Indeed! Ultimately, we either spend eternity in Heaven or God forbid!!! hell, and most of us will spend time in Purgatory to be purified in order to be in the presence of God. To reach Heaven requires to be faithful in all to Christ who died to open the gate of Heaven for us. Some of us become slaves to serious sins and passions for acquiring riches or seeking success, wasting this precious and short time on earth. We only get one chance.. one life, and we can be successful and truly content only when we are successful in God's sight. That is, doing His will by growing in holiness. Holiness is the real happiness and only success as you Dr. Kardas often stress in your works. Those folks who get trapped in the enemy's claws are so transparent even by the language they use like "I", "me", "my" and "mine"!, betraying who they are, and where their heart is. Thank you for this masterpiece, as all your marvelous works it is a great pleasure to read and ponder about. We love the changes in style, the needed repetitions and the power of some verbs that achieve the desired intensity in stirring our souls and fueling our minds. Thank you again for feeding and awakening our souls. Your friends in Christ.

Kudos to you Doc! You tell it like it is, directly to the point. Even when writing about such serious matters, your sense of humor comes through and some of your expressions are hilarious! The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me. They view God's commands as something awful that restricts their "freedom" not realizing that God does everything out of love. His laws were given to guide us to eternal happiness and protect us from damnation. And there are countless fools who rebel against God's laws living in slime of all sorts of perversions and serious sins. They have the nerve to believe that they will somehow miraculously land in Heaven. Do they really think that they can keep offending God here on earth and hope to spend eternity with Him??? God is loving but is also a just Judge. For sure He will have to say to them: "Depart! I do not know you!" since they have spent a lifetime acting as His enemies, going against His holy will. I'll be sharing more than a few copies of this one. I need to scare some people straight! Superb work AS ALWAYS!
God bless you dear friend.
Richie & the (ever growing) gang!

Dr. Dorothy, What a pleasant surprise to see you have had the time to create such a wonderful masterwork, knowing all your involvement in the 40 DAYS FOR LIFE campaign. Certainly we are all joining in frequent prayers for the protection of the unborn babies. How properly fitting that you mentioned "Innocent Eyes at no time resist" meaning Our Saviour's Eyes and also being the innocent eyes of the unborn. The bottom line is clear... whomever we choose to serve and listen to in this life, will have eternal consequences. To choose everlasting bliss with our Pefect Lover is the ONLY sane, endlessly rewarding, and blessed option. Thanks again for your written work and and all your Pro-Life efforts. We cherish your friendship and wish you always, only the very best!

Read several of your new poems and unsurprisingly there is so much to absorb. Besides great wisdom, there are no-nonsense tones in your great poetic works so needed this straight shooting in writing, spoken word and conduct. Apart from sincerely living for the One who redeemed us, the other alternative is too frightful to consider, so the ending of this poem is most appropriate. Excellent work of a practical idealist, straightfoward and sensible. Dr. K. you are a thinker who is obviously not tolerating any irrelevancies. Hats off to you! God bless...

Dorothy,

It is great to hear your voice on Poetry Showcase! Your words cut evil to the quick. The battle brewing in all of us is fighting for our faith. Our faith weaves in and out of our humanity; we all hang by a thread. We need to stay in God's circle; to step outside of God's circle is to be out of season. We should conform to God's laws and know that our God will raise the meek to be first. To define God, we must be on a first name basis with His Son and recognize His Spirit in those that fail, even our mortal enemies. Failure, forgiveness, and humility prepare us to stand favorably in God's sight.

"Let me wear His Truth for the world to see
May the Blood of Jesus strengthen me
For His Kingdom it reigns in you and me
Truth is the banner I wear"

Sister in Christ,

Kathy Paysen

xoxoxo

WOW, again I feel inadequate to give my meager words in appreciation. The poem says it all! It just doesn't get any clearer that this, and you say it so eloquently. I admire your talent to put down in so few words, a lifetime of wisdom. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO to all your readers comments. We couldn't have said it any better.

Tweetie Bird