Enduring Unto The End!

I AM A Speed Racer
I Always Tear Up The Track!
There Isn't A fellow In The Class To Beat Me
For 
Those Other Racers Do Not Know Jack!

One Day ...

The Word came from The Mount Of Endurance That
Volunteers were Needed to Run The Long Race
AND
If Any of The Speed Runners Were Willing 
Training Would be Available After The Try-Outs!

I was The Boss when it Came to Running!
I was Going to Scrape Up The Floor at The Trials
On The Given Day!
I was Going to be The Champion
For
I was Not Going To With Those Untalented Plebes Play!

I was First in the 100 meters!
I was First in the 400 meters!
I was First In the 800 meters!
I was First in the 1500 meters!
I was FIRST in the 3000 meters
I AM Always FIRST!
Yesssss!!

Day Two of The Try-Outs Started ...

5000 meters was Hard - I placed Second
10000 meters was Harder - I placed Third
BUT
At least I had Three of The Wins IF if I was in The Decathlon!
I AM The Winner!
I will Win This Whole Thing!

Big Words from He Who Knows Not
What's around The Corner!

Big Words from He Who Thinks 
He Knows The Final Score!

Big Words from He Who Is 
Facing Elimination
If He Does Not Put Self At The Garbage Chute Door!

Surprise! 
Surprise!
I Got Me A Surprise!
The Head of The Trials
Gave Me The Surprise!
I Am Entered for The Decathlon!
Surprise!
Surprise!
SURPRISE?!

... CONFUSED!!

I Lived by My Speed!
I Make Other Runners Wheeze!
I Bring Other Runners
Humbled
To Their Knobbly Wobbly Knees!

I Run Other Runners Into The Ground
AND
I Will Do It Again E'er Long!

OR ... SO I THOUGHT!!

110 meter Hurdles!
High Jump!
Long Jump!
Pole Vault!
I Hurt So Badly
I Felt Like An Old Frump!

Shot Put!
Discus Throw!
Javelin Throw!
Lord Jesus, Help Me!
I Can Not Take Anymore!

AND ... THEN

Lord God Almighty
This Cannot Be True!
These Mad People Want Me
To Run A Full Marathon
On This Day Two, Too!

What Do They Think That I Am Made Of?
Iron?
Brass?
Even I Know That A Marathon
Is Not Run Fast!

Distance!
Long Distance!
Hill Climb!
Slippery Slope!
I Even Had To Run Around
A Big-Horned Rough Goat
Who Seemed To Really Like Me -
He's Running Toward Me Again!

Lord Jesus, Have Mercy
Is All That I Have The Energy To Pray!

I Am Out Of This Race!
I Cannot Go On!
I Have No Inner Resources!
My Resistance Is All Gone!

I Ran The Race
As If It Was A Sprint of Mine
Forgetting
Forgetting
That Long Distance
Calls For Time
AND
Endurance
AND
Resistance
AND
Energy Reserves
AND
Systems For Performing
Against Unexpected Inclines
AND Gully Washers
You Know? The Unexpected Deluge
Of Cold Rain
AND
Bramble Bushes Grabbing 
Ripping Flesh and Causing Pain
AND
Evil Goats
With Taste Buds
For Eating The Overconfident
Runner's Pants
Leaving Said Puffed-Up Runner
Calling For His Mummy
In A Seriously Off-key Note!

I Returned To The Point of Starting
Humbled
Tired
Hurt
Angry
Disappointed
Confused
Chagrined
Upset at The Folly
At Self The Race Leading!

I Spoke As A New Man
Repentant Of Old Ways!
I Asked For Opportunity
To Run For The Home In The Clouds
BUT
I Was Told That
I Could Run The Race
BUT
To Win
My Heart To The King
Must Be Bowed Down!

I Must Not Be Prideful!
I Must Not Pout!
I Must Humble My Self!
I Must Follow The Directions
That The King Himself Handed Out!

I Must Internalize The Teachings!
The Teachings Must Guide Me On The Way!
I Must Repair Often To The King The Master
AND
I Must To The Heavenly Father Constantly Pray!

I Must Practice Self-Denial!
I Must Yearn For The Win
Which Has Already Been Won
For Those Who 
To The Living Almighty God 
Reverently Bow Down!

I Must Resist The Damned Devil
Which The Master Himself Did Defeat
AND
I Must Resist and Resist
For That Devil Is A Murderous Cheat
Who Has Not Compunction
About Creating Cross Winds
To Bring Storms Out Of Quiet
And Marauders Who Are Friends Turned About!

I Must Start The Day With The Master!
I Must Make The Master Throughout The Day Mine!
I Must Let The Holy Spirit Guide and Lead Me
No Matter Where The Self Would Me Incline!
I Must - Even When I Fall Down -
Acknowledge Call God
My Lord Divine
And Know
A Guardian Angel - Excelling In Strength
Is Protecting This Body of Mine!

And ...

Even When That Slithering Wild Rough Goat
Has Trampled Kicked Bitten Butted Me 
Where It Truly Hurts The Most
I Must Resist
Resist Him In The Name Of The King The Master
And Sing
Sing for Jesus
Even If All I Have Is 
Piercing High Quiet Low Pained Inaudible Notes!

Time Has Passed Is Passing!
I Am Running For The Win
In The Championship Race!
I Am Running How The King The Master Stipulated!
I Am Running With Mercy By Grace
For I Do Not This Race Alone Face!

The Race Is Ongoing!
I Must Run With Patience
For
I Am Running One Day At A Time!

I Am Running A Race Of Resistance
For
The Pacer Is My God - The Great God - The Divine!

I May Exit My Race By My Death
Before The Race Itself Does End
BUT
I Know That I Will Win The Gold Crown
For
Jesus Christ - The King The Master
Is Carrying Me 
Is Carrying Me To Victory
For My Home In Glory On This Depends!

A Gift for Jesus!

I wanted to give Jesus a Present
BUT 
I had no money in the Bank!
I really wanted to give Jesus something lovely
BUT
All my finances well and truly really stank!

I thought I would write Him some poetry
Not very original
For it had been done better before!
I thought I would write Him some music
BUT
I had no clue how to write a music score!

I thought I would invite Him to dinner and
I would cook Him a beautiful Gourmet Meal
BUT
That is when I realized
That all I had in the cupboard was Oatmeal!

I thought I would tell Him A Great Story
Of the Pilgrim Progressing in The Way
AND
That is when I realized
That plagiarism just does not pay!

By now,  My Heart was Despairing
And that is when I heard 
The quietly loud knocking at my front door!
I opened
AND
There in my beholding
Was The Very King
For whom I wanted to get a beautiful present
BUT 
For whom I had nothing to show!

Dear Jesus!
My Jesus!
I want to give You a Present
A Present with "Thanks!" from the bottom of My Heart
BUT 
I have no money with which to buy it
AND
My Heart Is Quite Tearing Apart!

Master,  the only thing that I own in this World Outright
Is My Heart
BUT 
It is battered,  bruised,  torn, deceitful,  fickle
Fit only for Hell
AND
I don't want to give You something
That is lacking fill and is just empty shell!

My Child
Your Heart is 
The Gift That I most cherish
When given freely
And not given and then wanted back!
I will make a New Heart for You!
Follow Me - No matter what the World will do!
I love You, Dearest!
I will take care of You If You Do!

Gifts that cost money
Don't really mean much
When they are not accompanied with
A repentant,  Sorry-for-Sin Heart!
So, give Me the broken pieces of Your Heart today, now
And,  soon
In My Mansion of Rest
You'll Eternally stay!"

Not long thereafter
I awoke one bright morning
AND
I noticed a different beating of My Heart!
My Heart was Happy
AND
My Soul Refreshed
For I was In Jesus
SOMEBODY
AND
I could happily sing
For
I Had Received The Promised New Heart from
Jesus Christ 
My Forever Hallelujah King!

Giving

The GIFT of One's Heart

to 

JESUS CHRIST

Returns To The Giver

Untold Blessings!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Conversion of The Temple Candy-land Church of Smooth Things

The Church Smelled of Cotton Candy!
The Church Lobby Smelled of S'mores!
The Church Doors Were of Yum-Yums
AND
Laffy Taffy Buttons Illuminated The Steps To The Altar
AND
A Whole Lot, Lot, More!

For A Few Days This Sensory Overload Was Exciting!
For A Few Hours I Couldn't Ask To Taste Better Or For More!
BUT ...
The Steady Diet of The Sweet Stuff
Was Turning Members Into A Sack of 'Nuff Fluff!

One Day It Was Realized
By A Little Bit Of Short Stuff
Who Whined ... LOUDLY:

"Mummy,  I Have  A Belly Ache!
I Think I've Eaten Too Much Candy
AND
Mum,  I Also Have A Raging Tooth Ache!

SUDDENLY ...

A Calm Reassuring Voice Is Speaking:

"Let Me Through!
I'm The New Doctor
In This House!
I Have The Prescription For What Now Ails You
And I Will Purge You
Of All The Candy Man's Slush and
Fluffy Stuff!"

"Take A Dose of The Purgative of Confession!
Take A Dose of Repentance To Save Your Own Soul!
Take A Bath In The Crystal Pool of Baptism
AND
Arise Clean from The Cleansing That Through Christ Lasts
After Cleansing You of Your Sordid Hidden Past!"

"Take A Rest In The Book of The Ages
AND
Invite The Spirit Holy In Your New Heart To Abide!
Walk Serenely With The Master - Your True Shepherd
Knowing That His Angels Walk At Your Side!"

"Today,  Right This Very Minute
I'll Teach You Of New Life Living!
NO MORE CANDY-COATINGS!
No More Jelly Bellies!
No More Candy Melts!
No More Brown Nuts In White Chocolate!
No More Smoothies!
No More Lattes!
No More Sugar 
For
It Is Barred For Evermore!"

"Your New Diet
To Put You In Conformity To The Master Is:

God's Truth!
God's Sacrifice!
God's Light!
God's Holiness!
God's Justice!
God's Faithfulness!
God's Mercy!
God's Saving Grace!
God's Provision!
God For You Doth Fight!
God's Kingdom!
AND
God Is Over All!
AND
God Wins For His Called
Who Have Chosen NOT To Follow Satan
BUT Have Purposed To Let Jesus Christ
Be To Them All!"


Dear Ones:

Jesus Christ Is The Good Shepherd
Creator
Author
Finisher of All Faith!

He Lived And He Died!
He IS Risen And He Resides
In Heaven Enthroned
At His Father's Side!

Jesus Christ,  Himself
Is Our High Priest
Who IS Touched By Our Infirmities!
He IS In The Holy Of Holies
Pleading For Humanity!

You Have Fed Long On The Diet
Full of Chewing Bubble Gum
That Could Only Cause Your Demise!
You Learned Of A God
- Not The True And Living Holy God -
Who Indulged Every Sight That Came Into Your Eyes!

The True God Is God The Jealous
Jealous For What Is His Own!
He Does Not Abide Abominations
AND
He Will Not Permit Another God
To Be Enthroned Upon Your Heart - His Home!

So ...

Set Aside Your Idolatries
The Gods That YOU Made With Your Own Hands
The Gods That Encouraged You To Worship
In The Temple At Satan's Candy Land
Where Self-Satisfaction Is Master
Where Self-Adulation Is Dope
Where Self-Aggrandizement Is Paramount
AND
Where Self,  Self,  and Self
IS 
The Methodology Of Hope and Cope!

You Are Not Your Own!
Work Out Your Own Salvation In Fear and Trembling
For
The Holy God Is On Heaven's Throne
AND 
God Takes Care of His Own
AND
For This Alone
I Warn You To Return Home
For Judgment Begins In The House Of God's Own!

So ...

Wash The Sugar Out!
Live For Jesus Christ Alone!
AND
You Won't For Your Own Sins 
Have To Singularly Atone!

The Ark of Safety Is Still Open!

When God Closes The Door

Those Who Are Within 

Don't Desire To Go Out

And 

Those Who Are Without 

Cannot Enter In!

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One Ticket To A Person!

One Seat Per Heart!

It Does Not Matter 

Your Looks

Your Stature

Nor

Your Complexion

For

Almighty God Looks Only At Hearts!

The Sabbath Is A Blessing! + PRAYER: Open Our Eyes, Lord

The Sabbath Is A Blessing!

It Gives To All

Quiet Time

To Spend In Worship of 

The Holy God!

The Living God!

The Divine!

Let Us Honor God With Our Worship!

Let Us Honor God By Our Rest!

Let Us Honor God

With Our Quietness

As We Rest In God And De-stress!

God Promised A Special Blessing 

For Resting On His Sabbath Day!

God Promised To Bless Those 

Who Will His Voice Humbly Obey!

God Promised!

God's Word Is Faithful

So

Let Us Be Faithful

For We Will Be Doubly Blessed

On The Holy Sabbath Day Of Rest!

PRAYER:

Lord,

When Will We Accept

That We Are Weak?

When Will We Accept

That You Are Strong?

When Will We Accept

That We Are Blind?

When Will We Believe

That You -  God -  All Things See?

Have Mercy On Us

In Our Folly And Disbelief

And

Grant Us New Insight

As We Face Our Various

Losses and Calamities

To Truly See

And

Accept

That You Are Holy

Wholly Divinity!

Father,

Help Us To Ever Humbly Bow 

To Your Sovereign Will

For You Heal 

And 

Seal

All Of The Faithful Believing of

Teeming Humanity

By Your Love

Through Your Grace

And

In Your Mercy!

Open Our Eyes, Lord

And

Help Us To Call You ...

Our Almighty God!

Have Mercy And Bless

In Jesus' Holy Name!

AMEN.

HAPPY SABBATH + The Righteous Man

E.  Great
Tha' Goodman, And
D. Pillar
Were The Noteworthy Notables in 
The High-Worth Note Church.

To Hear It Told
These Personages were
Personable
Precious Planks 
AND
Popular Pilgrims 
ON 
The Pathway of Purity!

They were
Dependable
Faithful
Approachable
Generous
Kindly
Helpful
Hopeful
Full of Good Works
AND
Keen To Keep 
The Christians
Constant and Consistent 
In their Ways and Walk 
With The True and Living 
Holy Eternal 
Faithful God in Glory -  Bless His Holy Name!

BUT ...

Lord help you if they have to Correct 
The Wayward Soul who has 
Tripped and Fallen and 
Seems Unable to Get Back Up Again!

You will Hear about 
Their Strength of Character and 
Force of Will and 
Knowledge of Right and Truth and 
The Inward Counsel that has Made Them 
Worthy Soldiers for Christ 
AND 
Able Protectors of The Holy Faith!

They are so, so
So Very Good and 
Saintly and 
Self-Satisfied and 
Serenely Holy and 
Supremely Righteous 
That it made your Skin - at least it made mine - Crawl!

I Didn't Understand 
Why This Should Be The Case for 
They would do Anything for Anybody, and 
Were ... Indeed
Really Good and 
Giving 
Holy People!

They were So Good and 
So Righteous that
Around Them
All Others Were Just 
Raw-boned Sinners!


Wait, them don't go to the toilet like reg'lar humans?!?


You must be meaning that them people Self-righteous!


Hmmmmm ....

Good Righteous People.

THAT is what is Nagging at Me!


I thought that Jesus Christ - Himself - said that Only God IS Good?!


Didn't Jesus also say that Our Righteousness must EXCEED that of The Scribes and The Pharisees?


Isn't it also stated that OUR Righteousness IS AS Filthy Rags?


Why you don't go and tell THAT to THEM People?!


Would you Believe that they have all Stated that IF and WHEN they die that their Epitaphs should all read:

"Here Lies A Righteous Man."

Lord, Help Us!

Didn't God's Word Say that we 
MUST 
Acquire Christ's Righteousness? ##

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The Righteous Men

Within The Church
Treated Jesus
Like He Was Lurch
Hunch-backed
Unlovely
Course and 
Rough
And
They Lifted Up Themselves
And In(EX)haled
.... Their Righteousness ....
Brown Snuff!

They Inhaled
They Cleared Their Throats
Hawked Up Phlegm
AND 
Expectorated A Groat
That Was Ugly
Putrid 
Nasty To Behold
As They - High and Mighty
Uttered
"Tin Gold!"

In All Their Ruminations
Treatises
AND
Lofty Utterances
Nary A Word
Of Almighty God 
Jesus Christ or
The Holy Spirit
Escaped 
Fell Out
Spilled Out nor
Was Cast Abroad
For These Sincere Men
Highly Esteemed
Were Of Their Selves
Righteous!
By God!
They Were CLEAN!

They Didn't Need God!
He Was Pedestrian!
He Had Given Them The Word
Now He Must Follow Their Plan
For They Are Leading The Clan!

These White-washed Tombs
Were Select
Elected
Men Of The Holy Cloth
Who Had Drunk In The Book
And, Sadly
Were Selling 
Watered Broth and
Special Occasion Froth!

Beloved!
BELOVED!
Don't Buy What They Sell
For That Purchase
Will Only Land You 
With Satan In Hell!

We MUST Give Up 
Our Own Righteousness
AND
We MUST Seek After 
Jesus Christ's Own
AND
We MUST Not Follow After
Those Who Communicate
Via The Dial-A-Devil Date Phone!

Jesus Christ Died
For Our Sins To Atone
So ...
Get Away From Those
Lying 
Lawless
Deceitful Hireling Shepherds
Who Worship At Self-Lover-Satan
See-Myself-As-God's Throne!