“Isaiah 30:18” Stigmatized ? Feel ostracized ? Body now unimmunized ? Well, there`s no doubt He was cast out like a leper with no clout. Thus, He sympathizes; He empathizes; to show you compassion He now rises: He knows your wound; He knows your soul; He knows your longing to be whole; He knows your struggle; He knows your sin; He died for you to be whole again. So, approach His throne -you`re not alone- for His grace and mercy you`ll be shown ! A.B.Adams January 23, 2024 Tuesday
“Trash and Treasure” “You`re light in the loafers,” at least, that`s what they say or again, euphemistically speaking, “You go the other way.” Well, that just may be the cross that you bear as people mock and they shun and with eyes of hate they do glare. We all have our struggles with unnatural things, like sex outside marriage, overwork and excessive drinking. Idols abound deep in our hearts things we give ourselves to that tear us apart. So, who am I to say that your sin is worse that I deserve blessing and you deserve curse ? What is distasteful to one to another brings pleasure, just like the saying, “One man`s trash, one man`s treasure.” For the sin in our lives we must be contrite; for the sin in another we must see with His sight: He did not judge or even condemn, He simply defended and said, “Go, and don`t sin again.” A.B.Adams February 14, 2022 Monday
“A Matter of Attitude” I don`t know your struggle, perhaps its DNA; (All I know is), since Adam bit that apple we all have gone astray. And since that fateful moment in which the two did disobey all of creation was subjected to death and to decay. So, you say you`re predisposed that you never made a choice, that as long as you remember you liked not girls but rather boys. I`m not trying to belittle you for being lesbian or even gay for the pain you feel must be very real, perhaps, its difficult to say. There may be conflict all around you or hidden conflict deep within, fueled by fear of consuming fire and/or judgment for your sin. So, if you go on struggling though sometimes you give in then take heart, He won`t depart, keep crying out to Him. For your struggle is a sign that you call that `Good Book` good, although you often try and fail and don`t always do the things you should. In there is the hope that you still agree with Him; you call it as He calls it and agree that sin is sin. And so, too, remember that although you may fall down your attitude`s what matters in securing a lasting crown. For the righteous even fall, women and especially men but don`t stay down, apologize, rise and stand again ! A.B.Adams March 14, 2022 Monday “Returning to San Francisco” In former days and better ways I new His love before I had strayed. Joyful times were once sublime with friends and faces I left behind. Memories of a certain city where I loved and served and was moved with pity. Courage, too, I did demonstrate when confronted with a scowl of hate. We brought meals on wheels to the ostracized whose health was failing, the unimmunized. And of the man whose name was Joe, a homeless fellow with dog in tow... One night while walking along the street while in drunken stupor we did meet: Amidst the crowd we hugged each other, a college freshman and would be brother. The Spirit that was with me then of love and mercy and compassion, Are contained within these memories of all I was and still hope to be. A.B.Adams May 27, 2021 Thursday