sell
Your Already Bought And Redeemed Soul!

So That You'd Know ...

Brady Brix-Stone Was Normally Nasty On Monday And Tuesday
Naturally Nice On Wednesday And Thursday
And
Downright Syrupy
On Friday Saturday And Sunday
As This Was When The People Had Lil' Change In Their Pockets That
He Could Syphon Off!

There Was An Old Teacher
- A True Man Of God -
Who Had A Burden For Souls
Who Was Willing Warrior For The Lord!

He Was Brady's Uncle On His Mother's Side
Once Removed!
Everybody Called Him Faithful Fred
That Is ... Everybody Except Brady!

Heads Up, People ...

Our Greatest Adversaries
At The Time Of The End
Will Be Those Of Our Own Households
Our Families!

Faithful Fred Taught Truth
With Compassion
In Love
For The Love Of God In Christ
In Season
Out Of Season
For Doctrine
For Reproof
Until That Wastrel, Brady, Succeeded ... Magnificently
In Turning The People 

- Who Should Have Treasured His Labors For
The Eternal Kingdom -
Well And Truly Against Him!

Things Got So Bad That

Faithful Fred Started To Doubt
Never His Jesus
Never The Word Of Truth
Never His Salvation
But
He Started Doubting His Usefulness
To The Cause Of Christ!

Brady Was In His Glee
In His Cups ... He Was An Undercover Drunk
And
He Was Frenetically Caressing His Golden Brown Bank Book!
His Future ... Now Assured
Was Sound!

You Need To Know That ...

When We As Ingrates
Despise
The Blessings That Almighty God
Gives Into Our Hands
To Accrue To The Saving Of Our Own Souls
He Removes Them!
He Permits Them To Be Removed!
They Are Taken Away!!

Case In Point : Enoch Of Bible Fame!

On A Quiet And Misty Day

Old And Faithful Fred Closed His Eyes
For His Long Sleep:
He Went To Sleep In The Faith Of His Lord Jesus
Assured By His Maker That
Those Who Die In The Lord
Will Rise Up To The Lord
To Live Forever With The Lord!
He Went To Sleep At Peace!

Not Long Thereafter ...

Truth Was Cast Down Into The Street!

Brady Brix-Stone Came Down Like A Ton Of Bricks
On The Side Of Sin
And
The Word Was Soon Heard:

If Only Faithful Fred Were Here! 

If Only Truth For Today Was Heard! 

If Complacency

And 

Ingratitude

Were Not Found At Our Core 

We Would Not Now Be Longing

For Things To Be As They Were Before!

Too Late Shall Be The Cry ...

Let Us Take Heed To Ourselves

And Not Our Lord God Defy!

When We Despise Truth
We Will Suffer Under Lies!

Looking Good Doesn't Mean Doing Good!
Speaking Truth Doesn't Mean Living Right
Or Walking In The Light Of Life
The Living God Eternal Ever To Delight!

Do You Appreciate What You Have!?!

With Jesus Christ The Lord
We Always Know What It Is That We Have
And
What We Shall Get
When Where And How! 

We Already Know That Our Gifts Are From Christ Jesus!

I Beseech You, Brethren ...

Let Us No Err Like Judas
And
Sell Eternal Gold
To Buy Destructible Silver!