The CREATOR of the Mountains

 

 

The CREATOR of the mountains,

The grass, the birds, and the bees

Is GOD Almighty and HE

Calls me daughter and

Cares about me.

HE didn’t say that I would

Have sunshine all the way

But what HE did say

Was that HE would be with me

In and out of my battle fray

So, I don’t fret long

When things go wrong

I just pray to GOD in my heart

And on my lips, I place a song

Because one thing I do know

HIS SPIRIT is with me

Everywhere I go.

And HIS poetry runs within my soul

To keep me mindful of my eternal goal

Of living with HIM way up there

Where every day will be bright and fair.©

(Based on 2 Corinthians 6:18.)

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Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

To The Greatest GOD That Ever Was

To the greatest GOD that ever was

And ever will be

It is with gratitude that I say

FATHER, thank YOU for YOU

And for YOUR provision for me.

Thank YOU for the knowledge

That no matter what I go through

Everything will be OK

Because I walk with YOU.

My gratitude is such that I

Can never tell YOU all of

The things that I am thankful

To YOU for because I do not have

The mind to know them all

But I wanted to list some of them

As best as I can recall.©

My List That Goes on to Infinity

• Thank YOU, DEAR GOD, for the "indwelling of YOUR HOLY SPIRIT."


• Thank you for "teaching us how to pray as YOUR SPIRIT intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words."


• Thank YOU for causing "all things to work together for good because we love YOU."


• Thank YOU for "calling us according to YOUR purpose."


• Thank YOU for "being for us."


• Thank YOU for "JESUS CHRIST who died, was raised, and WHO sits at YOUR right hand and intercedes for us."


• Thank YOU for immediate family, church family, friends, health, livelihood, etc.


• Thank YOU for being mindful of this vessel of clay
  And giving me the hope that
  YOU will return for me, one day.


• Thank YOU for giving me the wherewithal and desire to share the knowledge of YOUR love with my fellowman.


• Thank YOU for ridding us of the Covid-19 Virus that is about to go away.


• ...

-In gratitude, I pray, Amen!

(Based on Romans 8.)

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Be strong a little while longer, my friends, for vaccination is on its way.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

 

Everyone

 

God said, everyone
That includes you
That includes me
That’s just the way it is
And the way it’s going to be,
For those words will judge you
At the end of time and
As stated before, fellowman
The book of remembrance is open
And ever vigilant, too
So that all deeds done in this body,
Each one of us will have to answer to.©️

(Based on Acts 10:28-35 and 11:14-18)

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Acts 10:28-35 NASB

²⁸ And he said to them, “You yourselves know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner; and yet God has shown me that I am not to call any person unholy or unclean.

²⁹ That is why I came without even raising any objection when I was sent for. So I ask, for what reason did you send for me?”

³⁰ Cornelius said, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining clothing,

³¹ and he *said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your charitable gifts have been remembered before God.

³² Therefore send some men to Joppa and invite Simon, who is also called Peter, to come to you; he is staying at the house of Simon thetanner, by the sea.’

³³ So I sent men to you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear everything that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

³⁴ Opening his mouth, Peter said:

“I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality,

³⁵ but in every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.

 

Acts 11:14, 18 NASB

¹⁴ and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’

¹⁵ And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.

¹⁶ And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

¹⁷ Therefore, if God gave them the same gift as He also gave to us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”

¹⁸ When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has also granted to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life.”

 

Vaccine coming soon, so hang in there a bit longer.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

Sometimes I Wonder

Do you ever wonder what

A person would do

If a voice out of the blue

Spoke to them when

They did wrong to you?

That is a comical imaginative thought

But, it is not funny when

You are ostracized because,

For JESUS, you have fought.

This thought ran through my mind

When I read about how they treated

Stephen, in kind

And what had he done wrong,

Nothing at all, but be good at

Singing the gospel's song

And that lets you know, fellowman

That you and I will be treated

At times with disdain

On our life's journey long.

Just as men didn’t understand

What they were dealing when

They fell upon and stoned Stephen,

They make known their disdain for you and me

Because when they look at us

They think, "You ain't nobody special,

Just a human being, like me," because

A human being is all they see.

But, in Stephen's case, I sometimes wonder,

Had they known that he was a true servant of GOD

With GOD’s HOLY SPIRIT working within

Would they have humbled themselves

And behaved as mere mortal men

Or would they do as some men do today

And wave that thought away?©

(Based on Acts 7:59)

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Acts 7:59 NASB

 

⁵⁷ But they shouted with loud voices, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one mind.

⁵⁸ When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁵⁹ They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

 

Be safe.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

 

At the End of the Day: Alma L. Carr-Jones

When I think of the joys that

I have in this land...

For joys great and joys small

I am thankful to GOD for them all

Yes, thankful for the provision

Of my FATHER’s hand

For it is under that provision

That I continue to stand.

 

And so, I say to you

When you’ve done all of the praying

That you can do

And life still threatens

To overwhelm you

Take a prayerful walk along

The Bible's garden path

And allow our FATHER’s peace

To take away the world’s wrath;

You'll be renewed and assured again

That GOD directs your steps

And protects your walk

No matter how men act and

No matter how they may talk

About the things that you should

And should not do or be able to do

All according to their logic

Or according to the things that

They think to be true.

 

Just remember who strengthens you

And WHOSE SPIRIT guides your way

And know and be reminded

That you belong to JESUS

At the end of the day.©️

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Be safe.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones