Gloom, Despair, and Agony on me!

1/14/2018

Gloom, despair, and agony on me Deep, dark depression, excessive misery If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all Gloom, despair, and agony on me.

Sounds like a Hee-Haw paraphrased excerpt from Ecclesiastes penned by King Solomon. In reality that is half right.

These are in fact the lyrics from the song of the same title.. Gloom Depair and Agony on me. by Buck Owens & Roy Clark. This tune was played as part of a regular comedy sketch on the TV show Hee-Haw where hillbilly folk lamented their dire circumstances.

For those of you too young to know, or trying to forget.. Hee-Haw was a television variety show featuring country music and corny but clean humor with the fictional rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop. It aired on CBS from 1969 to 1971.

note: If you have not figured it out by now, I am your go-to source for obscure TV and movie trivia. You are all very welcome.

Gloom & Despair could also describes my mantra if I delve into my own very unattractive pity party.

All is lost, gloom and doom, and life is so bad I would feel 'lucky' to call my circumstance hopeless. I am a LOSER,

BUT.. no matter the circumstances, and/or blunders I really make (and I have made a few) I purposefully choose to put my faith in God.

If God is for us, who can be against us? Ro:31 This is easily one of greatest rhetorical questions EVER!

So instead of the worry and angst that goes along with living in this imperfect world that I contribute to so imperfectly I pray for peace and perspective from our God. Paul writes, In any circumstance I have learned the secret of being content whether well fed or hungry,, in abundance or in need.

What is contentment in any circumstance? It is AGAIN.. to love God with all your heart soul and mind and others as yourself. All of life hangs on those two commandments. - Jesus, Matthew 22:36-40

I think the Apostle Paul was the king of contentment that rose above any circumstance. No place Gloom, Despair, or Agony on me, deep dark depression, excessive misery in the eyes of Paul. Only loving God and serving others.

May God bless each of you on life's journey with a gloom and despair free attitude.

Jeff

1 Comment

Paul T

1/14/2018 01:45:01 pm

First of all, Back Pew Guy, (may call you "Back?") thank you for posting these things about yourself. Understand you are not alone! You really are blessed! Adonai has given you the humor, talent and drawing skills to serve His Kingdom. You're so good at it the gates of hell have risen up against you. That means you've ticked off the right spirits. Two years ago I believe God gave me an assignment to do something online. As soon as I started obstacles were thrown up, to the point the assignment was getting no where. Over a year ago, with prayer I began to discipline myself, in spite of all the emotional and physical fatigue. to do what I believed the Lord called me to do. I had a doctor's appointment, it was about simply reviewing the results of some tests I had taken over the previous couple months. He was looking at the results on his computer screen, turned to me and said: "I want to give you an EKG." After that test, he left the room and returned with a grim look on his usually smiling face. "This is serious," he said, "you need to go to the emergency room, I've made arrangements for you to be admitted to the hospital." When the additional tests they put me through came back, it was basically: "Yes there is a problem, but it's minor and to be expected in a man your age." That's when I realized this was spiritual warfare.

Mr. Back Pew Guy, it's the age we live in, the end times when the enemy (Satan) knows his time is short. I especially like to remember wording of two verses, one from the KJV, (Dan 7:25) And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."

Also in the Complete Jewish Bible, Luke 21:28 "When these things start to happen, stand up and hold your heads high; because you are about to be liberated!"

Dan 7:25 "...and shall wear out the saints of the most High..."

Rejoice, my brother, you are serving the Lord and the enemy knows and confirms it. Praise God with thanks, you are not alone!

Gloom, Despair, and Agony on me!

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