♣ Sitting here pondering the illustration for this Pod, a most impressive painting by Artist, Dirk A. Walker, it brings to mind that age-old saying that “One picture is worth a thousand words”; and Ain’t It So!, However, the flip side of that coin is that The Word of God can paint a picture upon the canvass of a heart that will Save a Soul, and so I ask, as I always do, for Divine Intervention as I search the libraries of heaven for a down-to-earth, true-to-life, yet divine narrative that would paint upon the hearts of the Skeptics the Might, the Power, the Majesty, the Splendor and the Overwhelming, Cascading Goodness of Jesus Christ, our Returning King, Whose plans are not to harm us but to PROSPER US.” Imagine that! (Jeremiah 29:11) and as always, I come up a bit short, and so I ask the Spirit of God for insight into the Wonders of the Age to Come that I might impress upon the hearts of the Deceived Believer, the Unbeliever, and the God-hater alike, the Love, the Goodness, the Wonders, and the Power of the Kingdom of God, as opposed to those beautiful but deadly, enticing deceptions of this Present Evil World, including its inumerable forms of godliness; religions Void of the Spirit – Still, at times I struggle and so, I forever return to search God’s ultimate Library, the Scriptures, for they were inspired by Him, that I might come across a Word or two that would touch a heart or two of the ones I left behind, that I greatly miss and do, truly, still love like brothers, and those like them that I’ve not yet met, you know, the deceivers, believers, and old inbetweeners, the gypsies, the rounders, the Road Scholars, and highwaymen who, in their own way, refused to be lorded over by the Badland Barons. However, instead of stepping through the Veil, the Cross, up onto that most magnificent road that runs up through the Gates of the Kingdom of God, we (me being one of ’em, back in the day)  would, at the “Flip Of A Coin”, light out past the point of no return, chasing that Proverbial Wild Goose across the high-places of the Badlands on that serpentine switchback that, without fail, never ceased to drop off into the Valley of the Shadow Death where we would find ourselves, time and time again, in the clutches of the very thing we did everything in our power to avoid. An old acquaintance of mine once said, “Freedom ain’t worth nothin’, but it’s free.” Truly, That kind of freedom is fine – till you reach the end of the line and find nothing more than that Proverbial Old Wild Goose, that had no idea where he was headed, or did he?…sittin’ there in that thick Mephistophelian fog waitin’ for you with a devious grin on his face, saying, with all the confidence of Satan himself, “GOTCHA!!!”  It is only then that we realize we have come face to face with that INKLING OF DREAD, that was forever fixed in the back of our minds, that we spent our whole life avoiding; THE LAST FLIP OF THE COIN, “HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE”, that Badland Magician is a tricky son-of-a-gun. Believe me, you’re listening to one who made it all the way to the End of the Line, time after time after time, and was finally delivered out of the snare of the fowler at the very last moment of my life, which is why I am here today writing these Letters From Over Yonder.

♠ If the Truth is to be told, time is winding down, and believe me, it sneaks up on you, while the final collision of good & evil seems to escalate overnight. Don’t wait to make your decision while the coin is in the air. Don’t be flippant! Don’t go “flipping coins” for your soul; It’s a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” Scenario. You will not win the toss. “YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD.” {John 3:16}   Take it from one who ventured out far beyond The Point of no Return, and still, by the Great Love and Mercy of God, made it Home. This ain’t no “Dress-Up-Sunday-Go-To-Meetin’ Charade!” No indeed!  ‘Tis a far, far Deeper Fetch!

♥ If this little Podcast, Fashioned Over Yonder, touched your heart, please stay tuned for more.

♥♥♥ This is Will Callery, Billy C. of Old, Signing Off with a Song of mine entitled HANDS ON THE WHEEL, I recorded with some Old Compadres Back In The Day, featuring Jerry Jeff Walker, Joe Forlini, Greg Lowry, Eddie Cantu, Ted Sweeney, and Yours Truly. The Executive Producer and Dear Friend, being Pete Smith, aka Pete’s Productions. It was recorded at Mike Morgan’s Studio in Dripping Springs, Texas, where everyone was treated like Gold. It was recorded, engineered, mixed, and mastered by the Wizard of Sound himself, Pat Manske. Those were wonderful days.