Chapter 2.
HEAR, I PRAY YOU.
“O
give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy
endureth forever.” (Psalms 136:1)
Presently (at the age of 78), my heart overflows with
thanksgiving to Almighty God for giving me the very best, most
blessed, and richest life possible on this earth. I believe each and every Christian
believer should have such a testimony, because such a confession gives much
glory unto our Creator God. Also, such words coming forth from a Christian are
a most valid Spiritual Truth.
Reader Friend, think seriously. Do you ever
hear any soul honestly proclaim that they have the very best, most blessed and
richest life possible on this earth? I have that life. And you can
easily have it also.
My heart is totally void of complaints. It is filled to overflowing
with abundant gratitude, thanksgiving, and praise to Almighty God in the
Highest Heaven for His Abundantly Rich Mercies and Grace
that He daily, generously showers down upon most
unworthy me. I pray that your heart is constantly filled with the
same.
The only
regrets I have, pertain to not being as zealous as I should have been in living
for and serving Lord Jehovah God, my Creator, my Saviour, my Judge, and my ALL.
May Almighty God daily perfect your and mine every way to thereby save us from
all such regrets.
Basically, I have no personal
desire to put my life’s story into writing. I only do so, praying that it will greatly
glorify my Creator God, and bless, teach, edify, encourage,
and impart true Spiritual wisdom to fellow human souls on their ever so short
earthly journey to their eternal abode. I also pray that many
lost souls will read this book and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ to save them
for all eternity. Grant it, Lord Jesus, I plead! Amen!
Basically,
I desire to leave out of this book much of that which has been “negative” in my
earthly journey. I thank God that I have no desire to “bad mouth” any person on
earth who has been a problem to me. Also, as I read what spiritually anemic
Christians write about their own lives, often there is a profound tendency to
clearly air each and every trial and problem they have met in life. I sense
that (in many, but not all, cases) two goals motivate writers to
do such. 1. They think it will make their writings more interesting to the
reader. 2. They think it will give them sympathy from readers and cause readers
to esteem the writer to be great, simply because he or she has
encountered such hardships (that each and every human soul endures to
varying degrees along their earthly journey).
I believe each of these two goals stem from a vain heart. Thus, I pray for my Lord to save me from such vanity, thus wise saving you from the displeasure of reading my vain complaining or bragging.
While
praying in that vein, the Holy Spirit tells me to listen carefully to God
telling me which negative experiences of mine to share with you in this book.
God desires to use such life experiences of mine to show some readers some “faults”
in their own lives. The Holy Spirit will clearly call on each reader to
allow God to remedy those faults in his or her life. Please
work such a wonderful work into each of our lives, Lord Jesus, I beg of Thee!
Amen!
Thus, “Hear,
I pray you.”
Because
each human soul is an imperfect sinner, each of us suffers unnecessarily
at the hands of people around us as they pester us with their imperfect
ways. May each of us truly desire to do better toward all souls
around us, and may we be willing to honestly face our own faults. It greatly
benefits mankind when we are a “plus” in the lives of others instead of
a “minus”, a blessing instead of a hardship, or a burden, or a downright
pain in the neck.
May
our Lord God instill within each of us the desire to be a true blessing
to all souls around us. May we fully yield our beings (our own
selves in entirety) to our Creator God in order to allow
Him to make us “come forth as gold”, and
to mold and make us into the perfect Christian that He commands us to be in
Matthew 5:48. Almighty God, please cause each of us right now
to listen to Thee most keenly, for our eternal well-being! Please give
us ears to hear. Amen!
The
End of Chapter 2