Drinking Sand
by Ken Pullen
Scripture used from the King James Version appears in Italics
copyright © 2018 by Ken Pullen / A Crooked Path
(with permission of author to reprint as long as not done to reap material benefit and including direct link to this webpage)
They drink sand
attempting
to
quench insatiable thirsts
driven
mad
consumed
gagging
gasping
inhaling
the dust and death
of worldly tries
worldly lies
A Psalm of David,
when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God,
thou art my God;
early will I seek thee:
my soul thirsteth for thee,
my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land,
where no water is;
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
I
stretch forth my hands unto thee:
my soul thirsteth after thee,
as a thirsty land.
Selah.
They drink sand
daily
perpetually
foolishly
vainly
imagining the dust of death
the dryness of bones
the parched
empty
cracked lips
dripping with a mirage of honey
shrunken minds
in clouds of delusion
cold hearts
merely passing diseased blood along
dead eyes
sing a droning monotonous death song
words and ways of man
will lead them to
their oasis
a lie
(they always only listen to the father of lies, you know)
their Nirvana
a lie
their Utopia
a lie
their Paradise
yet another, more lies
lost
Behold, the days come,
saith the Lord GOD,
that I
will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread,
nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD:
And
they
shall
wander
from sea to sea,
and
from the north even to the east,
they shall run to and fro
to seek the word of the LORD,
and shall not find it.
In that day
shall the fair virgins
and
young men faint for thirst.
O,
utterly lost
words and ways of man
will lead them to
where
they
belong
whilst those believing
faithful
obedient
are quenched
immersed
refreshed
in the word
ways
instruction
of the LORD
For
I
will
pour water upon him that is thirsty,
and floods upon the dry ground:
I will pour my spirit upon thy seed,
and
my blessing
upon thine offspring:
They
shall not hunger
nor thirst;
neither shall the heat nor sun smite them:
for
he
that hath mercy on them shall lead them,
even
by
the springs of water shall he guide them.
Drinking sand
rather than Life-Giving Waters
laughing giddy as one possessed
of demons
tearing at the fabric
of truth
renting the lies they wear
which makes them itch
twitch
stich by stich
in time
rebelling
ranting, raving, cursing, screaming, babbling
yelling
whispering into each others ears
smelling of putrid decaying death
given over to reprobate minds
forsaking any and all that is
the
rightness of God
they drink their broken goblets of sand
laughing
choking
on words
actions
deeds
ways of man
they
imagine
going their own way
yet
they
are the ways of the seductive
beguiling
wily devil they follow
are enslaved to
on their
way
to hell
where hot Saharan
Great Victoria
Arabian
Syrian
Kalahari sands
would feel refreshing
in eternal comparison
unlike
the truly believing
whom
They
shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them,
nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst
of the throne
shall feed them,
and
shall lead them unto living fountains of waters:
and
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
And he said unto me,
It is done.
I am
Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
And the Spirit and the bride say,
Come.
And let him that heareth say,
Come.
And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Blessed
are they
which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:
for they shall be filled.
There cometh a woman
of Samaria
to draw water:
Jesus saith unto her, “Give me to drink.”
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him,
“How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?”
Jesus answered and said unto her,
“If thou knewest the gift of God,
and
who it is that saith to thee,
‘Give me to drink;’
thou wouldest have asked of him,
and
he would have given thee living water.”
The woman saith unto him,
“Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep:
from whence then hast thou that living water?
Art thou greater than our father Jacob,
which gave us the well,
and drank thereof himself,
and his children, and his cattle?”
Jesus answered
and said unto her,
“Whosoever
drinketh of this water
shall thirst again:
But
whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but
the water that I shall give him
shall be in him
a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
If any man thirst,
let him come unto me,
and drink.
He that believeth on me,
as the scripture hath said,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But
this spake he of the Spirit,
which they that believe on him should receive:
for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
They
determine
to
drink sand
reprobate minds never kind to their eternal spirits
souls sold into the depths of slavery
sin
darkness
darkness
darkness
rather than
The Way
The Truth
The Light
The Life-Giving Waters
drinking of
Jesus Christ
God Almighty
Holy Spirit
Holy Word
their dried
hollow bones
spirits serving Satan
“Surely you will not die, but then all I have always done is lie, lie, lie!”
flesh eaten away
by sins of prey
refusing
mocking
those who bow humbly to pray
to the One True God
Jesus
Christ
Messiah
Saviour
Lord
death
lies
dry
dark
always circling round them
souls
withered
spirits enslaved
entombed in the gelatin of perpetual lies
dead in the eye
deaf in the ear
hard of heart
so cold they burn
blind leading the blind
listening always
to their own kind
ever
always thirsting
never satiated
never resting
never healed
never repenting
refusing to admit their sins
they drink sand in the depths of hell
for their eternity
for refusing
the Son
denying He is The One
rebelling
disobeying
the Only One
the Only Way
to the Father
eternal life
this truth
cuts through
their blistered
boiled
parched souls
dry tongues
stinking breath
like a hot knife
they
will
always
be
as
There
was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and fine linen,
and fared sumptuously every day:
And
there was a certain beggar
named Lazarus,
which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table:
moreover
the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass,
that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom:
the rich man also died, and was buried;
And
in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments,
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said,
“Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus,
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water,
and cool my tongue;
for I am tormented in this flame.”
But Abraham said,
“Son,
remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things,
and likewise
Lazarus evil things:
but now he is comforted,
and thou art tormented.
And
beside all this,
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed:
so that they which would pass
from hence
to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us,
that would come from thence.”
Then he said,
“I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them,
lest they also come into this place of torment.”
Abraham saith unto him,
“They have Moses and the prophets;
let them hear them.”
And he said,
“Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.”
And he said unto him,
“If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.”
They drink sand
toasting to their eternal death
will you
do you
join them
as the rich man
lifting a broken glass of sand
to your thirsting
dry lips
to sip of this death?
Or
will you drink of the
Life-Giving Waters
only
Jesus Christ the Lord
affords?
Will you heed the voice of The One
persuaded by the truth
life
death
resurrection
of
One
Risen from the dead
living at the right hand
of
the Throne of God
He
who
suffered death
though no sin in Him
blameless
unlike
every man
every woman
to be the Sacrificial Lamb
salvation
for every sinner
who repents
obeys
turns to
bows humbly
believes upon
serves Him
rather than the sands of this world
thirst quenched
Life-giving Waters
drinking sand
never more?
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