Daily Archives: July 6, 2011

“They Win Because We Cheer”.

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The “Arm Chair Quarterback” makes the plays with his fat pork.

And rails against the legs of those who fiercely play the sport.

He’s at a loss to cause a win.  He only uses noise.

And those who play with all their heart gain money from those boys.

There’s ones who rail and cuss all day, and gather against the Lord,

They’re much like they who sit to watch and yell in one accord.

They ridicule, chide, and mock, at those eternally bound souls.

As though they too could pick it up and winsome walk the coals.

“The players rustle all their might, yet they are men like us.”

“So too these folk, these ‘righteous folk’ who preach at me, ‘You must’.”

They testify that all the work the Christians hold so dear,

Is just a noise the players make.  “They win because we cheer.”

 

By His Grace.

Can a Stick be Guilty of a Beating?

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I often (understatement) point to the faults of men.  But I will allow for a few things:

Even a violent man can live at peace with a few things.  He usually doesn’t abuse his drink.  He’ll coddle a glass till it’s gone.  But he might just as likely throw the glass against the floor when the drink is gone.  A corrupt politician will take care of his money.  He will take care of it like a sow bear guarding it’s cubs.  A mother might take good care of her children.  But without the rule of God in her life, she will allow her children to watch television all day long (except when the gossip programs come on).  A husband might well take care of his wife, which was his pledge at their wedding.  But without the rule of God in his life, he’s just as likely to gawk at other women as they pass by.

With the rule of God in our lives, we learn (emphasis on “learn”) to continue our obedience out into the remotest reaches of our life.  We listen to what the Lord says and strive to apply it to everything we are.  There is a significant difference between socially acceptable behavior and Godly behavior.  And this is what you will find posted in my writings.

Yes, I am learning to hate the “ways of the world”.  And I ask for forgiveness when I slip into considering the individual rather than the sin.  It is sometimes extremely hard to tell where one starts and the other leaves off.  And if a man is beating me with a stick, I’m not likely to blame the stick.

By His Grace.

Curious Place to Live.

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A curious place in life I stand, twist the brothers of the board.

Those men who kill the Lord Most High, then boast among the horde.

And a curious place in life I stand twist the brothers of the Promise.

Those men who handle the Holy Word, yet gladly suffer foolish.

A curious place in life I stand In this battlefested land.

I neither fit midst the sinful crowd, Nor the people of the God’s Hand.

Stripes of hatred scar my mind.  And they’d have done so greatly more.

And I beat them back with tools in kind, Till I found the sacred store.

And then I found, to my chagrin another loss I suffer;

The holy ones will stand me not, and cast me to the other.

For I brought the war to the feet of those who cared to suffer loss.

Perceived I was to war and war. I cared not any cost.

They spoke the words, but action’s missing.  Now what was I to do?

Should I ignore The Lord’s soft kissing, and act like one of you?

There’s no room for me among the throngs; not earth nor heaven bound.

What shall be said of this man I am?  I’ve lived as I saw how.

So I’m hung between the lost and saved.  I hover up and down.

And here I’ll stay with out stretched arm, till He brings me a new gown.

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The above is an indication that I am not where I should be.  Yet is it a picture of where I am.   It is also a picture of the rebellious of this world, who hate the Lord and His commands.  And it is a picture of a body of people who think they own the commendation of the Lord of Life.

The world is a war ground.  And this is the result of rebellion toward God.  If we don’t hear the sounds of war in our front yard, it doesn’t mean there is no war.  God instills in His people a certain measure of His Truth.  And it is the instilling which causes all manner of turmoil among us.  All men are a people of rebellion.  Those who desire to understand more of God’s truth will encounter resistance from those who do not.  And the more truth we find or desire, the more intense will be the opposition.  The central portion of the conflict will always center around obedience vs rebellion.  And those who strive to obey will be fewer than those who rebel.   Yet one thing must be said regarding those who strive to obey.  Once the Truth of God is tasted, there will be no turning back.  I know this causes frustration in those who would wish this war to end.  But God’s Truth is a transforming power.  And once transformed from a solid liar to one who desires to know the Truth, there is no turning back.

It would not be proper to air our filthy laundry before the world.  But I find the word “our” is a bit mixed in this generation.  Corruption in teaching and in action have entered the Church, to the point that it’s hard to tell where it starts or where it ends.  What is called the church today often would not qualify as part of the war.  Men have come in to render her powerless and nullify this war.  They adopt every kind of teaching in the hopes that embracing the enemy will end in peace.  There will be no peace among men as long as there is even one person who remains in rebellion against God.  And so I speak against the diluted body of people who call themselves Christians.  I could name a pig “Christian”.  That doesn’t make it a child of God.

By His Grace.

 

By His Grace.