Smells Good Doesn't Mean Tastes Great!

The Longer We Spend Outside The Safe Fold

The Shorter Will Be Our Time To Knowingly Enjoy 

The Goodness And Grace Of The Lord Christ! 

Beloved, 

We Are Called To Soul Salvation 

And

We Need To Climb Up Higher On The Upward Way: 

Why Waste Time With Useless Things 

When We May Draw Closer To The Living God 

Each And Every Day!?! 

Know The Facts ...

All That Glitters Is Not Gold! 

Smell Good Doesn't Mean Taste Great! 

Beautiful Often Means Rotten 

And

Those Who Encourage You To Join Them In Bold Sin 

Cannot And Will Not Save You! 

Jesus Christ, The Forever Friend 

And 

Faithful Companion To Life's End

Calls, Cares, Keeps, Cleans, Comforts, Carries

And 

Consoles! 

He Asks, Answers

And

Accepts! 

He Loves, Leads

And 

Lifts! 

He Shepherds, Seeks, Saves, Sanctifies

And 

Seals! 

Be Comforted ...

Jesus Christ Died To Deliver Us From Death And Hell 

And

He Is Calling Us To Himself! 

Jesus Christ Is Everything We Need

All That We Desire 

And

More Than We Can Ever Think To Dream Of Or Acquire! 

Brethren, Beloved

Our Dear Savior Loves You Personally ... Intimately

With An Everlasting Love: 

Nothing ... Material Or Spirit 

Can Ever Separate You From His Everlasting Love! 

I Beseech Us All 

Please Do Not Permit What Presently Is 

To Deny You The Blessed Pleasure Of Certain Hope!

 

Let's Boldly Walk In 

And

Work Our Daily Gift Of Unfailing Faith 

And

Look Up To Rise Up 

To Meet Our Dear And Soon-Coming Lord In The Air!

The Trumpet Shall Sound! 

TEARS TO CLEANSE: Laughter To Heal!

Two Of Our Gifts Are Simple Ones: 

Tears ... To Cleanse 

And

Laughter ... To Heal! 

Why, Then, Are So Many Of Us Stressed Beyond Measure 

And

Stressing Out Others Beyond Reason!?! 

Why Are We So All-Fired Concerned 

About Who Should Or Could See Us Crying!?! 

Don't You Know That Laughter 

Won't Cause Your Face To Crack!?! 

Look At A Baby! 

It Is All Angry 

And 

In A Snap It Is Bawling Its Head Off! 

Mummy Or Daddy Holds Him Close

Utters Soothing Words Of Comfort 

And Soon

It Is Either Laughing Its Head Off For Joy 

Or Sleeping Peacefully 

Unbothered By The Past Upset! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Of Love, Our Jesus, Does That For Us 

So Let Us Cry Unto Him 

And 

By The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit's Working

Let Us Rest Having Been Refreshed! 

The Gifts Given

Are A Blessing ... Never A Curse

And

We ... Being Grateful

Should Freely Imbibe

As One Suffering A Great, Even Consuming, Thirst!

Let Us Laugh As We See Butterflies Dancing

Dust Bunnies Spinning

Leaves Waving

And 

Even As We Hear The Beating Of Our Own Hearts 

Telling The Story That 

We Still Have The Breath Of Life From Our God 

Which Makes Us Each One A Living Soul 

Able To Use The Daily Gift Of Faith 

Which Causes Us To Press On

Despite The Challenges

To The Great And Glorious Day That Heralds Peace! 

Our Lord Hears And Cares For Us! 

Let's Care For Ourselves 

By Using The Gifts Graciously Given With Gusto! 

Cry, Laugh

And 

Pray A Lot!

YOUR CONSCIENCE: Who Is Your Guide!?!

It Is All Well And Good To Say That 

Our Conscience Is Our Guide! 

The Question Is: 

By Whom And Upon What Is Your Conscience Being Fed!?! 

Is Your Conscience Alive And Working 

Or Has It Been Seared By A Hot Iron 

And Is Officially Dead!?! 

Beloved, 

The All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Ever-Present

Creator Sustainer God Holy Has Lovingly Said To Us: 

"Come Let Us Reason Together!"

In This Request To Us Is The Offer: 

Come And Be Taught ...

Come And Learn From Me 

Who Is, Was And Ever Shall Be! 

If You Are Resting Your Conscience 

Upon The Living Truth Of The Eternal One

Then Your Conscience Will Walk You Along The Path That 

Is 

Truth And Beauty! 

If, However, Your Conscience 

Is 

Resting On Self

Feeding Off What Makes The Stomach Churn

Living By Do-It-Yourself Theology

And 

Being Guided By Entertainment 

While Forgetting That Time 

Is Not 

On Your Side

You May Want To Indulge In Some Good Housekeeping 

And

Get Yourself In Touch With Him Who Saves 

To Be Blessed By The Fortune That 

Comes From Actively Using 

Jesus Christ's Gift To Us Of Daily Faith! 

Brethren, Beloved 

Living In Willful Sin Is Not Okay 

So Let Us Be Wise Unto Our Own Soul's Salvation 

And

Being Taught And Corrected By The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

Allow Our Conscience To Be Our Perfected Guide To Safety 

Before The Inevitable

Must-Pass

Every-Man Tests Of Life Arrive! 

Please Do Not Offend The Living God

But, Instead

Bless Him Who, Alone, Can Utterly Save Us!

TLC FOR THE LORD CHRIST: Dare To Care!

We All Love To Talk About Giving And Getting 

A Lil' TLC Aka Tender Loving Care: 

Our Giving Can Be A Bit On The "Iffy" Side! 

We Get Guaranteed Tender Loving Care In Spades

From Our Heavenly Father 

But

How Many Of Us Ever Consider That 

In Gratitude For Abundant Grace And Mercy 

And

The Blessings Of Provision, Protection And Perfect Peace 

And

Great Patience When We Slip And Walk Contrary To Truth

Faith And Common-Sense

We Ought To Bless Our Dear Savior 

With A Lil' TLC Aka Trust, Loyalty And Caring 

Just Because We Love And Cherish Him 

And

Are Desirous Of Pleasing Him In All That We Say And Do 

And

Think And Display!?! 

Beloved, 

Talk Is Cheap: 

Action Takes Effort! 

For Us To Get All Of The Promised Blessings Of Our Dear Lord

We Must Express Belief! 

For Us To Truly Receive The Benefits 

From Our Gifting The Lord With Our Trust, Loyalty And Caring

We Must Follow Him Where He Leads

Do As He Says

Pray Always 

And

Depart From The Cherished Pet Sins That 

Render Us Self-Made Slaves! 

Brethren, Beloved 

Dare To Care: 

Go All In For And With Jesus! 

Trusting

Being Loyal To 

And

Caring About The Things Of Almighty God 

Is

Applying Tender Loving Care 

     Our Own Hands 

          To Our Own Soul! 

Think About It! 

Peace

Is

The River Glorious!

SHUN EVIL: Don't Indulge Rebellion!

Despite Popular Belief 

And 

Self-Absorbed Inclination

There Is No Profit ... No Benefit

In Indulging In Rebellion: 

Rules Are Not Made To Be Broken! 

Beloved, 

There Is Nothing Wrong With Asking "Why?" Or "What For?" 

About A Particular Rule 

But

There Is A Real Problem With Deciding In Your Own Mind That 

"Rules Are For Fools!" 

And Then 

Daring To Tell Any And All Listeners

"Nobody Can Tell Me What To Do!" 

Let's All Take Heed To The Warning 

So That We May, By Choice Through Grace, Be Blessed 

And 

Saved Into The Eternal Kingdom! 

Please Remember That 

Our Bodies Must Follow Rules 

If 

We Are To Remain Alive 

And

Never Forget That Satan ... Who Inspires Rebellion

Must Follow The Living God's Rules 

Even Though He Roundly Despises Their Stated Limits! 

Let Us Who Love Our Dear Jesus 

Choose To Indulge In The Most Perfect Form Of Heartfelt Worship 

Which Is Willing And Ready Obedience To His Will

His Way

His Laws

And

His Judgments And Precepts 

Which Give Us Open Access To All Of His Promises 

Known Sure, Secure And Blessed Forever! 

Please, I Beseech Us All, Do Not Follow 

The Wayward, Willful, Multitude 

And

Do Known Evil! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Rebellion Leads To Destruction And Death

But

Obedience Leads To Eternal Life 

In The Perfection Of Our Almighty God's Peace And Joy! 

Roundly Reject Rebellion

Against

Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life

The True And Living Holy God

Who, Alone, Cleanses From Every Sin 

And

Saves, Seals

And

Eternally Blesses!!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Records Are Being Kept!

There Is A Record Being Kept In Heaven Of Our Words

Our Actions 

And

Our Influence ... Good Or Bad ... Over Others! 

Dig Deep ... 

If You Could See ... In Real Time Over The Long Haul

What It Is That You Cause To Happen In The Lives Of Others

Would You Continue Living The Life That You Now Lead!?! 

What Would You Change, By God's Grace, About Yourself!?! 

Beloved, 

We Have A Loving Heavenly Father 

Who, By Jesus Christ, Has Modeled For Us 

The Perfect Way To Speak, Walk 

And

Act Unto All People! 

Too Often, Though

In Total Rejection Of The Living Way

We Behave As Though Our Heavenly Father Hates Us

Or Is Trying To Make Our Lives Miserable 

With His Do's And Don'ts

And 

His Perfect Way! 

Open Your Eyes ... 

Please Recognize That Our Bad Behavior 

Is 

Not Going To Make Almighty God Lower His Standards 

Nor Is It Going To Cause Him 

To Love Us Less Than When Jesus Died On Calvary! 

Brethren, Beloved 

We Need To Recognize That Almighty God Is All

And

That We Have Nothing To Give Our Lord

Save Our Trust And Obedience

 

And

By His Saving Grace

We Must Come To Realize That 

Our Best Behavior Is Blessed Behavior!

We Are Nearing Home

So Let's Raise Our Standards! 

Let's Live Right 

And

Do Good Always 

And 

In All Ways Even Though There 

Is 

No Earthly Profit Or Apparent Benefit! 

Our Heavenly Father

Sees All

Knows All

And

Is In All

And

He, Alone

Blesses Us All! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Prate, Pray!

We All Have The Ability To Look At A Problem 

And 

Reason From Its Cause To Its Effect! 

We All Have The Freedom To Make A Free-Will Choice 

No Matter What Someone Else Expects! 

We All Have The Ability 

To Make The Choice To Take A Chance! 

We All Have The Ability 

To Live In The Light Of Life For Love 

And

We All Have The Gift Of God That Will See Us Forgiven

Cleansed 

And 

Forever Blessed And Saved 

When Jesus Comes With His Rewards! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Choose To Be Wise 

And 

Not Waste Our Freedom

- Our Finite Opportunities - 

With Tasteless, Worthless, Useless Ventures 

Which Will See Us Being Homeless

Nameless 

And 

Crown-Less 

When The Lord Christ Shall Come For His Faithful People! 

Think Thoroughly 

Before You Talk Trash! 

Look Up Longingly 

Before You Look Down And Leap Lustfully! 

Listen 

Before You Lash-Out! 

Give Love 

Before You Give Grief! 

Help

Before You Hurt 

And

Pray Over "It" 

Before You Prate Aka Talk Foolishly 

About People And Things! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

If You Care About

You Will Never Have To Seek A Cure For! 

If You Walk Wisely

There Is No Chance Of Your Being Waylaid 

By Wasteful Worry! 

Listen To The Still Small Voice Of God 

The Holy Spirit Who Leads Into all Truth

And 

You'll Never Have To Hear The Voice Of Satan The Damned

The Known And Despised God-Fraud

Who Leads The Unwitting And The Unwise

To Destruction! 

Accept The Truth!

Truth Is Jesus Is Truth!

Truth Teaches!

Truth Blesses

And

Truth Saves! 

Peace

Is

The Only Panacea

That

Unfailingly Works!

Trust The Sure Defence!

A Buckler 

Is 

A Shield ... A Personal Defence 

So Jesus Christ The Lord

Whom We Intimately Lean Upon And Trust

Is 

Our Personal Defence

Our Shield Against Our Foes 

Whether They Are Seen Or Unseen

Known Or Unknown

Near Or Far! 

Beloved, 

We Trust Aka Depend Upon The Lord Christ For Our Defence 

Because 

We Have Proved Aka Tried Him 

And

Have Found Him 

And

Are Finding Him To Be Able And Capable 

And

Most Assuredly Available! 

Memories And Thoughts ...

Let Us Remember What Our Lord Christ Has Done For Us

And 

Think About What He Is Doing For Us 

And

Let Us Look Forward With A Lively Hope 

To What He Has Promised That He Will Do For Us! 

Please, I Beseech Us All 

Don't Trust Lying Eye-See

Deceitful Ear-Hear 

Or Treacherous I-Feel As You Make The Pilgrim Journey! 

Please Dare, By Faith, To Ever Trust 

The Unchanging, Unfailing

Unimpeachable, Uplifting 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

For Body And Soul Salvation! 

Beware

Be Prepared

And 

Don't Be Scared 

As You Hear The Harsh Words Of 

Those Who Seek To Take Away Your Free Will 

And 

Your Freedom To Choose! 

Dare To Hold To Almighty God's Unchanging Hand Of 

Hope, Help And Healing! 

Dare To Walk In The Living, Holy, Faith Of Jesus Christ 

Which Cannot, Will Not, Fail! 

Dare To Trust The Eternal Word Of 

The Lamb Who Is The Lion Of The Tribe Of Judah

And

The Rock Of Ages ... Our Sure Rock Of Refuge

Who Is A Rock Of Offence

And

A Stone Of Stumbling

To All Unbelievers And Evil-Doers! 

Brethren, Beloved

Dare To Please The True And Living God

And

Bless Your Own Soul:

Look Up To Jesus Christ

The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith

And 

Live Abundantly ... Now

And

Forevermore ... At The Appointed Time!

Christians Commissioned To Care For Others!

Just Because You Live In A Dog-Eat-Dog World 

It Does Not Mean That 

You Have To Raise The Dog 

Or 

Be The Dog

The Dog Catcher

The Dog Killer

The Dog-Meat Seller 

Or 

The Dog-Meat Eater! 

The World Will Change! 

Men's Minds, Tastes And Desires Will Change 

And

Truth May Become Subjectively Objective 

But

Our Loving Creator Savior Provider Redeemer-God 

Remains The Same 

And

So Should His Children Who Gladly Adopt 

And 

Embrace His Ways 

And

 Serve Him Faithfully 

And

In Righteousness! 

Subjects

... You, Me, We, People ...

Have Feelings!

Objects

... Truth, Light, Good, Evil ...

Are Observable, Measurable!

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Truth And Eternity Belong To Almighty God! 

Man ... A Notorious Liar

Operates In Tenuous Time

And

He Is Playing Always With Fire! 

A Liar 

Is 

Like A Leopard

Who Cannot Change His Own Spots! 

Man's Character Will Not Change 

Unless And Until 

The Holy Spirit ... Invited ... His Uncleanness Blots Out! 

On This Matter Let There Be No Doubt!

Beloved,   

We Are Christians ... Called And Committed

Cooperating With The Lord

And

Commissioned To Care For Others

So Let Us Dare To Always Do Right

 - In Jesus Christ's Holy Name -

Forswearing Lies And Deceits

And

Nipping At Fingers

Biting Off Heads

And

Chewing On One Another's Seats! 

Peace With The Father

Always Attends

His Faithful Children

And

Causes Their Enemies

To Be At Peace With Them!

Go Around Comes Around!

Are You Casting Away Funds, Food

Friends, Family

Your Future

Or 

Forever In The Faithful Father's Family!?! 

We Often Say, And Regularly Hear, That 

We Don't Have Tomorrow Put Down 

Or Tomorrow Is Not Promised! 

These Statements Are True 

And

We Need To Consider That What We Do Today

By Praying, Planning, Plotting Or Even Passively

Greatly Affects Our Prospect ..., Our Hopes

For A Beautiful Tomorrow 

In The Land Of The Forever Blessed! 

Beloved, 

No Man Is An Island 

And

No Man Stands Alone: 

Everything That You Say And Do 

Impacts Your Self And Others! 

Be Aware ...

What You Toss Into The Trash 

Is 

Another Man's Treasure! 

What You Ignore, Someone Else Embraces 

And

What You Despise, Someone Else Loves! 

Search Your Self ...

Are You Like Judas Iscariot

Selling Imperishable Gold 

And

Ill-Advisedly Buying Burnable Silver!?! 

Are You Refusing The Father's Feast Of Good And Plenty 

And 

Are Looking Longingly At The Husks That The Swine Eats!?! 

What Thoughts Are Filling Your Head!?! 

Who Is Making Your Heart Their Home!?! 

What Is In That Hand That You're Extending!?! 

Are You A Peace-Speaking Warmonger 

Or A Peace-Seeking Peace-Keeper!?! 

Do You Care!?! 

By Almighty God's Great Gift Of Grace

With A Willing Spirit

And

With Patient Endurance

Fix Your Face

Fix Your Feelings 

And 

Fix Your Future: 

Go Around Comes Around!

UNGODLY LUST: Godly Desire!

 

Desire 

Is 

Beautiful And Ugly

Enlivening And Deadly! 

When Desire Is Motivated By The Lust Of Our Flesh

It Becomes Ugly And Deadly 

When Left Unchecked! 

When Desire Is Motivated By The Love Of The Lord Christ 

And

Conveyed On The Wheels Of Faith 

Carrying A Flatbed Of Trust 

Occupied By A Heart Headed To Higher Ground On The Upward Way

It Is Beautiful ... Enlivening 

And 

Gloriously Blessed

And

Daily Life Is Lived Without Unprofitable Stress! 

Where, With Whom

And 

For What 

Is 

Your Heart's Desire!?! 

Is Your Desire For The Here And Now

For The Seen And Heard

And

For The Touched And Felt 

Or 

Is It Holding Hope High 

And 

Choosing Strait Aka Hard And Narrow 

Instead Of Easy And Wide!?! 

Is Your Flesh Ruling Your Will 

Or 

Is Your Daily Gift Of Faith For Today 

Guiding You On The Wise Way 

Upon Which You Should Boldly Walk Without Worry!?! 

Beloved, 

Be Warned! 

When Putrid Pride Influences Personal Desire

Wisdom 

Is 

Decidedly Discarded 

And 

Folly 

Is 

Enthusiastically Embraced 

And 

Unwisely Elevated! 

How Do You Stand ... 

We ... As Committed-To-Christ Christians

Are Called To Be Wise

To Desire The Good Portion

To Remember Whose Children We Are

To Reject The Unclean Things

And

To Wait Patiently Upon The Lord 

As We Humbly Bear The Family's Name 

And

To Joyfully Tell The Good News Gospel 

To All Who Choose To Hear It! 

Brethren, Beloved

Let Us Willingly, Eagerly

Confidently Choose This Day

To Longingly, Lovingly, Lastingly Desire 

Our Lord Jesus Christ!

Open Your Eyes!

There Is No Man So Blind As He That 

Chooses Out Of The Gross Pride In His Heart That 

He Will Not See! 

Question Is

What Is There So Frightening To Look Upon

To Observe Intently

To Learn From By Clear Sight That 

The Willfully Blind One Refuses To Look Upon It!?! 

Beloved, 

If We Are Honest About Our Own Selves

Our Own Experiences

We Must Answer, Truth! 

Truth 

Is 

So Plain, Complex, Soft, Hard, Light, Dark

Sweet, Sour, Beautiful

And 

So Ugly That Those Of Us Who Walk Self-Assured

Self-Centered

And 

Self-Justified In Our Own Self-Worship 

Cannot, Will Not, Accept That

It Is Only By Fully Trusting Jesus Christ Who Is The Truth

Who Takes All Of Our Complex, Dark

Hard, Sour, Ugly Bits Into Himself 

And

Gives Us His Plain, Soft, Light

Sweet, Beautiful Wholeness That 

We Will Walk Without Blinkers And Scales 

Obscuring Aka Blinding Our Vision! 

Self-Worship Is Idolatry! 

Idolatry Is Sin! 

Willful Blindness 

Is 

Presumptuous Sin Aka Planned Sin: 

Don't Do It! 

Let's Stop With The Can't-Profit Folly Of Willful Blindness! 

Open Your Eyes! 

Accept The Plain Truth

And 

See The Light! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous

The Word Of God 

The Light That Points The Way Home

Is

The Truth:

Hear Him! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: There's No Salvation In Straw!

It Is said That 

A Drowning Man Will Catch At A Straw 

To Save Himself!

Straw Is A By-Product 

And 

A Waste-Product Whose End, Ultimately

Is 

The Dung-Heap Or The Burn-Barrel: 

There's No Salvation In Grasping At Straw! 

Those Of Us Who Don't Personally Know The Lord Jesus 

Are Drowning In Sin! 

We Who Know The Lord Christ Are Grasping For 

And

Are Being Firmly Held By The Holy Hand Of 

Our Own Creator 

And

The Creator Of The Plants From Which The Straw Comes! 

Be Wise For Yourself ... 

It Is Always Safer, More Beneficial ... More Profitable 

To Go To The Boss Than To The Servant! 

Our Boss ... The Master

The Lord Our God, The King, The Judge

- With Open Arms - 

Invites Us To Seek After Him Diligently 

While He May Be Found! 

Beloved, 

We Have A ... The ... Window Of Opportunity 

Now ... Today ... To Get In On The Ground Floor Of 

The Universe's Greatest Health, Wealth And Blessing Transfer

With No Lies Or Deceit Involved 

And

No Stealth Or Stealing Required! 

Let Us Dare ... Today

To Reject The Cheap, Useless, Straws That 

Suggest Possible Safety ... And Security

But

Grossly Fall Short And Grotesquely Fail

And Instead 

Humbly Choose To Call Upon 

And 

Repair To Our Lord Jesus 

Who, Alone, Truly Saves, Heals 

And 

Seals Us! 

Jesus Christ

Is

Our All

For All Things

And

In All Ways!