chapter 3: Pilgrim's Arrest!

The Children came out to greet all of the visitors to their city with a welcome song.

Pilgrim was taken aback at the protections that he was seeing in this city.  The song the children were singing was drowned out by the many questions that were raised by the beauty of this fair and God glorifying city.  Did God Call us to lay down such extravagant dwellings upon this earth? etc., Etc.

Pilgrim was taken into a room with a round table and asked many questions about where he had come from.

Elder 1.  From where have you come?

Pilgrim.  I have been escaping from the city of Destruction.  God is going to destroy the city and I have considered it a calling to leave that city and seek a city whose builder and maker is God.

Elder 2.  Were you the only person convinced of this in your city?

Pilgrim.  I considered not whether there were any others.  I heard the fire alarm in my soul and set out to find a place for my soul to hide.

Elder 3.  Have you other family?

Pilgrim.   I have a wife and four boys, who declined to come with me and thought my assertion an act of madness.  I had to leave them there in the city.

Elder 4.  Is the city still standing?  

Pilgrim.   As far as I know I haven’t seen any flames coming over the horizon since my escape.  Nor have I heard word of any complete destruction, through hearsay.

Elder 5  Have you any word about how your family fares after your abandonment?

Pilgrim.  I had all that I could do to but concern myself with my own soul’s condition.  I had lain that care upon my Lord and trust that He will convince them ere’ long.

Elder 6.   I suggest we arrest this man.  He is clearly in violation of 1 Timothy 5:8 and I say we must hold him accountable, until we should see that he takes on his responsibility.

Cuffs were placed upon Christian and He was taken into the dungeon of deplorability…

The Children came out to greet all of the visitors to their city with a welcome song.

Pilgrim was taken aback at the protections that he was seeing in this city.  The song the children were singing was drowned out by the many questions that were raised by the beauty of this fair and God glorifying city.  Did God Call us to lay down such extravagant dwellings upon this earth? etc., Etc.

Pilgrim was taken into a room with a round table and asked many questions about where he had come from.

When Morning Gilded the Sky...

 When morning gilds the sky, 

our hearts awaking cry: 

May Jesus Christ be praised! 

in all our work and prayer 

we ask his loving care: 

May Jesus Christ be praised! 

“God Exalts His Word Above All His Name” was the hymn that the Christian city sang in unison, committing their safety to the Lord before they opened the gates to the city in the morning.

A guard came out to Christian and lifted him from his rock-pillow to his feet.  Friend or Foe?” He questioned.  I am foe to none, was the swift response of Christian to the inquisition.

Do you know the one, whom to know is life eternal?  I do and I have fled the city of destruction and laid my burdens down and have been on the way of life for years and years, but the songs that I have heard coming out of your city are causing questions to rise in my soul.  Have we a hope of seeking and seeing a city of life on this side of the River Jordan?

Let me bring you into the city and we will share meals and comforts with you.  You have many questions which cannot be answered in a moment.  We must use care that we do not endanger the city of life, by our careless banter out in the open areas.  the enemy of our souls lurks as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour and our city is a place of solace and peace and protection, especially for our women and little ones.  Come and we will share what we have with you, should you wish to stay you may and should you have more excursions to complete we will comfort you and send you hence.

The City of Re-Construction!

Christian in the City of Re-Construction

Christian in the City of Re-Construction

“Life, Life We are Building for Life”

The song rang over the mountains and Christian followed the harmonious song to find a beautiful green valley where the entire city was sing the Song of Reconstruction.

He ran toward it, because the song was so inviting and delightful, he had to see what city could be so harmonious.

It turned out that his children had begun that song, with the words that they had heard him saying when he ran from them.  

My father sang that song to me and placed a little flame that burns within my heart that God is Good and He will preserve us if we would seek His Will.  Destruction indeed is what we deserve, but God has preserved us still and we would repent and try to do our best to preserve that which He has entrusted to us!

Life, Life, Eternal life, we will seek it.  we will grow it and we’ll not sleep a wink until it is found!

When Christian got to the gates of the city they were bolted shut and a supernatural shield was around the city, so that no one could penetrate unless God himself would lower the gate, in the night time.  It was fueled by the bedtime prayers of the children, who all said the same thing.

Now We lay us down to sleep,

we pray the Lord our souls to keep,
Should we die before we wake,
We Pray, Our soul Thou Lord would take! 

  God is God, was embroidered on the cloth all around the shield.   the women of the city were embroiderers and put their hand to stitch the border of the shield to show their complete trust in the Wonder of the protection of God’s precious shield.

He slept without the city until the morning in awe of the beauty of the sounds and smells and the comfort of the embroidered cloth!

Pro Life!

Obamas admin.  Changed the law about tax status of churches making them change their names to ministries.  The bathroom injunction about transvestites was successful in identifying which states still embrace their Bible Belt identification after the tremendous attack on education.  NC came out as one, so we were on the economic attack list next...they crippled us, by making sports investments contingent on throwing away our principles...

Like Isaac, as we grieved Billy Graham's passing the water wells were stuffed up By the enemies of our convictions...  We couldn't see the enemy and still the haze is with us!

Fight for our convictions or see them demolished as with a wrecking ball...

Pro lifers look simplistic in our focus as they throw anti conviction rhetoric on us.

What issue is worth dividing with our peers about?  Life of the unborn is one of the most important today...

We are angry women blinded by our importunity  and inequality... We need level headed people to guide us through the fog of confusion that has engulfed us.  We need to defend teaching conviction in our schools.  We need to defend women's right to choose the life of her baby!  We need to defend the right to care and live for Jesus.  We ought not attack the bulk of our country, which is convicted to live for Jesus and take for granted the protections that Christianity has blessed us with.  

Jesus is wedded to His church and her defender and guide.  Don't mistake that affection Christ has for His church for weakness.   They have marginalized us and taken advantage of mercy and humility.  

We need Gods protection and assistance to live for him through the reconstruction of our nation from the civil war we've been in.