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Dying versus death. The periodic utterance, “it is better to be above ground” is vain, as the dead know nothing. Life means to glory in the Lord. Unless the Lord is nigh, we wasted a day. Mortals uttering the aforementioned have no intent to praise Adonai. They lunge at God’s provisions like an ungrateful adolescent—as…
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Structure the environment and you control the plurality of people living within. Dutifully pick up, palm dog ordure, and dispose of properly. Pat yourself on the back, receive warm glances, unwritten praises from neighbors. When your hound squats in public to banish a load of feces, wait attentively amid onlookers in anticipation of gathering up…
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Communities increasingly cater to the lowest common denominator at every grade. Regarding peril—real or imagined—the weediest entities receive favor; held as the paradigm. Acquiescing to the feeblest link in the chain results in austere behavior modification. It is easier to hold a C-grade rather than aspire towards an A. Afforded the option—fostered by executives—the mass…
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Actions speak of resigning to go along at the rate prescribed by entrusted nobles. Not striving for knowledge in this information age, but facilely accepting whatever filters down from landed gentry—dutifully announced by professional text readers. Vote once quadrennially and recline during the interval in a soft chair eyeing tellavision, ears pinned back (with fingers…
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Renown social scientists and criminologists proffer ten primary reasons individuals commit murder: Conflicting opinion, power, drugs, self-defense, greed, money, revenge, sexual attraction, ego, infidelity. Oh! fancy a whirld where infidelity, egotism, revenge, and greed might endure untainted by feats of civil slaughter! Enacting legislation tightening gun sale registrations might ease tensions? This way, only vicious…
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Drifting down Gazing up Outstretched hand New testament cup Overflowing Lifeblood within Undeserved pardon Washed of sin My redeemer Glory awaits Peace with God Surpass the gates Enter the vie Shoulder the cross Cleansing fire Withering dross
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God-given miraculous life… fallen creatures grasping at all innate prearranged wonders. Gross misrepresentation ensues; an ensemble of grave proportions met with divine grace—the sacrifice of the Lamb—yet prior to ultimate glory, the wrath of Adonai must pour composedly upon monumental wickedness. Plagues comprising pestilence, disease, warfare, financial calamity, and famine. Pallid ingredients of a noxious…
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Traveling on Got no fare Losing control And I don’t care If it were Up to me Linger in time Leave me be Saved from self Paradise sent Glorious Light See to repent Heaven and earth Shall pass away But God’s Word Hither to stay
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A Christian also knows the life of the non-Christian, having lived it up to the unique occasion Jesus Christ baptized in the Spirit. Henceforth, a curious perspective regarding self, the great Apostle Paul put it once and forever in Galatians 2:20-21: “I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” While the inward man…
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Tellievision is for the masses, those who choose to get along with whatever managers of the three not so news networks determine what’s worth thinking about and to whom to listen. Should enough people invest requisite energy into truth as they do in clearing what passes for cash these dim days, we may witness marked…