Going for the Gold

 

"Going for the gold," makes you think of the Olympic games, doesn't it? Yes, it does, but it can also refer to something that is a most highly desired accomplishment with reference to other aspects of life.

"Going for the gold," yep, that brings to mind a definite struggle to attain something that is not easily attained. That might be like having brotherly love exist between races of people. You might be thinking, "Now, lady, you know that is not possible! Ya' think? Well, I think it is possible. Listen to this; just because something has not been generally done does not mean that it cannot be done.

You remember that the Jews had nothing to do with the Samaritans, right? Well, JESUS stopped that when HE asked for a drink of water from one of them. Uhm, hmm. Well, I can see that you did not like that example so let me take you on a different route. Do you remember what Ezekiel was asked in the valley of dry bones?

Ezekiel 37

Son of man can these bones live?"

Y'all know the story of how the bones got to rattling and shaking and moving and lived again. Old dried dead bones!

 

Uhm, hmm, and when we read Romans 4 the latter part of  17, we see something similar for it reads:

Romans 4:17

...even God who gives life to the dead calls into being that which does not exist

And right behind that thought comes the scripture that asks if there is anything too hard for GOD. (Jeremiah 32:27)

 

Somebody said that brotherly

Love was dead in our land

That love between races could not exist

But Jesus said, "Let brotherly love continue"

So can there be love between races,

Yes, there can, even if a thing is dead

Wizened to the core

GOD's power to give life to things dead

Means that life, HE can restore.

We've already established the fact that

With nothing being too hard for HIM,

HE can call into being that which does not exist

So, is there anything too hard for HIM

No, there is not

Now fellowman, what we have to do

Is put back into hearing some words

That some of us forgot

And "Let brotherly love continue..."

So is brotherly love impossible in this land

No, it is not my friend

Because God will do what only God can

And make us mindful of our fellow man.

So, each day as I work

I go for the gold

As I live by faith in the words of God

Which have already been told.

So I walk by faith

As onward I go

With a living message that says

I have love for you, brother

Don’t you know?

And while the love that

I have for you may not be reciprocated

That's okay by me

Because I have a payday

That's already been slated

On the other side of eternity.

Can harmony between races exist, fellowman

The answer is yes because God says it can.©

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

When GOD: Alma L. Carr-Jones

What do you think will happen

When God means a thing to be,

That thing will happen and happen with finesse

For all the world to see.

A man once said

"What good thing can come out of Nazareth?"

But I stand to say that good

Can be wherever GOD wants it to be

And it doesn’t matter the, should be’s or should not be’s

According to you nor me.

GOD sent HIS SON, JESUS, to earth as a Nazarene and

Forgiveness for all of man’s sins

Is what HE did bring

Not according to what men thought

That things are to be,

But according to HIS ordained will,

Salvation was brought to you and me.

Therein is a lesson that men

Have refused to learn of old

In that, they forget to remember that Jesus said,

"I have other sheep, not of this fold."

There is a segment of men

That cannot see past the tone of a person’s skin

And people of color are deemed

Not worthy and not capable of any worthwhile task

Well, WHO fashioned the vessels of color

And placed knowledge within

So that they could bring advancements, inventions, etc.

To better the lives of all men?

There is so much more that I could say

Along this line of thought

But, suffice it to say that

“All pigments have worth,”

Is what JESUS taught.

 

So, you bring forth your best

To help humanity

As I, in turn, put forth the best

That GOD created in me.©

(Based on Acts 4:10-12 & John 10:16)

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Be safe.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones