This isn’t about me doing whatever strikes my fancy and then seeing if it fits into God’s perspective for righteousness and obedience. It is fanciful for me to expect that somehow not having read God’s direction in the Bible and then living my life inappropriately according to those standards that I didn’t read is somehow going to provide some manner of “I didn’t know the rules” excuse when standing before God.  Adam wasn’t obedient and that created a history long sin crisis that included the entirety of humanity for the duration of our species. What then makes me believe that God will somehow look upon my refusal to be obedient to His commands in a different light, especially since He stepped down out of glory to rectify the first issue?

Yes, I have grace and Yes, My sins have been forgiven by belief in the Work of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross and through a sealing and indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit. What in my absurd perspective could perhaps lead me to for even a moment entertaining the idea that this somehow freed me from the obedience that led to the need for salvation and grace in the first place? Brothers, my fellow saints, do you truly believe that you can live this life in disobedience to the Lord’s expectations and that you are going to somehow escape the judgment that caused Adam to pass on his sin throughout the breadth of humanity hereafter?

Really, you are the one person to whom He was not referring when He said that He hates sin and that the wicked practice their sinful acts of wickedness. Let’s just take a moment to breathe and get this straight.  It is okay for you to be prideful, lustful, envious, jealous, greedy, spiteful, hateful, adulterous, fornicate regularly and disrespect your parents and authority with no expectant repercussions? Okay, I am going to resist the temptation to take a step back because I know that if I were God there would have been a large lightning bolt aimed in your specific location.  But I am not God and therefore my role in obedience is to Love You. So now in my heart of hearts out of love for you, I must ask; where is your fear of Almighty God? Don’t you for a moment respect His sovereign authority and the price that He paid for you upon that cross.  You mean to say you are going to disrespect that wonderful gift and in contempt simply go about your previous business as if nothing has occurred or will occur in consequence?

Okay, I can see that some prayer is definitely in order.  I also need you to understand that you are outside God’s fellowship and very definitely not listening to His Will for your life. Do I do anything in reaction to that stance? Well, I don’t yet know, because I am going to take it to the Lord and listen for His direction, while searching He Word for the right path to take. Perhaps you would like me to simply disobey and ignore, forget or overlook the circumstances, befriending your worldly behavior and then having the same level of fellowship and relationship with my Father, God?  No unfortunately being obedient applies to all my life not just the part I wanted to give to Him in surrender, thinking myself sovereign over everything over which I believe I have control.  Praying for you, in Jesus’ Holy Righteous Name.

For me, I think, he did this for me. And in those frantic moments when chill has taken hold of my spine or have lost my gumption, I am somehow, well, healed. Watching things raise to the level of catastrophic around me, yet the children still laugh with simplicity at balloons, friends and mysteries to be held in secret by friends. It is hard, isn’t it, how then are we free to laugh, love, contemplate the normalcy of the world around us?  Because it is still joy my friend, to see a child grow the way they were meant to live. It is still a grand thing to listen to the wisdom of those who came before us as they carefully recall the stories and reasons that demonstrate that sense and common sense at that still exist.

Lost in the lonely thoughts of a man in prayer for those who think themselves fallen but have deceived into believing that there remains only one option. Forgiveness is much greater than contempt or desertion of the principles to which you’ve dedicated a lifetime.  It is that time. The time for you to hold on with both hands to every memory, every ounce of sweat, every thought of satisfaction in triumphant predilection. Chaos is not a destination it is a storm of particular rapacious events that must be ridden to be esteemed. It is a cascading tumult of chemical or lawful interactions that appear likely destined for calamitous end, yet there is always possibility.

These days are not meant for my uncomplicated reasoning. These are the moments for much more complex men than this one I’ve become. At home simply walking primitive road, caught in a myriad of geometric shapes, practical tools and the gladness brought to shoulder by a noon day sun. This array, this time, these well contemplated strategies are for greater minds. My own limited to reason, rhyme, season and station that reflect a perspective believing in the likelihood of miracles and well springs of Spiritual Awakening. They want answers and it is not enough to simply bid them “be” and if that is not yet hardy enough for understanding then stop “trying” to be something else. One sip of authenticity makes peace a hearty brew but not for those who enjoy displacement, corruption or random occurrence.

Is it okay for everything to be okay? Is it alright to be alright? You look at me as if there is something wrong with my capacity for comprehension, as if to be akin to the world I must somehow feel out of place, disjointed or a bit to the right of dysfunctional. That’s okay, it is okay to be upset, but feeding it never builds only decay’s, destroys and siphons the probability of the natural occurrence of joy and humor. I guess I did not get the memo that said I have to remain with a scowl across my visage or somehow fall from acceptable facial configuration regulations. I am happy.  I love you.  God is with us, helping, providing, edifying and rewarding our efforts and obedience. We are part of something yet so cautiously defined that few would take this moment to jump for great joy at our coming reunification with the King. Sorry for me, that is exactly what I plan to do, for it is in this moment that I have realized my good graces and although the day remains beyond this one, not seen until that dawn, it is still as clear as ever in my determination and faithful understanding. Why must I wait to celebrate that which I know will shortly come.

I love the idea of His Appearing. I love that He provided you escape. I love now that He loves you so much He cannot even wait to chat with you this evening. I am sorry that this world has not gone the way that we would have preferred. It does seem that we should have been able to work it out in some manner. The dawn of a new era is nearly upon us a time when we shall rule and reign with the rightful King. I do not know the joy or the travails that shall befall us in the interim, but I do know that the work we do is for the greatest good of God and man.  I pray that you find joy in the midst of whatever comes our way for it is the greatest thing we could ever do is look to the joy of our eternal future and allow that joy to color our present circumstance. In Jesus’ Name.

Lord Jesus, was the Word that you were teaching that difficult to comprehend? I read it and it makes sense, even in the parts that require some contemplation to understand spiritual application or parable. But through what lens am I determining this measure of simplicity? I understand that people hear some difficult parables and do not comprehend at first, I get it that sometimes concept as the cleansing blood, and without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of sin.  I get it that there are some issues surrounding Israel or the characters of the Bible as symbolic reference to the plan for salvation, but I am stilled perplexed the laxity with which people attend to the Bible’s importance.

For example, when we are youths we will spend thousands of hours, listening to music, conducting sporting event and exercise going to class for hundreds of hours to master the basic principles required to become socially successful.  However, the Book that promises the opportunity and discusses/explains the path to eternal life and the forgiveness of our shame, guilt and sin is given a small proportion of our time and attention at understanding. In fact, those who go to college will spend hundreds of hours going over the philosophies of man, the Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Romans, Chinese and Indians, yet spend mere minutes upon the Words ascribed to the Creator of all those civilizations and the original of all original thought.  It frankly makes no sense.  I get the same feeling when I look at the impossible statistics regarding western universities being 97% liberal.  These are manufactured results, accomplished by infiltration and strict attention to creating this circumstance.

Now we must see the enemies planning and thus a consistent and logical step in its reversal. If we have achieved our current predicament and lack of Biblical understanding through the apparent attempts of nefarious actors to keep us away from a relationship with the Creator via a thorough study and comprehension of the Word He has given us then, by nature and reason, a thorough study and understanding of those texts would in fact remedy the anomaly.

Oh, wait you are making too much sense.  What if I don’t want to do that work and want to continue to state that things like being cleansed by the Blood of the Perfect Lamb of all unrighteousness or perhaps that His Body and Blood were given that whosoever partakes of them shall find salvation and everlasting life?  You see if I continue to claim these ideas are too complex, too radical, too representative in their meaning for me to possibly understand that is ample excuse for not doing so.

First, Romans 1 states that none of us have excuse since all were given the Truth of God by the Creator, so there goes that escape.  And second, if everything were working for us in society, no wars, famines, economic troubles, poor, dying, impoverished or tyrants, then I would say continue upon the same path on which we currently reside.  But, it isn’t working.  Liberalism is not increasing the freedoms associated with our thinking and our right but limiting them.

Therefore, by reason of simple logic we must be ready to pursue those things we have previously found excuse to escape.  It is time for those who call themselves by His Name to know His Word and to take the time and the honored pleasure of teaching it to our families, friends and foreigners who are within our sphere. To do otherwise is foolish and disobedient.

The greatest wisdom available is within the Word of God.  Prove me wrong. Show me the error of my thinking and correct my statements.  Oh, you see me a bit too clever for you cannot refute my arguments for faith without first understanding faith.  You cannot diminish the Bible by understanding the Koran or any other religious text. You cannot argue against the existence of God utilizing any philosophy or science for they are both within its text and you will find yourself confronted with logical argument for your conversion and retreat from the field of discussion.  So go ahead, prove me wrong. I can take it, can you.  Show me the error of my ways, In fact, I challenge all of America to prove me wrong, pick up the Word and show me the error in my thinking and my faith.  Oh, the excuse is becoming evident the plan of the enemy is revealed.  Keep them from the Book at all cost for within its Word they shall find relationship with the King and find everlasting Life.  How can I be other than Bold with such an armament of discussion available to the asking?

Choose, for that is your gift from God the free will right to choose.  But you must know the stakes and the implications of such choice.  To know these you must know and study the Bible and have a chat with Almighty God in the privacy of your own thinking and discussion.  I welcome that opportunity for your private choice and welcome the opportunity to be proven wrong, or perhaps be thanked for being right.  I am comfortable with either, are You?  In Jesus’ Name.

What is the nature of a man that when heat or searing pressure is applied, he begins to see his componentry? Why do we shine or fall through trial, battle and defense? What is this man that he rises to the challenges when forced beyond personal measure or capacity and demonstrates the qualities resembling God. For are we not only capable of the impossible when forced to demonstrate its majesty?

Why does God have to provoke us to war, confrontation or near loss of life or society before we will hear his earnest call to operate in a certain moral capacity? Why must we be forced into acting right, not having the concerned ideal surrounding obedience built into the machinery of our souls.  Why must we be forced by the hand of God to behave in a manner consistent with His calling upon our making?  What have we done that we consistently must provoke God’s anger that He lays down the gauntlet between us?  Am I not personally capable of behaving the way that God would have be behave? Must I forever force His Hand, holding me hostage in slavery to Pagan ritual or tyrants before I will sensibly acquiesce to His requirement?  What is the spring that has sprung, or the breaker which has tripped within my circuitry that I am incapable of surrendering to something that has been for betterment from the outset?  Am I foolish beyond measure?  Do I lack the capacity for discernment and understanding?

Why then when I have received sufficient pressure placed upon my physical being and my psyche do I suddenly and immediately come around to God’s way of thinking?  And when I approach that boiling or melting point or camel’s straw moment do I first feel compelled to ask God or inquire why He has brought me to the point to which I alone am responsible? Must everything difficult be a discipline of God’s hand or perhaps have I brought the difficulties upon my own body for my own betterment, because I knew all along that God was right and refused to give in? Is this not a new level of foolish previously undefined in dictionary?  I mean this certainly must  be a separate category of oddity that requires a unique asterisk in the world of human stupidity of frailty, Stating, “here is the man who always contends with God, just to see himself checked”.

And once a man has gone through this purgatory of his own making and understanding, is there some lesson learned that compels caution at next approach?  Of course not for the fool shall always remain the fool and continue in his folly until his back is permanently broken, or he is mightily and finally dispatched in a moment of behavior beyond ridiculous.  Enough, I do not wish to be this man that puts himself through trials with God for the sake of testing the limits of the relationship. It is enough to learn the signals and approaches of humility to God’s direction without having to suffer the painful shocks applied when consistent and repeated encroachment is embarked.

Being heated in the fires of the crucible is one thing for in those moments I walk hand in hand with the Lord through the refining fires of His intention and direction.  Bringing or sparking additional visits to the forge through my own arrogance and unwilling surrender is at end.  I will not contend with God. Certainly I am going to fall down and fail repeatedly as a man stuck in this carnality.  However, the repeated and undisciplined attempts to do that which I know will bring God’s reaction must end.

I am not so much like Adam as I am becoming more as Christ, for it is from Adam’s position that I venture to the resting place in God. As I begin to resemble the Lord I have found a willingness to do the work of the Father without force, cajoling or correction. Why would the Lord have to correct a Son who wants to bring Glory to His name. Certainly a Son of Good intent will make mistakes or take the incorrect step from time to time only to be kindly and forcefully corrected and set upon the proper path, but there is little discipline and more direction.

I love God and want what He wants for me. I do not wish to provoke Him but to serve and please Him in faithful action.  I am melting in this furnace with my nation as I see the people arguing with the Father who wants them to mind His correction, yet they refuse to hear, will not listen and presumably deny His existence as they pursue the paths of the own design and measure. Father, I see a time coming and the reason for it, where those hard of hearing from a loving God, must be persuaded to their continued and perpetual desire for ignorance.  God help us when that time comes for it require seeing our separation from you, a desperate spot for man or beast.

Lord Help us to follow your commands for our lives, understanding that they are gentle and safe regard for the best life possible. I pray for this nation Lord that even those who call themselves among the woken even now follow the path they know to be inconsistent with your call upon their lives.  May they be kindly corrected and not damaged or broken as I almost forced upon myself when not listening to your call. Forgive me Lord for not reaching them, I pray that your Spirit’s Call through my heart plants the seeds that may germinate in ample timing for restitution, correction and course recovery. Within the Hand of God I reside until the time when I may be standing behind you with the brethren waiting upon the things of God.  In Jesus’ Name.

Living in the public eye brings with it a clarity and a maturity that nothing may be hidden. Your lumps, warts, bumps and intemperance are there for all to see, inescapable.  Certainly, you may employ the tools of camouflage or even go to the extent of developing Thespian and makeup skills to “appear” as another man, but when pressed, tired, hungry or alone the truth is revealed.  I truly wish that I had no blemishes, faults or in temperance, but that is not the truth and serving the truth is not just a part time volition.  This is who I am, I love, cry, worry, rejoice, make funny faces and sometimes feel like karate chopping people who have not found sensibility or sensitivity to the other’s need. That is what makes a human human, yet we spend so much effort and time attempting to conceal the characteristics of normalcy.  Foolish errand.

Now my greatest struggle is that the Lord calls me to remain pure, holy, righteous and set apart as a Bride waiting for her Groom. That is when the rubber starts chirping as I take the quick turns and stops all in a quest to somehow remain upon a skinny path that is not meant for driving. I have to first learn to walk with the Lord before racing down the pathways of refinement.  That requires time spent with Him that I might be transformed. It is not a thing of self, sanctification is of the Holy Spirit and requires my surrender but the work is done through His power, in His timing.  Now resisting sin is my job, for that is what qualifies as overcoming. He has given me the power over this flesh, I have been set free, but I still have this carnal body calling me, egging me on in a quest for human cravings.  That as well may be hidden from the public’s eye through Thespian adaptation, but God knows the heart and mine is not yet Pure.

I do not seek to hide from people’s view or opinion.  To some extent I think this frightens folks, makes them critique me and laugh out loud at my misgivings and humanity, but the greatest thing it provides is the curiosity.  They are curious about authenticity and so many start out in disbelief that a man could be so unafraid of his humanity and so humbled by grace that he could live in such a transparent environment for all to see. There is no other way to lead folks to the Cross in my opinion.  They must see a courage, yes a courage to stand against the circumstances, odds and public inspection with a steady willingness and faith that God will make the changes when it is in deed time to make them.  I don’t hide it, doesn’t mean I don’t feel funny that you see it.

We are rapidly approaching a time when the Lord will be collecting His own.  In my heart of hearts, I know that He loves you so much that He cannot wait for you to accept His offer of Eternal Life with Him. If the open review of my humanity, weakness, worship, Love and Strength in any way provides the inspiration to come to Christ or the motivation to fight the fight until the end, then please consider my life Open for inspection in my service to God and You.  Please understand that being human is a wonderfully frail and temporary position in this dimension and therefore precious beyond compare. I live this life to the fullest, hoping and praying that my actions somehow bring honor and glory to the King.  Thank you for loving me for being me.  In Jesus’ Name I pray the same comfort and surety for your life.

Complicated folks and jokes told as testimony to those things above my head. What can be said about their works and the perks, excepts some are equipped nicely while others feed the trolls? Is each soul of equal performance, the Sudanese, Bolivian, Mongul, Roma or weed smoking weirdo beneath the 10th Street Bridge. What gives them the strength to pass oblivious? How do I excuse myself when I am the one supposedly in charge? You mean they could actually have an alternate agenda to which none paid heed because we thought them our public servant? It is a strange feeling this waking up, it doesn’t tickle.

We see people leaving entire fortunes to pet cats, men trading in $100,000 cars to suit their whims of middle age and governments paying $12000 for a hammer.  With all this blessing we still have a great number of displaced American’s living in boxes, barns, beside dumpsters and desert dunes. Are they, as the innocent done away before birth, somehow less important, disposable by categorization of impact on our pleasure and luxury. It’s their fault, you say.  Why certain that is truth, but truth does not alleviate the tragedy of our disinterest.  What then could or should be done about the burgeoning, no exploding, homeless population problem in the United States?

What then of the few who are not responsible for their circumstance? Do they now qualify for assistance? What of the man who asked you for money that you didn’t give because you knew he was going to drink it, but he really was hungry and never drank?  The Lord clearly said that if someone asks for some help you give it to them, in fact it implies that you go beyond just giving them some and give them your jacket too. I am not a man’s judge, if he is going to drink that is between him and God, though some would say that we cannot contribute to his illness.  That is a reasonable point, however do we not first have to become their judge and jury to determine that they have a problem that is beyond the answer to our prayers, or God’s capacity to resolve?

What about the errant angel sent to test your heart?  How then would you deal with the drunk man asking for some food if you knew he were an angel?  Ah, you would treat him differently, doesn’t that indicate something out of alignment within your thinking or your heart? Isn’t this more about our hearts than theirs, or perhaps about both in the same lesson. God giving us the poor and disenfranchised and God giving the poor us to see if the twain shall meet. What power would it give us as a nation if we came up with artistic solution and turned these miscreants without home into productive Americans or workers for the cause of Christ?

Look homelessness sucks, it is a drag on both parties those out in the environs and those who must accommodate them in their neighborhoods or provide for their needs in perpetuity.  There is a solution, though we collectively have never sat down and determined the best methods for resolutions, I believe because it is another political football utilized by the dysfunctional government to indicate that our system of government needs to be changed so that they may convince us of the need for a totalitarian replacement.  This concept is a thousand times more frightening then a burgeoning homeless population.  Let us get our hearts right and begin to have a chat about how to resolve this problem in a sound mind with love for all involved. The likelihood of it simply going away by itself are obvious and false.  Something must be done.  The question really is are our hearts and minds in the right place to take the time in prayer, conversation and action to resolve these problems that are being left because they want a global government to resolve them?

Seeing Love and being Loved are very different things, just as giving and receiving that is done without the strings. We all stand close together or fall upon our own, if our feet are planted upon that mighty Stone.

Wandering and wishing seldom bring the truth, wishing is like fishing with exuberance of youth. Faith is reasoned waiting based on the truth of God.  If you’re waiting on your wishes you have to think it odd.

I don’t expect to give you sufficient artifice, though your Holy testimony is really rather nice. Do you see the face of glory written in your walk? Do I believe the Story or simply want to talk?

The Lord came down from Glory to make right our offense, he paid the price for all man’s sin a gift that just makes no sense. The beginning of a story, greater the best, He paved a path to glory for all who repented and confessed.

God so loved humanity that He gave His only Son, to come and die upon the Cross to buy back everyone.  It truly is quite simple this gift that He offers every man, He requires that you believe in Him to be part of His Righteous Plan.

Now it really is true blessing to be humble in my skills, as there is little resistance when He tells me what He wills.  I don’t get lost in struggle against the Lord above, Enjoying His provision, His Protection and His Love.

If you’re looking for a simple life with happiness and peace, answer that call upon your heart and soon your struggles cease. Lord God has provided the way of our escape, Our creator and the Saviour not some hero in a cape.

It so tough to remember how bad my life had been, and even twice as hard to think of going back again. He pulled me from the fires, the prison and the chains, He made a new man of me by cleansing all my stains.

I pray for You to Hear Clearly, His Spirit’s Awesome Call. He holds the keys to sin and death and faces evil as they fall. Seeking eternal freedom to be clean from sin and strife, just cry out for repentance, forgiveness and eternal Life.

For the Lord sits there waiting in patience, peace and Calm. He wants to give you blessings and protect you in His palm. If you’re inclined to become refined within the goldsmith’s hand, call upon King Jesus, to see all that He has planned.

I sing High Atop the mountain, that you can hear me worship God and join me in my song.  I don’t care that you see me, only that He hears my loving heart for all that He has done.  It is not a thing of service although I’d give him everything because he gave His Son. So I sing with all that’s in me to praise God in His Glory, even when this life is done.