The Fallen

 

For us, their lives they did give - 

Let’s keep honoring their memories 

By the lives that we choose to live.©️

GOD Can and Cares

Never forget WHO you serve and the almighty power HE wields on your behalf if you but ask! (Hebrews 4:16) 

 

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 Sweetest Words

 Never say never

About what you will or won’t do

Never say never about what

Will or will not happen to you

Instead, as you travel along life’s road

Keep your bag packed with love

Joy, peace, patience, kindness

Goodness, faithfulness, gentleness

And self-control, which are the

Fruits of the Spirit by which we walk

As we with prayer carry our given load

And  “He intercedes for us with 

Groanings too deep for words”

Now His interceding for us are 

Mentioned in the Bible, which

Is chock full of the sweetest words that

A mortal has ever heard.©️

(Romans 8:26 NASV)

I Heard a Man Say

 I heard a man say

“If I don’t care about myself

What makes you think that

I care about you?”

I sat down on the stool of thought

And thought for a while

Then I turned to the man

And with a great big smile

Said, “I guess I thought you did

Because, just like me

You are GOD’s child.

And, too, never forget that

There’s coming a judgment day

Where you will have to give 

Account of everything you do

And everything you say.”

I love me, so I must love you.

Hmmm-m-m...

Some things give you pause for thinking

Such pause that you are arrested

In your tracks when first they appear

The result of such thoughts is

Is to wonder if Guardian Angels are near

Hmm-m-m...©

Be Kind

Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as GOD in CHRIST also has forgiven you. (NASB)

 

Yes, it is the Christmas season

A time of unparalleled cheer

But kindness is to be extended

Throughout the year.©

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Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

 

 

When All Is Said

When you turn on the television

You hear tell of this

And you hear tell of that

But when all has been said

And all has been done

I am still saved by the blood

Of GOD’s only begotten SON

And that knowledge gives me

 “...peace from GOD, our FATHER

And the LORD JESUS CHRIST.”

(Based on Ephesians 1:2.)

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Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

A Legacy of Bible Reading and Prayer

I want to say good morning to everyone. I have a couple of things that I want to pass along to you.

A Time of Cheer

This time of the year is supposed to be a time of cheer

But that cheer is hard for some people to find

Because  COVID-19 and fighting lingers near

So I have written this poem for you, to say

Find the joy in the season, come what may

And never forget that GOD is GOD

At the end of the day.©

 

A Legacy of Bible Reading and Prayer

My Momma built me a legacy

In that, she taught me to read my Bible and pray

Because she knew that JESUS would

Take care of me when she

Had to go away.

Armed with that legacy I continue

To travel on from day by day

Pulling on GOD via the power of prayer

To walk me through whatever might be there

Or whatever might come my way.

When COVID-19 came on the scene

I talked to GOD about it

And went on to do HIS work and

At night to sleep the sleep of peace

Because I knew that whatever

The night might bring

GOD  had(s) HIS angels walking the land

And that come what may,

My FATHER is in charge of everything.

So, even if some unprecedented evil

Where to be unleashed upon the land

I won’t worry overmuch,

I’ll just turn to GOD in prayer

Because I know that HE, the CREATOR,

Has the upper hand.

Yep, my Momma left me a legacy

That stands me in good stead

She left me Bible reading and prayer

Through which my soul,

By day and by night, is fed.©️

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

The Miracle BIRTH

There was a miracle BIRTH

Orchestrated by GOD

To bless this earth

And now, as HIS child

I work as I live and breathe

Because to my God

I will always cleave.

So, I walk the flatlands of Tennessee

Utilizing the SPIRIT that

GOD has placed in me

Telling all who will listen

About the home that’s going

To be their's and mine

When GOD calls us  to meet HIM

On the other side of time.©

(Based on Galatians 3:7-8, 14.)

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Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

How Have I Been Able to Walk

How have I been able to walk,

Though weary, mile after mile

Easy, I’ve been able to do it

Because I am GOD‘s child

And just as HE has walked and

Continues to walk with me,

HE will walk with you, too.

I've traveled over roads that folks

Could not see how I made it, but now

I can tell the world that I trusted

In GOD and stepped on anyhow.

Even now, sometimes HE does things

That take my breath away

But that’s only because I tend to forget

That I serve the almighty and powerful YAHWEH

And that HE can do things to

Show me and everybody else

That HE is GOD and that HE is

GOD all by HIMSELF!

You see, HE has a way of drying my tears

And eradicating my fears...

Yes, HE’s been my WAY-MAKER

Down through the years

And so, I have learned not to fret

But to turn concerns over to HIM

And HE has never failed me yet!©

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Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

Without Ceasing

Before the advent of the Covid-19, I marked the year by the yearly or seasonal events that occurred within it. But the year 2020 will be marked by the epidemic, and so too will 2021. "How," you ask. Well, we have been told that the vaccination process will be in full swing by then and that the fears of Covid-19 will be a thing of the past. I look forward to that time, don't you?

The poem below is how I looked at a year according to seasonal happenings in a normal year. And below it, in green type, is a poem about the way I look at the advent of Spring in 2021.

Voracious Appetite

I was excited this year when Spring first arrived

Along with the usual signs of Spring

The songbirds, the robins and baby birds

With tiny voices filling the air with

Their wee-throated chirping

Oh, and lest I forget, there is that

Dreaded annual termite swarming.

That swarm is not something that

Any homeowner wants to ever see

Well, guess what folks, the homeowner

Who saw them this time happened to be me.

Was I happy to see the winged insects whose voracious

Appetite could damage or bring my home down around me

My answer to that needless query is a resounding, “No siree!”

Had to find capital for the depleted till

So that I could pay the exterminator’s bill!

Did I allow this latest sign of Spring

To take my Spring found joy away from me

No, not me, no, siree

Because when I looked out of my window

I found, with joy,  that the hummingbird family

Having made another pilgrimage back to me

Was flying around for all to see.

Now, you know I would not be me if I

Did not make an application to the Lord by

Using this poem that I just wrote to prod

Us onward in our quest to please our God

Would that we be like the termite and the hummingbird

And feed with relentlessness upon the Written Word

And share the news with our fellowman because it

Would be the best sharing that they had heard

Yes, siree!© (Chopping My Row)

 

Look at the last verse of this poem. You can see that the writer likens our sharing the goodness of God to, being prepared by being Bible well-read. This preparation allows us to be the vessel by which our acquaintances can be fed.

 

The Advent of Spring 2021

I am looking forward to 2021 and the advent of spring

And along with it, the eradication of COVID-19

For due to the vaccines, that virus will

No longer be around to be alarming

Though there will still be the annual termite swarming

And other signs of spring mentioned in the poem above

But there won’t be any COVID-19

Because GOD will have saved us because of HIS love.

Yes, the sweet little hummingbirds

Will be welcomed, as before

But there will be no COVID-19

To keep me inside of my home's door.

And just as the termites and hummingbirds

Seem to feed without ceasing

I, as a COVID-19 survivor, will

Offer prayers of thanksgiving

To GOD without ceasing!©

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Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones

 

By the Power of The LORD

All of the things that I might

Have accomplished in this life

I did not accomplish it of my own accord

But by the power and might of the LORD.

As I have told you before

I am but a vessel put into use

In the service of the LORD

And I am working just as you are

Down here on the ground

For a home in glory and my crown

Which the LORD, the righteous JUDGE

Shall to me, award.©

(Based on 2 Corinthians 10:17-18 & 2 Timothy 4:8)

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Walking by faith,

Alma L. Carr-Jones