It is said that certain men provide a pair of conclusions in each thematic presentation. Although the author does not reside in such a category, this is the second stating of such.
One of the strangest experiences is the repetition of correspondence from past days. It has dawn upon the author that he has sent, a repeated reply or message when communicating with others from the late 1990s and early millennium. One of the most powerful lessons taught was this. It might have been included on an abandoned web history, called my ransom. This shorter series of notes were more consistent. The key concept in them was the consistent message in the passages from Psalm 22:1- Psalm 31:5 (KJV).
Yet, the lesson from a junior year of high school and a desire that classmates accept the rational and avoid the irrational; and, the self decimating behaviors that most young men and women engage in produced this. And, that was said in a tone that most of them would absolutely hate. Simply put, my "myopic prayer was, if I [being the author] does well, then my classmates would seek a pattern of "self-disciplined" faith. Before the month was done, the author had mouthed his first blasphemy. With this said, such speech was not the Lord's fault nor doing; and, the author is mature enough that he will deal with the consequences of such an action, without blaming satan.
The lesson the Lord taught satan and the author was immediately obvious, but only clearly seen a few years ago. The primary motivation for "accepting" His offer of Salvation and Kingdom citizenship was the rewards. Something is incredibly insulting about the notion of "befriending" or "showing" only an ounce of concern for another simply for a "blessing" beyond what one already has. Can anyone say, "If He does not do another thing for me.......?"
Would you bother opening your Scriptures, if He did not provide you with another tangible physical reward?
Would you thank Him, if you discovered the nature of man?
You know that nature; that "sweet talk" when something is wanted or needed. Pardon this, but do we not slather on the butter, "Oh Most High and Heavenly Father, The Maker of Heaven and Earth, The Most Beneficent, Loving, and Forgiving King of Kings and Lord of Lords...."
Just like the old Jerry McGuire movie, "He likely would say, yeah I figured you out at O! What do you want; simply ask and I might grant it!"
And, that most "ugly" nature that arises in earthly relationships, as well as, those which are spiritual. Once, you find someone who will give you more of what you want, whether you need it or not; you are gone. How many have been on satan's a payroll, enjoying the ancillary compensation, and not worrying about the "open-ended" retirement plan? What did your boss say, "we will discuss this upon your retirement!"
Anyone exit your relationship with the Lord; the way you left your first spouse, and the second, and the ....Well, you stupid .....; I found what I needed somewhere else; and, I will do the next stupid ..... the same way that I did your stupid ......; And, when that stupid .... gets smart; I will simply find another stupid ...; because stupid ...... are more common that the mold in this run down ..... that you call a "home"!
How many "loving-types", ooh you sweet things, dealt with such, over and over. What was the response when someone's avenues had run out elsewhere? Did they show up on your doorstep again, testing the span of your memory? "You know my heart; Look, I have loved you from the first smile. Can I sit at the old familiar dinette? I have not seen it for years? Does you still make the "sweet" Kool-Aid? That is the best! It must be about 105 degree out here? Just finished a cup of coffee; Could I take off this bomber jacket? Just a sip of the cold Kool-Aid; Man, that is gud! You remember.." When you spouses "got smart", what was the response? Would Lord do the same?
Or, do you start the olde refrain, "He is is sweet I know...."
It has always been the author's blunt expression of opinion that would only permit some, if not all, granting him a hello or a smile, provided he did not have treat for someone.
This lesson was learnt on a February near Valentine's in my life; when an offer of approximately seventy thousand in tuition money would solicit a smile. That is the most expensive case of solicitation that I have ever heard of, seeing that a "cold walk" across seventy blocks did not pay for such.
When someone dares not speak truly about the fact that having the potential for handing a person wealth or the means for acquiring such will bring kindness when a cord of non-cordiality was the ever-apparent popular means of relating only a decade earlier in my city; this is unsettling.
Although the author should never be construed as being beyond an ordinary person, this is a "human-based" view of the Lord's perspective. And, this was the lesson taught.
Would anyone want a friend, a spouse, or a child, if their "affection" or "loyalty" only was acquired with the fulfillment of a regular fee-schedule, when the means of payment are with "tangible, physical" objects.
Does lessening another burden merit anything with a nuclear family? What if they complain an simply pick that burden up again?
In the closing of this short list of episodic ideas, for those of you who have done such, simply write,
"I will not fear, revere, praise, and thank the Lord simply so I might receive something."
And, please write that five hundred times....
Because feeling that you can treat the Lord of Host as your "from the top, thorough the rock-bottom..." harlot who will meet all of your provisional needs, care for you, and be exploited by you until you feel that He is not needed any longer is a "implicit" blasphemy and your life will ultimately be a complete waste of time.
And, the author would have done his classmates a greater disservice, if his request had been meet.
Finally, participating with a larger megachurch whose Pastor has been accused of preaching a "prosperity gospel". One must really spend time around a group before forming a fixed-firm opinion of a set of churches and their message. One will find his focus, provided he prayers, "Give me the desires of Your heart!"
[Psa 37:3-7 KJV] 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Let us reason as one; If by Psalm 37:4 (KJV), your delight is in Him, then you shall receive the desires of your heart...So what is He; John 1:1 (KJV) In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God and with Him.
[1Jo 4:8, 16 KJV] 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. ... 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
[Jhn 21:16-17 KJV] 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
A quality concordance will provide a more complete definition, of how God has revealed Himself, based upon the occurrence of His manifold names within scripture.
This is what one will receive upon Psalm 37:4 (KJV)'s Delighting oneself in the Lord.
Did your parents or any wise, caring adult share this loving message, "marry what you see!"
"Did you enter your earthly marriage, at what station in life? Does any harm existing in dying, living, striving, struggling, arguing, dreaming, being fruitful, worshiping, and loving, at that level?"
Matthew 25 (KJV): And, that metaphorical "groom-bridegroom" relationship.
Exception:
[Psa 101:3 KJV] 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
[Rom 8:7 KJV] 7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
And, the most important determination of whom one should love, as set forth by Yeshua,
Might He hlelp us:
[Mat 25:31-46 KJV] 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Matthew 25:32 (KJV)
In sifting the wheat from the tare. Will this be based upon one's race, creed, nation of origin, or other "meaningless human designation". Or, is He intelligent enough [Such is obviously rhetorical] that He can find wheat among all the nations, fields upon this earth, and toss the tares among them in the furnace.
This interpretation is a matter of how one parses the words and forms ideas. Have you been taught that you have a guaranteed Salvation simply because of this or that label, which you profess? Some say this is a matter on psychological biasing and life's experiences. Those of privilege, those who have access on this earth. might believe that being placed in the sheep pen is a guarantee. But, one can only be let in; no one can barge through the barrier placed for the protection of the other sheep.
Enjoy a Season Of the Reflecting Pool; Life Is Ever-So Geesey!
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