MISSION STATEMENT - Lilaclady Junebug2 - Bibleladyjunebugcash

 Mission Statement 

                                                  

My aim is to glorify God in my life

By Abiding in Christ,

Walking in the Spirit,

Knowing my Father in Heaven is

Watching over me

While I go about living, 

loving, others. 

John 15.16,17 

Ye have not chosen me, 

but I have chosen you, 

and ordained you 

that you should go 

and bring forth fruit,

and that your fruit 

should remain: that 

whatsoever ye shall

ask the Father in my 

Name, he may give it you.

These things I command you,

that ye love one another.  

MY PURPOSE

is to glorify 

the Triune God 

by worship

by fellowship 

by discipleship

that He, working through me, 

I may by God's grace

impart to others

His love 

and 

His grace. 

;John 13.34. 35

A new commandment 

I give unto you, 

That ye love one another;

As I have loved you, 

that ye also love 

one another.

By this shall

all men

know that ye are my 

disciples, 

if ye have love

one for another. 

   

Announcing that soon I will 

have a website 

bibleladyjunebugcash.com 

I WILL BE AS ALWAYS

WALKING BY FAITH, LOOKING 

UNTO THE SOON AND 

COMING LORD JESUS CHRIST

WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING

LILACLADY JUNEBUG2 

June Estelle Cash  

My thought for the day

is that 

TIME IS SHORT 

We do not know 

what the day tomorrow

will hold,

much less today.

And we can't do any thing

 at all about 

the 

yesterdays.

We can 

go forward.

People are looking for help,

for strength, 

for satisfaction

but 

all the time 

neglect 

the 

ONE PLACE 

GOD'S HOLY WORD 

which 

is 

the only source

we have 

from

the Living God 

who Alone Stands above 

All, over all, 

and 

in whom

Jesus Christ came 

to declare 

The Father to us 

and gave His Life 

for the ransom of many.

John 3.16 

For God so loved 

the world 

that he gave 

his only begotten Son

that whosoever 

believeth in him

should not 

perish,

but have 

everlasting life.  

IN THE MIDST OF WINTER, I MUSE ON CHANUKKAH

IN THE MIDST OF WINTER

I MUSE ON CHANUKKAH  

(THE FEAST OF LIGHTS) 

                 CHANNUKAH (Hanukkah)  or the Feast of Lights
 is observed in December.    Let us consider the history of this
feast.        
             168 B.C.  Antiochus, the Syrian King, tried to force 
the Jews to leave the worship of Jehovah.   He filled Jerusalem 
with desolation and the Temple with Greek idols.    He burned the Scriptures and killed those who tried to save them. 
               A man named Mattathias lived in Modin with his five
sons.  He defied the orders of the King and called upon the Jews 
to follow him.    For years they battled and vexed the Syrian army 
by guerrilla tactics.     Each time a Syrian host was sent to destroy
the Maccabeans, they were routed and defeated.  
                  At last Judah and his band made their way to Jerusalem,
determined to rededicate the Temple.   They cleansed and prepared the Temple and all the altars.    When it was time to LIGHT THE TEMPLE CANDLEABRA  (The Menorah)   they found only one small cruse of sanctified oil to use, enough to last only one day.
Preparing more would take a week.   However, they lit the lamp 
in order to dedicated the Temple, and according to what is told us, 
by those who were there, the small supply of oil lasted for the ENTIRE EIGHT DAYS.  
            Accordingly,  HANUKKAH (Chanukkah)  is celebrated 
for eight days to commemorate the "miracle"  of God's provision
at that time.     
            They were looking to that wonderful DAY when
Nahum chapter 2. 7 - 9 would be fulfilled.
           "And I will shake all nations, and the desire of nations 
shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD
of Hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD 
of Hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of 
Hosts."  
              The DREIDL is a part of Chanukkah.   It is a small
square top with the Hebrew letters N,   G,    H,  and  S  on 
the sides.    These letters, I understand,  stand for 
                        GADOL   HAYAH    SHAM   
                A GREAT MIRACLE HAPPENED HERE

          In the Jewish home, the symbolism is found in 
           the lighting of the candles of the special 
            HANUKKAH  menorah with nine branches, 
          instead of the traditional SEVEN of the Temple.
           Either the parents or the children, toward evening
          will light one candle the first night; two candles the 
          second night; three candles on the third night; on
         the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth, each
         succeeding night adding another candle to light.
          In doing so, the CENTER light of the Hanukkah 
          menorah is used to light the other eight.    The 
        center candle is called the SHAMMAH  = servant 
          as it is served to light the others.    This shows a 
         REAL HELPFUL MEANING in that it symbolized
           that man may give of his love to others without 
          losing anything of himself.   

                      Traditional songs and hymns are sung, 
         one of which is   THE ROCK OF AGES 

ROCK OF AGES - MAOZ TSUR - Hanukkah Song

IN JOHN CHAPTER 10.22

JESUS WAS PRESENT AT THIS FEAST OF LIGHTS 

Let us now look at the "context" 

for "context" can tell 

us a lot 

if 

we just look at it.

In my previous post, I talked about

Jesus as he spoke out

at the FEAST OF TABERNACLES 

Now I wish to talk about 

Jesus as he was there at 

the FEAST OF LIGHTS.

AS A LIGHTHOUSE GIVING LIGHT 

TO SEA GOING VESSELS 

I  AM WRITING YOU 

FROM MY LIFE TO YOURS 

THAT THE LIGHT I HAVE 

MAY BE SHARED WITH YOU 

THAT IN TURN

YOU 

MAY SHARE THE LIGHT

WITH OTHERS.

John chapter 8. verse 1 - 12 KJV

                       
                                 Jesus had earlier that week dealt with 
                 the matter of a woman caught in "adultery" - 
                 They brought the woman to Him, but where 
                was the man? also caught in the act?  He 
                quietly wrote in the sand, and then, told
                the scribes and Pharisees,  "He that is without
              sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." 
               John 8.7.   Then he quietly wrote in the sand
              again.   Looking up, there is none but she and 
              he said to her, "Woman, where are thy accusers?
               hath no man condemned thee?"  And she said,
             "No man, Lord."   Then Jesus said, "Neither 
              do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more."  
                    It is THEN THAT JESUS DECLARES,
                 (verse 12 of John chapter 8)  I AM THE 
                   LIGHT OF THE WORLD, HE THAT 
                  FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK
                     IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE 
                    THE LIGHT OF LIFE." 

                   

THE LIGHT HAS TO BE PLUGGED IN 

BEFORE IT CAN GIVE LIGHT.

In the context I want you to notice

what happens next is that he 

heals a man born blind

JOHN - CHAPTER 9 - KJV HOLY BIBLE 

1. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a 
man which was blind from birth.

So he is asked by his disciples, 
Is it because of this man's sin 
he is blind? or did his
parents sin?

He says 
"No.  Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents,
but that the works of God
might be manifest in him.

He then says "AS LONG AS I AM
IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT
OF THE WORLD."
Chapter 9. verse 5

Then he spat on the ground, and made
clay of the spittle, and he anointed 
the eyes of the blind man with the clay.

How is that for a POULTICE?
He has declared before He did it,
"that I must work the works 
of him the sent me." (v. 4)

And now he tells the man
to "GO, WASH IN THE POOL OF
SILOAM.

In my last post about the Feast of 
Tabernacles you saw that it was 
from the POOL OF SILOAM
that the priests took water
from it 
to DO THEIR CELEBRATION
OF LIGHT AND WATER
PROVIDED FOR ISRAEL
IN THE WILDERNESS.

Here Jesus is declaring
that He was sent by the Father
to do HIS WORKS 
not to destroy
GOD'S WORD 
but 
TO FULFILL IT.  

the man does just that.

He cannot see - but

I can imagine he asks 

everyone as he goes

"show me how to get to 

the Pool of Siloam"

And when he gets there

he washes the clay off

and 

he can see.

NOW, as he goes on his way,

everybody

I mean 

EVERYONE

knew 

WHO  HE WAS

and 

that 

THOUGH HE WAS 

BLIND

NOW

HE CAN SEE.

Here it happens that the man

is questioned, and the authorities

question him again,

and 

the man insists 

I was blind, but now I can see.

What did he do?

He put clay upon mine eyes,

and I washed,

and do see.

John ch 9.verse 15 

When Jesus finds the man later, after

he has been cast out of the synagogue, 

He asks the man, "Dost thou believe

on the Son of God?" 

The man responds, 

"Who is he, Lord, that I might believe 

in him?"

verse 37 "And Jesus said unto him,

Thou hast both seen him, and it is he

that talketh with thee."

verse 38

And he said, Lord, I believe. And

he worshipped him.

verse 39

And Jesus said, For judgment I am

come into this world, that they

which see not might see;

and that they

which

see  might be 

made blind.

We do not know what this blind man

looked like 

but we know 

he was now happy

He had found not

only SIGHT

BUT

the SON OF GOD - THE MESSIAH.

LOOKING AT ALL THIS NOW 

LET US LOOK AT THE CONTEXT

AGAIN 

The Pharisees were there when Jesus

found the blind man who could now see 

at least some of them were there.  And

they ask, hearing what Jesus said, 

ARE WE BLIND ALSO?

ooooh.

Here is God manifested in the flesh

and DECLARING 

GOD IS LIGHT

AND THAT

HE, JESUS, IS THE LIGHT

AND 

THAT 

HE HAS COME TO 

MAKE THE BLIND SEE

AND 

THE SEEING

TO 

BECOME 

BLIND.

MY NEXT POST WILL BE ON HOW

HE DEALS WITH THOSE THAT 

ARE BLIND AND THOSE THAT CAN SEE.

Hanukkah - (Channukah) is next

It all is connected.   All one has to do 

is READ AND BELIEVE AND KNOW

THE ONE WHO CAME TO GIVE US LIGHT.

The Lord Jesus came as a Jew.

His Promise to ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB

STILL STANDS.

Moses declared:  

MOSES - DEUTERONOMY 18.15 - 22 

The LORD Thy God shall raise

up unto thee a Prophet from the midst

of thee, of thy brethren, 

like unto me,

unto him ye shall hearken.

Notice in this passage from

Deuteronomy 18 

that THE RULE OF KNOWING

THAT A PROPHET WAS FALSE

WAS IF ANYTHING HE DID 

FAILED TO HAPPEN,

OR SOMETHING HE SAID

DID NOT OCCUR.

Check it out.

SEE FOR YOURSELF.

READ GOD'S WORD

AND DISCOVER

WHAT HE SAYS

JESUS - ON DOCTRINE - JOHN 7.17 

ASK YOURSELF - HOW IS MY SPIRITUAL EYESIGHT? 

AHAVATH MESSIAH 

I RECOMMEND THIS SITE TO YOU

ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE JEWISH. THIS WEBSITE

IS OPEN TO SEEKERS OF THE HEBREW FAITH

TO FIND OUT FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES

WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT Y'SHUA  MESCHIACH ADONAI.

CHECK OUT THE FACTS.

This was a photo of my mother Vida May

 she married Harry Hunter Donato

when they were just 17.  

Here is a photo of my Dad and Mother 

holding me. He had just graduated

High School, on the day I was born - 

and then went to be with Mother

I was born in 1933 

I EXTEND MY HAND AND HEART TO THOSE 

OF YOU WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST

FOR I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY DIED IF

I HAD LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE BUT

IN AMERICA

My father on construction work

with me and my little brother

watching.    Worcester MA 

in 1938    I was 5 years old.

GOD'S PROMISE TO ISRAEL - ISAIAH 54 

My next post will be

on GOD'S SHEEP 

AND HIS FOLD  

Spoken by Jesus just before he

went to the Feast of Lights.

SIX RULES FOR DAILY LIVING - A WAY OUT OF DEPRESSION

        SIX RULES FOR DAILY LIVING -

A WAY OUT OF DEPRESSION 

                                                     GLEANED FROM THE PAST 

                                                    BY LILACLADY JUNEBUG2  

  

IN THIS LIFE OF OURS 

WE

OFTEN 

FIND 

OURSELVES 

WALKING 

AS IT WERE

IN THE VALLEY OF SHADOWS

THE WAY 

HAS 

BECOME DIFFICULT.

OUR 

HEART

IS 

BURDENED AND

WEIGHTED DOWN.

THIS CAN HAPPEN 

AT 

ANY TIME

ANY PLACE

TO ANY ONE 

HERE ARE SIX DAILY RULES

A WAY OUT OF DEPRESSION.

    When I was younger, in 1965  my

dear husband was working for the 

U.S.Forest Service, and I was home

much with my two children.

My husband and I were dedicated to the Lord's work, and were indeed very active in our church ministry.  As a Pastor-Teacher, he usually worked to support himself as a Pastor by working, and yet 

    found time to prepare his sermons, and spend time with me.

We had just moved the winter before to a house located in an orchard, where all around us apple and pear trees abounded.

Not a new house, it was, however comfortable.   That winter was a hard one, with a really hard S T O R M of snow and ice that as it came down on everything, it would melt and then freeze in what they called "AN ICE THAW"    

There was damage done to our septic tank out in back

of our home -  I was not much aware of it - but was notified by my dear husband that it had broken up due to the ice. 

Several months went by.

Spring came with the lovely daffodils and the budding trees.

I was enjoying my little black puppy that had been given us,

and blithefully unaware of any hint of trouble.

T H E N    DISASTER....

Ohhhhh !   What a sight ! I saw ! as 

my dog now about six months old was 

wagging its tail and was S T I N K Y and 

dirty !  AND   JUST COVERED with 

fecal manure... 

and 

NOW I KNEW I HAD TO 

BATHE HIM

My children were not at home 

at this time - so I knew I had to 

do it B E F O R E  they 

came home.

KNOWING THE RISK,

I WASHED 

AND WASHED 

AND WASHED

AND THREW OUT THE 

TOWELS USED TO DO IT

AFTER THIS MY DOG BLACKIE WAS

BATHED.

So I knew I needed to bathe him.

I did not want the children to be exposed to this.

In this picture, it shows how big a six month dog

can be.   I knew I had a duty before me.

My heart was thinking as I did all this.

I need to be very careful not to get 

infection.

I washed myself carefully

after I was done.

I spoke to my landlord about the Sewer...

was he going to fix it ?

When he could, he would.

I was distraught.

Began to get moody.

Found myself tired.   Worn out.

Thoroughly unsure of myself.

As a Believer in the Lord Jesus,

I have always been very enthusiastic

in my service to the Lord.   However,

as weeks went by, I began to be 

morose, and "depressed."

One day,  I realized I needed to go to the 

doctor.  

I wasn't sure, but I thought just maybe 

I might have hepatitis - the serious kind 

the kind no one wanted

….

so I spoke to Henry one Sunday about this,

which took him by surprise...

he said, we will go in to the hospital 

this afternoon.

Well !

You know, when we got to the

hospital,

they took me right in,

put me where they could examine me,

and immediately told my husband

it was indeed 

very

serious.

I was in the Hospital for ten days.

While I was recuperating, husband and 

the children had to have special

medicine to make sure they did not

have what I had.

The dog had been the reason I got 

this.   

God was with me the whole time.

He helped me adjust to what 

was being done.

My body was weak, but the treatment

worked, and little by little 

I got better.

This was our family at that point.

Just before I got sick.  

God's love was much a part of my life,

and I had no greater joy than

my family.

IT WAS AFTER I GOT HOME

THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT 

TO GET MY JOY BACK.

One day, as I was reading the Reader's Digest 

I came across an article by a lady who

similarly had lost her joy, though for different reasons.

And she found in an attic a box with a piece of paper in it that had this title 

SIX RULES FOR DAILY LIVING

-

Here I share them with you

For they helped me 

come out of a difficult depression

and I learned again, to take my days

as God allowed, one at a time.

RULE 1

Do something "for someone else"

no matter how small the task,

Look around.

Perhaps it is a new neighbor who just moved here.

A small packet of tea with a few blooms from

your yard, even if just wildflowers, might 

encourage that person,

and it gives you a new UPLOOK.

RULE 2

Do something for myself,

no matter how small the task

Reward yourself.   In my case,

it often was a simple thing

like a hot bath, or, a special time

just sketching at the table.

Find yourself "thankful" for the 

small things you can do.

START THE OUTLOOK

AND UPBEAT by using 

what you have 

to do what you can

as you can

however you can, God helping you.

RULE 3

Do something that I do not want

to do, but it MUST BE DONE, 

that I have been putting off, no matter how small.

With this, I found a drawer that 

needed to be sorted out, and took it

and carefully, mindfully went through it

IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, and 

the big tasks seemed too hard,

so I would procrastinate on the little things,

and so

I learned to take them one at 

a time

and begin 

to BUILD MY CONFIDENCE

AND MY JOY.

RULE 4

Do a physical exercise - no matter how small.

This rule can be combined with the others,

and can be a real help.  Just taking a walk

around the block, or

setting your mind to doing a bit 

of work in the yard.

I found myself enjoying my life

again.

Learning to enter the day

with a smile and heart felt gratitude.

RULE 5

Either write out or say an original prayer

TALK TO GOD -  which includes 

counting my blessings no 

matter how small.

All of us - can do these simple 

rules - 

they do not have to be done in 

order 

nor

do they need to all be done in a day...

but 

it can help.

RULE 6   

DETERMINE TO APPLY

ONE OF THESE AT LEAST

EVERY DAY

BY

RECKONING ON GOD

TO HELP ME.

I found each day became more precious

as I used these rules to find 

my way out of depression.

Psalm 119.105  

THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY PATH,

A LIGHT UNTO MY FEET 

With God's Word,

and these six rules 

I found my way 

back into living with

joy and upbeat smile, and hopeful heart.

John 15.7

If ye abide in me,

and my words abide in you,

ye shall ask what ye will,

and it shall be done unto you." 

Jesus gave these words to his disciples 

before heading to the Cross,

knowing He would rise again,

and they would be Spreading the News

of HIs Life and Message everywhere 

they went.

We need to do the same.

We need to face depression with these

rules, and recognize the need to let

our Joy indeed be full, as Jesus wanted us to do.

John 15.11

These things have I spoken unto you,

that my joy might remain in you,

and that your joy might be full.

Matthew  17.22

If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed,

ye shall say unto this mountain,

Remove hence to yonder place,

and it shall remove;  

and nothing shall be 

impossible unto you.

WALKING BY FAITH 

I KEEP CLIMBING  

COME JOURNEY WITH ME  

WALKING THE HEAVENLY ROAD BEGINS WITH ENTERING THE GATE

WALKING THE HEAVENLY ROAD BEGINS WITH ENTERING THE GATE

by  LilacladyJunebug2 

IT TAKES A GATE TO ENTER

Matthew 7. 12 - 14  Therefore whatsoever you would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.   Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

                      Matthew 4.23 -25.  And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people.    And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them all. 

                             Matthew 5.1-2a   And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, the disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them"  

                      Let's think ! about it.

               Everyone that came to Him has been healed.

Would you ready to L I S T E N ? if you were healed? 

He tells them who is blessed  5.1 - 12

poor in spirit

those who mourn 

those who are meek 

those who hunger and thirst for righteousness

those who are merciful

those who are pure in heart

those who make peace 

those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake

Matthew 5.12  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad 

for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted 

they the prophets which were before you. 

As the Hollyhock is named Althea - and stands 

for honesty, and truth, 

so too, Jesus gives us a way to view 

ourselves and others,

and how to 

ENTER THE GATE

WHICH LEADS TO HEAVEN.

Matthew 5.16 

 Let your light so shine before men, 

that they may see your good works, 

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  

He goes on to say that He is the One who

came to fulfill the Law, not to destroy it.

Matthew 5.17,18 

Think not that I am come to destroy 

the law, or the prophets: I am not 

come to destroy, but to fulfill: for 

verily (Amen) I say unto you, 

Till heaven and earth be passed,

one jot or one tittle shall in no wise

pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." 

In His message to us, He today is saying

still,   Blessed are those who choose to 

enter the Strait Gate and walk the narrow way,

instead of entering the Broad and Wide Gate

which leads to Destruction.

I speak to you today, as God would have me 

speak.

Jesus gave us all that we need to find 

ETERNAL LIFE 

and He has made it plain

WE MUST ENTER THE GATE THAT IS STRAIT

AND NARROW

THE ROAD 

IS NARROW ALSO

When a person drives a car, he needs 

to know where he is going in order 

to get there.

Jesus has given us not only His words,

but He said BEFORE it happened, 

that He would go to the Cross, suffer, 

and die, and be raised again.

He told them, and His Word has been 

recorded for us so that we may know 

and understand JUST WHO AND WHAT

HE WANTED US TO BE....