ON MOTHER'S DAY - LILACLADY JUNEBUG2

ON MOTHER'S DAY 

                                                                      LILACLADY JUNEBUG2

                                                    

Here I was five years old with my

dear Grandma 

   My Mother and my Grandmother

were special to me

because they 

shared strong devotion

in helping grow up.

I thought Mother the most 

beautiful woman 

 in the world.  

Blue eyes 

Red hair 

while I had brown eyes
like grandfather.

Boston Baked Beans

said Grandfather of me.  

At Grandma's house

here I am with Mom and Dad.

1933 - just a day old

Grandfather took this photo.

                                  GROWING UP A WOMAN

What was it like for you 

my friend, to grow up 

a woman ?   

 FOR ME IT WAS MANY THINGS. 

                                       1.   When I was born, my MOTHER w a n t e d me.

                                                She was not married to my father, but he loved her.

                                                  She knew I was on the way !   And though I was 

                                                    in her womb, I knew SHE LOVED ME.  

                                                     Dad married her before I was born.

                                                                  

                                       2.    When  a child is W A N T E D  that baby 

                                                knows  and understands, although limited.

                                                                    Babies can F E E L  

                                                                   their Mother's heart cry.

                                            3.   As I was born, I remember the hospital and 

                                                          yes, I knew I was with a doctor IN A VERY 

                                                             COLD ROOM and he brought me to my 

                                                             Mother.     As she took me to herself I FELT 

                                                               HER LOVE FOR ME.  No words were 

                                                                spoken.   

                                            4.  I remember next that she was in a room, and 

                      i was gently laid on her bosom.  Oh I felt

                   the closeness with my Mother.   When Mother

              took me home with her, I then

                                                           gently laid in a  D R A W E R  for a bed. 

                                                             Blankets around me I remember a blue one 

                                                             with silk lining on it.    Though Mother fed me 

                                                                by bottles,  I still felt her closeness as she 

                                                                held me tenderly and spoke loving words 

                                                                                          I felt warm. 

                                                         5.  When Mother went to bed,  she argued that she

                                                               wanted the baby to sleep in the bed with them.

                                                                  Daddy said no.    She had to sleep in the "bed" 

                                                                   Mother made in the Drawer.     I had 

                                                                   a sense of "where is she" and finally figured

                                                                   out she was on the opposite side of Daddy 

                                                                   Where I had been snuggled to her in bed 

                                                                     now I was "in bed"  on the other side of 

                                                                     the room. 

                               

                                                            Alright.  That was How I Started to 

                                                                    know my Mother. 

                                       

Things that Grew My Love 

1.   She talked to me.  I listened.

              2. She always showed care and tenderness. 

Never, ever, was she cross at me.

3. Somehow, though we had little,

               she always made me feel like a princess. 

How special I was.  

         4.  Because she felt God had given her

this baby, she loved me 

and did all

that a Mother

does in 

raising her 

child.

one day 

when I was playing mudpies

and making patty cakes

 with dirt and water

and a little bench.

She sat there watching me, I

was almost three.

A friend wanted to play, so

I asked her.

She said "you can go"

Soon I was back.

She asked me why? 

I said, 

"They wanted me to

play naughty 

and pull down

my pants" 

So I came home

to her.

I trusted her wisdom.

She told me many 

things 

Never do I hear

Parents talking to 

their child like my 

mother did for me.

She always 

knew 

I was going 

to be some one special.

And so she did her 

best to make it 

happen.

God was not a part of her 

life, but I knew 

that Someone was 

helping her.  

She had a childlike faith

that sometimes 

was beyond 

words.

One day she told me, 

as I approached my fourth 

birth day,  "June, when you 

grow up, and find out 

who GOD IS, and you 

believe, I want you to tell 

me and help me to 

know God too"  

THAT ? ! was a 

task that 

I never forgot.

When I grew up and

was 10 years old,

Mother worked a lot.

I was like a second Mother

to my siblings

first Harry Jr. whom we 

called "Skip" 

He was 4 years younger.

and 

then, Diane Emily

who was 8 years

younger than i.  

So we spent a lot of time

together

And always,

when Mother 

came home from work

she would spend

time talking with

me.

Here I was ten years old. 

At this time, Skip was 6 while

Diane was 2.  

Well.    Let me say that when I grew up

I did tell my Mother about what I found out.

I remember when I was 1l  I went to 

Brownies club meeting 

at the Episcopal Church in town.

I learned the Ten Commandments 

and that is how I got my "wings" for 

Girl Scouts.

Although I never did 

go to Girl Scouts, it had a 

big impact on my life.

For I knew 

the 10 Commandments

and I knew 

that I was a sinner

lost 

and 

needing a Savior.

Well we moved a lot.

I had moved back to North

Adams, MA and I went

to 4th grade in

the school there.

As we got ready for classes 

one morning, the 

Home room teacher 

said,

We have a man here

who wants to know 

if any one wants a New Testament

of the Bible" 

I raised my hand for one,

and got it.   

As I went home, and 

was reading 

Yes - and I could read - 

(a lot of practice in

reading funny books 

to my little brother) 

John 3. 16 became

my verse that day.

I put my name in

the WHOSOEVER 

and I knew for sure 

really 

for sure 

that my sins were

forgiven.

and 

that I was on 

MY WAY TO HEAVEN. 

HERE I AM  1951 

A GRADUATE OF HIGH SCHOOL

In a class of 200 Seniors 

and a school with 1000 students 

in it 

there were only 

three red heads in 

the whole school

and 

two of them

were in 

my class. 

SO EVERY ONE KNEW ME 

I was persistant.

I had moved so many times that 

 I had learned to not 

say to people what 

I was thinking.

I did not always feel

that people accepted 

me. 

But I knew 

God loved me 

so I did the best I 

could. 

 

I tried hard 

at everything.

Some things I could 

not do and 

it befuddled me.

I would get 

instructions mixed up.

I was slow at reading 

comprehension 

and later learned to over 

come it, but 

it was hard 

for me to study.

I kept at it.

Somehow Somewhere

I started going to Church.

The Receptionist at the Y M C A when

I would go swimming 

on tues and thursdays

invited me 

to the church.

So I went.

I began to learn about Jesus.

I began to really 

understand more.

And when I was 12 

I got baptized.  

But as I entered my

High School years,

I did not find 

much to encourage 

me to know How To 

Conduct myself.

I went every friday 

to a DANCE.  I even helped

draw the posters for the 

occasions. 

I was known for my 

art work.  

I sang, and could sing with

the bands, solos from

time to time.

When I danced, I 

usually talked about

my church 

and my Lord.

So I did not 

get any dates. 

There were five bands in 

our class at school 

Drury High had that many musicians.

We had enough Italian kids and 

I was the ONLY one with no

parents speaking it at 

home, 

and who

was not Catholic. 

 

So I got to know a lot

of people

and wrote for 

my school paper.

I was terrible at 

Science.

And Math.

and even in English

grammar was having 

some trouble in 

understanding 

what the 

teacher 

was telling 

me. 

AND THEN I DISCOVERED

I had a Church Library

and Mom and Dad

were going to 

move again

so I chose to 

RIDE THE BUS 

TO SCHOOL

EVERY DAY

I used the time to read 

my Bible 

I took it every 

where with me.  

 

SO I APPLIED FOR COLLEGE  

1951   

I had been singing in my Church Choir 
I had begun frequenting the Church Library 
Reading Missionary Biographies
Learning about Haystack Monument 
in Williamstown MA and I visited it 
with Mother.    I was wanting to be 
a missionary.  
We had special meetings 
in our church, called 
NEW LIFE WEEK 
and for the first 
time ever  I heard 

that when Jesus 

died on the Cross

He paid ALL MY DEBT TOTALLY 

SET ME FREE 

and that 

NOTHING I HAVE DONE 

OR 

EVER WILL DO

EVER 

WILL 

PAY THAT DEBT

IT IS FREE

I knew NOW 

that I was SAVED BY GRACE THROU

FAITH 

IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD 

NOT OF WORKS

LEST ANY MAN

SHOULD BOAST.

For the very first time

I realized that I could not 

take any credit for 

any thing 

only that 

God in His Mercy Loved Me 

and 

I owe Him my whole Life 

to serve Him.

That was in 1950.  

I graduated in 1951. 

I left for College in September 1951

SO THAT WAS WHAT I 

DID.  

And that is another story 

on my blog! 

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    June Estelle Cash 

                                                

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GENESIS 5.18 - 25

18. And Jared lived an hundred years, and he begat Enoch: 

19. And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years 

and begat sons and daughters. 

20. And all the days of Jarod 

were nine hundred sixty and two years: 

and he died. 

21. And Enoch lived sixty and five years

and begat Methuselah;

22. And Enoch walked with God 

after he begat Methuselah three hundred 

                              sixty and five years: 

24. And Enoch walked with God: and he was not;

for God took him.

               LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN...

ENOCH LIVED THE SHORTEST LIFE OF ALL

THE PATRIARCHS LISTED IN GENESIS CHAPTER 5.

 i HAVE DONE THE MATH. 

I TAKE MY BIBLE SERIOUSLY, AND

SO I SAY THAT I BELIEVE THEY 

LIVED AS LONG AS IT SAYS THEY DID.

SO LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING.

ENOCH WAS NO DIFFERENT 

THAT ANYONE ELSE

EXCEPT THAT HE 

WALKED WITH GOD.

There were ten patriarch of 

the Hebrew people listed:

ADAM  lived 930 years

SETH  lived 912 years 

ENOS lived 905 years 

CAINAN lived 910 years

MAHALALEEL lived 895 years

JARED lived 962 years 

ENOCH lived 365 years

METHUSELAH lived 969 years

LAMECH lived  777 years 

NOAH was 500 years old 

when the FLOOD came.

i WORKED OUT A CHART
WITH THESE DATES 
AND I NOTICED SOMETHING
ABOUT ENOCH.
ALTHOUGH HIS LIFE WAS 
THE SHORTEST
ALL OF THE PATRIARCHS 
EXCEPT FOR NOAH 
WERE ALL ALIVE 
WHILE HE WAS LIVING.

With my figuring the math

I found that it was 1600 years

to the time when the FLOOD came.

Enoch called his son "METHUSELAH" 

Meth  = death 

Selah =  Think about it

When he died, Think about it!

So Enoch was a sgn that God 

was going to send judgment when

Methuselah died.

And Methuseh was the father of 

Lamech 

who was the father of 

Noah

"and they named him No'e" 

because "this same 

would comfort us' 

because of the sin curse

on the world.

So Methuselah was Noah's 

GRANDFATHER

and 

ENOCH 

was the GREAT GRANDFATHER

God took Enoch.   

He walked with God, and he was not, 

For God took him.

My !  I wonder how many

noticed.

I wonderf. 

Only Noah and his Wife,

The three sons,

Ham, Shem, and Japheth 

went into the Ark when it was done.

Enoch named him for 

a reason.

As you look around, 

it is any different today?

It says of the world 

at that time 

Genesis 5. And God saw that 

the wickedness of man 

was great on the earth, and 

that every imagination 

of the thoughts of his heart

was only evil continually.

v.6.  And it repented the LORD 

that he had made man on 

the earth, and it 

grieved him 

at his heart.

    Well now.  If you remember

God always IS  WAS AND WILL BE 

but Man was intended to 

be in a relationship

with God.

When God made the world and 

everything in it, 

He put the man in the garden to

do the care and tend to every thing there.

He told Adam and Eve to 

multiply and to have children

BEFORE 

SIN CAME INTO THE WORLD.

So it was not the 

curse 

that brought work into our lives.

It was not 

having children 

that was cursed.

No. 

It was simply that

because of Adam's responsibilty 

to sin 

to refuse to obey

to turn agains what he knew

to choose to take of 

the forbidden fruit

HE BROUGHT SIN

AND DEATH

INTO THE WORLD

And yet, here we have 

recorded that 

Enoch was 

telling people 

about the Lord

and warning them

of the coming 

JUDGMENT.

Jude in the New

Testament says 

Jude v. 14 And Enoch also, 

the seventh from Adam, 

prophesied of these, 

saying,

Behold, the LORD cometh

with ten thousands

of the saints, 

v. 15 to execute judgment

upon all, 

and to convince all

that are ungodly

among them

of their ungodly deeds 

which they have 

ungodly committed, 

and of all their hard 

speeches which 

ungodly sinners 

have spoken against him.

In Titus, chapter 2

Paul tells in v. 11 

That "the grace of God that bringeth

salvation hath appeared to all men, 

v.12 teaching us that, denying 

ungodliness

and worldly lusts, 

we should live soberly,

righteously,

and godly 

in this present world;

v.13 looking for that 

blessed hope, 

and the glorious appearing

of the great God and our Saviour

Jesus Christ; 

v.14 who gave himself 

for us, that he might 

redeem 

us 

from all iniquity, 

and purify

unto himself

a peculiar people, 

zealous of good works.

SO YOU SEE WHY I TOLD YOU

ALL THESE THINGS

Enoch's testimony was

known by all those

who lived before 

the FLOOD 

THAT GREAT FLOOD

that changed 

the world that was

to what it is now.

You and I can be

LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD

SHINING 

LIGHTING THE WAY

SHOWING A PATH

LEADING OTHERS

INTO 

THE RIGHT PATH

by 

example

by 

depending on 

the Bible 

God's Written Word

that gives us 

all that we need

to direct our path

and to show us the way

becasue 

WHEN WE ASK

JESUS 

TO SAVE US FROM OUR SIN

HE DOES JUST THAT

And makes us brand new

II Corinthians 5.21

For He hath made him to be sin 

for us, who knew no sin,

that we

might be made

the righteousness

of God in him.

Romans 6.5

For if we have been planted

together in the likeness 

of his death,

even so we shall

be also in the likeness

of his resurrection;

v.6 

Knowing this, that 

our old man is crucified

with him, that 

the body of sin

might be destroyed,

that 

HENCEFORTH

we shall not serve sin.

v. 7

for he that is dead is

freed from sin.

v. 8 

Now if we be dead 

with Christ, we 

believe that we shall

also LIVE WITH HIM.

v.9 

Knowing that Christ being raised

from the dead dieth no more; 

death hath no dominion 

over him. 

v.10 

For in that He died, he 

died unto sin once: but in that he 

liveth, he liveth unto God.

v.11. LIKEWISE 

RECKON

YE YOURSELVES

DEAD INDEED UNTO SIN, 

BUT ALIVE

UNTO GOD

THROUGH JESUS CHRIST

OUR LORD.

Romans 8.9 

But ye are not in the flesh, but 

in the Spirit, if so be 

that the Spirit of God

dwell in you. 

Now if any man have not 

the Spirit of Christ, 

he is none of his.

8.10 And if Christ be 

in you, 

the body is dead 

because of sin;

but the Spirit is life

because of righteousness.

v.11.  But if the

Spirit of him that raised

up Jesus from the dead

dwell in you, he that 

raised up Christ from

the dead shall also 

quicken your mortal 

bodies by his Spirit that 

dwelleth in you.

THEREFORE, 

brethren, 

ye are debtors, 

not to the flesh,

to live after the flesh

v.13. for if ye live

after the flesh, 

ye shall die; 

but if ye through 

the Spirit do mortify 

the deeds of the 

body,

ye shall live.

Romans 8.14. 

FOR AS MANY AS 

ARE LED BY THE 

SPIRIT OF GOD, 

THEY ARE 

THE 

SONS OF GOD. 

Walking

DRIVING 

GOING DOWN THE ROAD

COME

WALK

WITH 

GOD

start 

now. 

 

Don't wait.

ROMANS 3.23

For all have sinned

and come short 

of the glory of God.

ROMANS 6.23

For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God 

is eternal life 

through

Jesus Christ our Lord.

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.

John 5.24

Verily, verily, I say

unto you, he that 

heareth my word, 

and believeth on him

that sent me, 

hath 

everlasting life; 

and shall not 

come into 

condemnation: 

but is passed

from death 

unto life.

Psalm 22 

shows us the Suffering 

of our Savior 

years before He came

to earth

to give His life.

Psalm 23 

shows us 

the Shepherd 

who leads the Sheep.

Jesus said 

"I am the good shepherd;

the good shepherd 

giveth his life 

for the sheep."

John 10.11  

Jesus said 

My sheep hear my voice, 

and I know them,

and they follow me." 

John 10.27

Again, he said,

"And I give to them

eternal life; 

and they shall

never perish,

neither shall

any man

pluck them out 

of my hand.

John 10.29

And then he added,

I AND MY FATHER 

ARE ONE.  

John 10.30

In the beginning 

was the Word

and the Word

was with God,

and the 

Word was God.  

The same was in the 

beginning 

with God.

John 1.1,2.

John chapter 1.17

For the law came by Moses,

but grace and truth

came by 

Jesus Christ.

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 June Estelle Cash

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Here I Stand

 LOOKING AT THE HEIGHTS BEFORE ME 

Philippians 3. 12

Not as though I had akready attained, 

either were already perfect,

but I follow after, 

that I may apprehend that 

for which I also am 

apprehended 

of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3.13

Brethren, I count not myself

to have apprehended: but this one

thing I do, forgetting those things

which are behind, 

and reaching forth 

unto those things 

which are before.

Philippians 4.14

I press toward the mark

of the prize of 

the high calling or God

in Christ Jesus.

TITUS 3. v. 4 - 6

4. But after that the kindness and love 

of God our Saviour toward man appeareed,

5. Not by works of righteousness 

which we have done, but 

according to his mercy he saved us,

by the washing of 

regeneration

and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

v.6  which he shed on us 

abundantly 

through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

GOD HAS GIVEN ME 

HIS LOVE 

THROUGH OUR 

LORD AND SAVIOUR 

JESUS CHRIST.

THE MARVEL OF IT ALL! 

THE WONDER OF IT !

He dipped down to

reach me 

a sinner 

lost 

alone 

away from God

to bring 

me back into 

His loving care.

THE LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEA

is a post I put on my blog 

when I first moved to 

Blaine WA

in 2015.

I am convinced that 

i would be still lost 

if it had not been

for God's mercy 

and for his grace

in my life

  

MERCY IS WHAT SOMEONE

GIVES TO ANOTHER WHO

DOES NOT DESERVE IT.

GRACE IS SOMETHING

GIVEN TO ONE THAT 

DOES NOT DESERVE

ANY THING BUT 

JUDGMENT.

GUILT..

In our lives we have mountains

that come before us.

Mountains of doubt,

of hurt, of depression,

of fear, of uncertainty,

but Jesus Christ has

given to 

those who believe 

in His Name, 

the Comforter,

The Dear Holy Ghost,

The Holy Breath of God

Who is Dwelling in each

believer

Tabernacling with us

that 

Jesus Christ 

and 

The Father 

and 

the Holy Spirit

are 

NOW LIVING IN 

THAT BELIEVER

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.

John  14.23 
If a man love me, he will keep
my words:  and my Father
will love him, and we 
will come unto him,
and make our 
abode with him.
John 14.25 
These things have I soken unto you,
being yet present with you...
John 14. 26
But the Comforter wich is
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send, in my name, 
he shall teach you
all things, 
asn shall bring 
to your 
remembrance, 
whatsoever I have 
said unto you.

His words are now 

written down in 

the NEW TESTAMENT 

which was given to us

through the 

Holy Spirit 

because God has

given us 

JESUS AS THE ONE WHO DIED 

and when He died 

His Blood became the 

Way into 

the Heavenly of 

the Heavenlies

He said before he died,

at the Passover table, he 

took the cup and said, 

Matthew 26.27, 28

And he took the cup, and 

gave thanks, and gave it

to them, saying, 

Drink ye all of it, 

for this is my blood 

of the new testament, 

which is shed for many for 

the remission 

(the forgiveness) 

of sins. 

A will cannot go into effect

until the person who wrote it

dies.  

When they die, they read the 

last will and testament of 

that person's property and possessions.

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD

AND OUR SAVIOUR

DID DIE FOR OUR SINS

HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

WAS TO GIVE US THE 

HOLY SPIRIT 

AND 

DRINKING THE CUP

AND TAKING 

THE BREAD

IS ONLY IN MEMORIAL

OF HIS DEATH

HIS BURIAL

AND HIS RESURRECTION

Thus, as we partake

of the WORDS HE SPOKE

and 

fellowship 

in obedience with

His Dear Spirit to guide 

and lead us 

He has built His Church.

When Believers gather

to fellowship

the Spirit of God bears witness 

with our spirit 

that we ARE the children

of God.

AND THE MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB

AND THE VALLEY IN WHICH

WE HAVE TO GO

TO GET TO THE HEIGHTS

ARE ALL IN HIS PLAN

for us by 

letting His Spirit 

lead

guide 

direct.

HOW DOES HE DO THAT? 

By the reading of God's Word

We find it mirrors to us 

what we really are like,

and then

His Word quickens 

the lost to know they are sinners,

and 

brings about

TRUE REPENTANCE 

WHICH TURNS US 

FROM

A LIFE OF SIN 

TO  LIFE EVERLASTING.

COME JOURNEY WITH ME 

the first thing 

is to know 

you are lost without Christ.

so the next thing 

is that 

you need to 

decide if you believe

Jesus rose from the dead

and that 

as he said, 

God so love the world

that he gave his only 

begotten Son

next, 

IF YOU DECIDE

I AM LOST

I NEED A SAVIOUR

THEN

look at John 3. 16 again.

"THAT WHO SO EVER" 

believeth

SO the Key is to 

TAKE THE GIFT 

OF HIS PROMISE

 AND SAY

I  AM A SINNER. 

COVER ME WITH YOUR BLOOD.

WASH ME CLEAN.

MAKE ME NEW.

If you do that 

The Holy Ghost - The Holy Spirit

will come into your life.

THE FATHER WILL

IMMERSE YOU 

"BAPTIZE YOU" 

into the vat of the Holy Spirit

and forever more 

you will be 

identified 

with the Lord Jesus Christ.

You will instantly 

change.

Your life will never be 

the same.

JOHN 3.3 

Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, 

except a man be born again, he 

cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3.7.  Marvel not that 

I say unto thee, Ye must 

be born again.

WHEN YOU ARE BRAND NEW

AS A NEW CREATURE

IN CHRIST JESUS

THEN

YOU CAN START

CLIMBING

the mountains of doubt will give 

way to heights of increasing Joy

and Faith

and Hope

and Love.

You will discover

the peace that Jesus gives.

John 14.27 

is the peace 

that comes from

having the Holy Ghost

within my heart

and yours. 

John 14.27

PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU,

MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU,

NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES,

GIVE I UNTO YOU, 

LET NOT YOUR HEART

BE TROUBLED ,

NEITHER

LET IT BE AFRAID.

JESUS SAID, 

BECAUSE I LIVE,

YE SHALL LIVE ALSO. 

John 14.19   

1 PETER 2.24 

WHO HISOWN SELF BARE OUR SIN 

IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE, 

THAT WE, BEING DEAD TO SINS

SHOULD LIVE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS

BY WHOSE STRIPES 

YE WERE HEALED.

I JOHN 4.19

WE LOVE HIM 

BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.