As Best I Can

 I’m living my life as best I can

As I day by day write and speak

Encouragement to my fellowman

Trusting in YOU, FATHER for the 

Carrying forth of YOUR plan 

As my faith is built into a

Mustard tree that sits atop a mountain 

For all who will to shelter and rest

Under its span.©️

Jesus said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that the birds of the air can come and nest under its shade.” (Mark 4:30-32) (https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/)

Be blessed as you digest this blog today.

In HIS service,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

Saved More Than Once

 They did this

But GOD said...

And they did that

But GOD said...

And we, the people, did what?

We kept right on praying!

Bottom line is Romans 8:31 (KJV)

“If GOD is for us, then who can be against us?”

Recent studies have shown that 55% of Americans engage in daily prayer; we have been saved by prayer more than once, so let’s get the numbers up, people! 

Have you said your prayer today

Did your children see you bow

Your knees today

For you will be teaching them a helping skill that

Lasts life long, when you teach them to bow and  pray.©

The Layers of an Onion

 As I live and breathe

I know

That GOD will provide

And I know that “all things

Work together for good

Because I love the LORD.”(Romans 8:28)

 I have talked to you about something similar to this before and but I felt the need to reiterate this morning. There is so much negativity everywhere we turn today, what with the cyber criminal activity with reference to gas shortage, food shortage, hate mongers, or what-have-you. So, I just wanted to remind us all that we walk by faith and not by sight. That means that even when your world stops making sense and most every story on the news seems to be a doom and gloom type, don’t despair. I want to remind you that we have the Most Powerful GOD there is as Our FATHER. 

So, don’t you give up

Don’t you dare

Because GOD has shown us through

The gift of JESUS that about you and me

HE does care.

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America, trouble can be likened to an onion. It seems sometimes to peel off layer after layer, doesn’t it? Making you cry all the while, right? But, when heat is applied to it, the tears go away and we gobble it up stronger for having stood the stench and the tears. 

I like to think that GOD supplies the heat to the onion of trouble and makes it work out for our good! Does it get tough sometimes? Yes, America, it does. But, if we keep our hearts and minds stayed on JESUS, HE will handle all. And make no mistake about it; when the layers of a particular onion of trouble are peeled back, the knowledge within will be astounding! (You will be able to throw out the rotten parts found within and reap sweet rewards for withstanding the tears!)

Look at Pharaoh, Hitler, or any number of would-be-dictators that have come through time and what do you see? You see men who have paid the ultimate price because they would not recognize the Sovereignty of GOD and HIS Supreme Power! 

America, as long as we remain a Christian nation and be filled with love, not hate, we will, I say, “We will be okay.” And that’s all I have to say about this particular onion of trouble.

Know Who You Are

 Know who you are, friend

Know who you are

And don’t let the clamoring 

Of the masses cause you to sin.

Know who you are, friend

Know who you are

For the time will come when

The days of living in this world

Will end and the books 

Will be opened 

And you will be glad that you chose 

JESUS as your FRIEND.

So, when the clamor of the crowds

Beats like an incessant drum

And you can scarce hear because 

Of the crowd’s discordant tone

Just remember who you are

And let the crowd hear your hum.©️

The Fallen

 

For us, their lives they did give - 

Let’s keep honoring their memories 

By the lives that we choose to live.©️

I Kept Right on Praying

 

I kept right on praying

When my enemies surrounded me

I kept right on praying 

When chaos wouldn’t let me be

I kept right on praying

To the GOD of eternity!©️

“The effectual fervent Prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16)

 

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

The Sky: Alma L. Carr-Jones

Do you remember when you were a child that

You would lie down on the grass with your hands

Behind your head and look up at the sky so blue

Do you remember how fascinating

The sky seemed to you?

Remember how you could find different shapes

Among the fluffy majestic looking clouds

Well, have you ever pondered as to why the sky

Held and still hold such attraction to your eye?

As I was reading a passage this morning in Acts

I was held spell-bound by one undeniable fact

And that is that JESUS is not the only one

To tell of HIS returning visit on a cloud

But that the angels said the same words

To JESUS's disciples out loud.

Look at the passage that is listed below

And see if you don't find what I said to be so

For you will find that Acts 1:9-11

Points your mind to the sky and Heaven.

Who knows, one of these days you may

Be looking at the sky to behold a cloud formation

That cannot escape your eye

And can you imagine the wow factor that will

Hold you entranced

As that cloud formation toward you advanced?

And better still, what would you think if you

Saw a figure standing upon the cloud

With a regal air, looking proud?

Would you think to remember that a coming

Back on a cloud was foretold

And would you hope that your life

Was not dross, but gold?

Just a little thought that wrapped itself

Around my mind as I walked through

The first chapter of the garden of the

Book of Acts, just a sweet reminder of

An undeniable fact

That one day, our LORD and SAVIOR

For you and me, is coming back!

And if you are like most folks, when

You go back outside again

Your eyes are going to want to study

The sky for a little bit as you recall

A little poem that you read that

Reminded you of a coming rollcall.

Do you know HIS voice and would

You know what to do

If JESUS came back on the cloud today

And called for you?

I am not a child anymore, but I dare say that

I will not soon forget this sweet little poem of mine

And when I go outside, what am I going to do,

Look up, fellowman, and probably so will you.©

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Acts 1:9-11 NASB

⁹ And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight.

¹⁰ And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, then behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them,

¹¹ and they said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

 

Be safe.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Stepping On 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