ENTERING THE DOOR

ENTERING THE DOOR 

Author - Blogger - Grandmother

LILACLADY JUNEBUG2

1935  -  I was two years old.

Located in Boston, MASSACHUSETTS

I was a born explorer.

Mother, Dad and I were in 

one of these apartments, and 

Dad was gone working,

and Mother would be busy.

She did "extra" work for 

other people in the apartments

by cleaning.

While she did that,

I got to explore.

Upstairs, downstairs

and if a door

was not open,

I would pass by.

But if a door was open,

I would look, 

and smile,

and 

say 

HELLO. 

It seemed the folk I met

were all kind,

all curiously special,

and 

different.

Not one was the same.

I would go back to Mother,

and she would say,

where did you go?

Did you stay where I said?

I said "Yes" 

And then I would tell her 

where I had gone.

The Brownstone Apartments have had a fine grand history. 

I understand that when they were first built, rich people lived there.

Then, little by little, the apartments were divided up and

became smaller units which were rented out.

BROWNSTONE APARTMENTS STILL THERE

THIS WAS ME, JUNE ESTELLE

 at 3 years  in the summer of 1936  

YOU CAN "ENTER THE DOOR OF THE PAST" BY

GOING TO THE WEBSITE HERE 

ADAMS, MA

Later on when I got older 

I would stay in this house 

for a few days.  Grandfather fixed 

a room in the attic for me to stay.

I could see the street light from the room.

At 8 years of age, I enjoyed it.  

HERE  I AM IN GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN 

THE SUMMER OF 1935.

I THOUGHT I WAS A BIG GIRL.

THERE ARE MANY DOORS TODAY

AND NOW I AM NOT A LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE

BUT I STILL LIKE EXPLORING

I DO IT WITH MY BIBLE 

I DO IT WITH MY COMPUTER.

I DO IT WITH MY HEART AND SOUL
READY TO 

SHARE MY FAITH 

IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

EXPLORE IN THE BERKSHIRES - PITTSFIELD MA 

HOW I REMEMBER GRANDMOTHER
TAKING ME TO THE LIBRARY.

I DID NOT GO MANY TIMES

BUT WHEN I DID I EXPLORED.
I POURED OVER THE BOOKS

I REMEMBER ONE DAY,
I DISCOVERED THE BOOKS
IN THE UPSTAIRS

I ASKED THE LIBRARIAN,
"CAN I LOOK AT BOOKS IN THE ADULT SECTION"

YES, SHE SAID, IF YOU CAN READ THEM.

I REMEMBER BEING ABLE
TO READ
AT AGE 9  JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING I COULD GET MY
HANDS ON.

here is a map showing 
the PEACE PORTAL DRIVE 
that runs from BC Canada on 
the border to Blaine and Birch Bay WA.

BIRD WATCHING IN BLAINE, BIRCH BAY WA 

HERE WE SEE BIRDS VISITING MY YARD.
PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE U S A TO SEE THESE BIRDS
HOW SPECIAL TO HAVE THEM.

SO YOU SEE,  AT 85   I CAN NOT EXPLORE
PLACES MUCH ANY MORE, BUT
I CAN DO WHAT I CAN DO
AS I AM ABLE
FOR AS LONG AS I AM ABLE
GOD HELPING ME.

PHILIPPIANS 4.13
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST,
WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME.

ENTER YOUR DOOR !

BOOKS

E - BOOKS 
HARD COVER BOOKS
MAPS
ATLAS
VIDEO TOURS ON U TUBE
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
EXPLORE !

ON MY BLOG I HAVE LISTED 
MANY LINKS



ANOTHER WAY TO EXPLORE BIRCH BAY AND BLAINE
IS TO GO TO THE WEB SITE

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When I was a little girl exploring
in the Brownstone Apartments
It was amazing.   Mother  worked cleaning in many
 of the people's apartments, and so I got to go with her as she cleaned.
  People got to know me, and never
 did I ever get scolded for it.  

TODAY WE COULD NOT DO THAT.
WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN YESTERDAY.
TIMES ARE FASTER.
DIFFICULTIES LAY ALL ABOUT  US.
LIFE IS NOT EASY ANY MORE THAN IT WAS THEN,
BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT AS TRUSTING
AS THEY USED TO BE.

CHILDREN ARE AT RISK.
TODAY'S CHILDREN - MAYBE SOME OF YOU -
ARE AWARE THAT DANGER IS ALL AROUND US.

JESUS IS THE DOOR
TO HEAVEN.

JESUS IS THE DOOR
FOR THE SHEEP.

HERE ARE MY LAMB AND MY WINNIE THE POOH BEAR
LOOKING OUT FOR ME

NOW JESUS SAID HE WAS THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP.

THAT MEANS
as a shepherd sits in the doorway
of an enclosure 
so that nothing can get to the sheep
or any of the sheep go out
He BLOCKS THE WAY

THIS GIVES 
SAFETY 
PROTECTION
AND 
SHIELDING.

Somehow, as a child,
 I knew that SOMEONE
 WAS WATCHING OVER ME.  
  I DID NOT KNOW WHO,
BUT I DECIDED AS A LITTLE GIRL 
I WANTED TO KNOW WHO
IT WAS.

MOTHER TOLD ME,
JUNE,  WHEN YOU GROW UP,
AND FIND OUT WHO GOD IS, THEN I WANT
YOU TO COME AND TELL ME,
AND THEN I WILL BELIEVE TOO.

this was my Mother with her Mother
back when she was little like me,
and must have about three in this picture.
It was 1918.    Her birthday was in April.

This was my Mother with her Father -
 my grandfather  Forrest Raymond Carpenter
It was about when she was 6 or 7.
It was 1921 or 1922 in this photo.

MOTHER WAS A RED HEAD
SO AM I

ALTHOUGH MY HAIR IS NOT AS RED AS IT WAS

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS WAS IN 1910
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER AND HIS WIFE
LUTHER WILBUR BREWER AND
VIDA MAY (INGALLS)
PLAYING CROQUET ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AT YORK BEACH, MAINE

NOW LET ME SEE.
HOW DO I SHARE WITH YOU
THAT MY GREAT GRANDDAD WAS
ALSO A RED HEAD

HE WAS A LEATHER TANNER WHO
WORKED ON HORSE EQUIPMENT IN LEATHER
AND ON THE CARRIAGES THEY PULLED...
HE WAS AN OLD TIME METHODIST
DEACON
ONE WHO REALLY BELIEVED HIS BIBLE.

THEY WERE A PART OF MY
MOTHER'S LIFE.

BECAUSE OF THEIR INFLUENCE
SHE LONGED TO BE "CHRISTIAN"
BUT DID NOT KNOW FOR SURE
HOW THAT WAS.

SO SHE STRUGGLED.

HERE SHE WAS TELLING ME
I HAD A JOB TO FIND OUT
WHO GOD WAS OR IS
AND THEN TELL HER.

THIS WAS MY MOTHER MANY YEARS LATER,

WHILE SHE LIVED IN LOS ANGELES CALIF.

SHE ALWAYS WAS MY BEST FRIEND.

SHE TAUGHT ME A LOT.

SHE TALKED WITH ME.

SHE UNDERSTOOD ME.

WHEN I WAS 24 - SHE WAS GOING A HARD TIME

AND CAME TO ME ASKING ABOUT GOD.

AND I WAS READY.   YEARS BEFORE, SHE HAD

HAD TOLD, IF I EVER FOUND GOD, TO 

SHARE IT WITH HER.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE WAS

READY TO LISTEN.

AND THAT NIGHT SHE GAVE HER HEART TO

THE LORD JESUS

AS BEING THE ONLY DOOR

TO THE SHEEPFOLD.

HE IS THE SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP. 

After that time we were very close.

This is what we both looked like 

when she asked Jesus to be

her Savior, and

knew without 

a doubt 

that she was a child of God.

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 THROUFH

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.

JOHN 3. 14 - 18 

AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT 

IN THE WILDERNESS,

EVEN SO  MUST THE SON OF MAN

BE LIFTED UP THAT WHOSOEVER

BELIEVETH IN HIM 

SHOULD NOT PERISH

BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE

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 3.3

VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, YE MUST 

BE BORN AGAIN.

JOHN 14.6 

I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE

NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER

BUT BY ME

It is Jesus who declared and stated all the 

verses you see here in this post.   He claimed

to be the WAY....the DOOR … for the 

Sheep to enter in.

HE SAID IN JOHN 10.7

"VERILY, VERILY,

I SAY UNTO YOU,

I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP.

Again, John 10.9 

I am the door: by me if any man

enter in, he shall be saved,

and shall go in and out,

and find pasture. 

JESUS SAID THAT.

I BELIEVE HE IS WHO HE SAID HE WAS.

SO THE DOOR IS THERE.

HE WAITS FOR THOSE WHO

WILL COME 

AND ENTER

YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT.

ONCE YOU MAKE THAT STEP 

TO ENTER,

YOU BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY.

THE SHEEP AND THE SHEPHERD 

BELONG TOGETHER.

SOMEDAY 

WE WILL BE TOGETHER.

UNTIL THEN,

WE ARE TAUGHT BY JESUS

THAT WE BELONG TO HIS FAMILY

AS HIS BROTHER, AND SISTER

AND MOTHER.

SO WE OUGHT TO BE 

AWARE THAT THE LOCAL 

CHURCH IS WHERE I START

TO LEARN TO LOVE HIM MORE

BY LOVING HIS PEOPLE.

When he asked the disciples 

WHOM DO YOU SAY THAT I AM? 

PETER ANSWERED AND SAID, 

THOU ART THE CHRIST,

THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.

JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, 

BLESSED ART THOU, SIMON PETER, FOR 

FLESH AND BLOOD HATH NOT REVEALED THIS

TO YOU, BUT MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.

HE WENT ON TO SAY THIS: 

THOU ART PETER AND ON THIS ROCK - I 

WILL BUILD MY CHURCH -  AND THE GATES

OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT.

WELL MY FRIENDS,

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS 

REAL IMPORTANT.

JESUS THEN  BEGINS TO 

TELL THEM SOMETHING …

PAY ATTENTION FRIENDS 

FOR THIS MEANS WHAT JESUS

MEANT BY THE ROCK ON WHICH

HE WOULD BUILD HIS CHURCH.

IT WAS THEN

MATTHEW 16. V. 21 

FROM THIS TIME FORTH BEGAN JESUS TO SHEW 

UNTO HIS DISCIPLES HOW THAT HE MUST GO 

UNTO JERUSALEM, AND SUFFER MANY THINGS OF 

THE ELDERS AND THE SCRIBES, 

AND BE KILLED 

AND BE RAISED THE THIRD DAY....

VERSE 22 TELLS US 

THE ROCK WAS THE STATEMENT 

PETER MADE IN FAITH
BELIEVING
THIS:
THOU ART THE CHRIST
THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.

JESUS WANTS US 

TO KNOW WHO HE IS

AND TO STAND ON IT.

IT IS THE ROCK OF OUR FAITH

JESUS IS THE MESSIAH (THE CHRIST) 

THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.

HE IS ALONE THE WORD 

OF GOD

HE IS GOD 

WITHOUT HIM, WE CANNOT SEE THE FATHER.

WITHOUT HIM, WE CANNOT SEE LIGHT,

FOR HE IS THE LIGHT.

GOD IS LIGHT 

AND IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.

JESUS SAID 

JOHN 8.12

I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD; HE THAT 

FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN

DARKNESS BUT SHALL HAVE THE

LIGHT OF LIFE. 

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

I WILL POST EVERY WEEK 

AS I AM ABLE

THANK YOU 

LILACLADYJUNEBUG2

BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED
ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY
BY CHRIST JESUS
PHILIPPIANS 4.19   

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....

SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND - WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR?

SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND - WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR?

by LILACLADYJUNEBUG2

IN TRAVELING ON THE ROAD OF LIFE 

WE NEED TO KNOW WHOM TO SEEK

                          MATTHEW 6.33 

                 SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD 

                              AND ALL THESE THINGS

                                               SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU 

                            

                          Psalm 31.15   My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

This is the same Psalm from which David declared in verse 5 "Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."    Jesus said this very same thing in Luke 23. verse 45,46 when Scripture tells us "And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.  And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost." 

                      Matthew 7. 7,8    In this passage Jesus was giving to us instructions as to the Way we should go.   Everyone was expecting an EARTHLY KING,  and had no idea of the truth that here was The King, and His Kingdom was surely as THE KING OF THE JEWS, yet He came to give us the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.      

                   Many today are looking for physical safety, and freedom from fear.   We forget that Paul has told us in I Corinthians 15. 3,4 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."

                  

                        ASKING  

                              SEEKING 

                                  KNOCKING 

         MANY PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THE WRONG DOORS

               FOR THEY ARE NOT SEEKING THE RIGHT PATH.

                      So, the question I ask, is 

HAVE YOU BEEN SEARCHING

 IN THE RIGHT PLACE? 

          

 ONE OF MY PASTIMES IS TAKING PHOTOS 

                               When I see rock formations along the highway, I like to take a photo of it, so that when I am home I can look at the picture with a magnifying glass.   Or, if I choose, I can put it on the computer - and in photos - I can look at the photo rotating it upside down, or sideways, and back again.   Quite often, I do this.    It has helped me appreciate how to draw what I see.    Many times I see in the rocks evidences of the FLOOD that came when God told Noah to build the Ark.    

                   As I search to see things in the rocks, I learn much about 

this old world.  There is much evidence in it that speaks of how God is the Creator, and how, because of sin, He sent the FLOOD.  

I am suggesting that if you have not, do so, read the first 9 chapters of the book of GENESIS in the Bible.  I recommend the King James Version in that I find it is most accurate.   There are many good translations of the Bible, but it is remarkable that we even have it.  

           Psalm 119. 105 says  THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.

            

               I was in a cabin with other girls as a young lady, and we were camping for a week with the Gospel being taught there.  In the night, if I had to go to the restroom, I had to take a flashlight 

with me, and I think this verse exactly what happens when we use the light to show our feet where to go in the dark, and that the path becomes accessible as the light shines ahead of me.   

             

When the lightbulb was discovered 

it made a big difference in people's lives.

Today there are people searching 

but the lightbulb of their soul is not plugged into the socket.

Unless the light is put into the socket 

it will not work.

In Psalms 18.25 - 36 it tells us: 

18.25    With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man, thou wilt shew thyself upright.   26.  With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 27. For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks. 28. FOR THOU WILT LIGHT MY CANDLE, THE LORD MY GOD WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS.   29. For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.  30. As for God, his way is perfect, the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?  32. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.  32. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.  35. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy SALVATION (Y'SHUA)   and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 36.  Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

                 

When I realize you may not understand, so let me explain why this passage is so meaningful to me.

I fell in 2007 and broke my right wrist, and it was operated on, and I began to use it again.  Then in 2009, I fell while feeding birds in my yard.  I had not listened to my dear husband who had said kindly, "June, don't go out and feed the birds, I will do it.  It is too icy."   Think of it.   I like to do things for myself.   We all do.  That is just how SIN occurs.  When we want what we want to do, and to do it as we wish, not what God wants.

Romans 3.23  For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

John 3.3 Jesus told Nicodemus, Verily, Verily, (Amen, Amen) I say to thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.  

John 3.5 Jesus answered again and said, Verily, Verily (Amen, Amen) I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

We are born with water when we are PHYSICALLY BORN. As the mother's water breaks, the baby is sure to come.

 So the first BIRTHDAY IS A REALITY WE ALL HAVE.

The second BIRTHDAY is to be born of the Spirit.

JESUS TOLD NICODEMUS (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.

He continues, and says 

(John 3.17,18) 

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.  He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son.  

REMEMBER PSALM 119.105

THY WORD IS A  LAMP UNTO MY FEET,

AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.

Again Psalm 18.28 tells us, 

FOR THOU WILT LIGHT MY CANDLE,

THE LORD MY GOD WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS.

Jesus further said to Nicodemus, "And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil;  for everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."  

John 3. 19 - 21

ARE YOU SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS ?

JESUS SAID 

John 8.12  I am the light of the world.  He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

Psalm 27.1 

The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Matthew 1.21 

The angel told Joseph "Thou shalt call his name JESUS, for he shall save his people from their sins.

Y'SHUA

= 

THE ONE WHO SAVES

THE SAVIOR

THE DELIVERER

THE LORD GOD sent his Son the Lord Jesus Christ to be born, to live, to minister Light in the Darkness, to be rejected, to suffer and die as MY PASSOVER LAMB, and now in Him I can

truly ASK, SEEK, AND KNOCK for I have 

access by faith to the Lord God Himself.

Matthew 7.13,14

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 that go in thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 

Jesus told his disciples several times what He had come to do.

It is recorded in Scripture that Jesus Himself declared his purpose in coming into the world, and foretold about his death, burial and resurrection.   

When He sat at table with the disciples, he declared again the same.

How? By his words in the taking of the Bread and the Cup.

Matthew 26.26  - 28    And as they were eating,  Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body; And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. For this isis my blood of the NEW TESTAMENT, which is shed for many for the remission (forgiveness) of sins.

A TESTAMENT IS A WILL THAT ONLY GOES INTO 

EFFECT WHEN THE PERSON 

WHO DIRECTS IT DIES. 
WHEN JESUS DIED - 

THIS WAS THE TESTAMENT HE LEFT FOR US.

HIS BLOOD, HIS BODY TOOK 

MY SIN

AND YOURS

AND 

PAID 

IN

FULL 

THE GUILT

THE PENALTY

THE CONDEMNATION

AND

HE WAS CUT OFF

FOR YOU AND ME

HIS RESURRECTION 

PROVES THE TESTAMENT IS INDEED IN EFFECT.

2 CORINTHIANS 5.21

He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Matthew 16.21, 22

From this time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how he must go unto Jerusalem; and suffer many things of the elders, 

and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.  But he turned and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan, thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

He further declared 

Matthew 16.23,24 

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, 

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself,

and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; 

and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake 

shall find it. 

Matthew 17. 22- 23 

The second time He warns them.

And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them,

The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and the third day, he shall be raised again.

And they were exceeding sorry.

I think of when my dear Mother was ill, and nearing death. She was trying to tell me FACTS about things SHE WANTED ME TO DO. But because I was so sad about her coming death, I did not pay too much attention TO HER REQUESTS.  So I had to really search my heart after she died, for I COULD NOT REMEMBER what she told me to do.

It did work out.  I did remember.  

Here the Disciples were focused on the Coming Death.

They were sad.

Their focus was not on HIS PROMISE OF THE RESURRECTION.

Again, in Matthew 20.17 - 19

Jesus again tells his Disciples this.

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,  

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed into the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death; and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge; and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

In my next post I will look at Jesus' words 

when he arose from the dead.   

HOPE IS FOUND ONLY IN JESUS

HE IS THE ONE WHO CAN SAVE 

WHO CAN LIGHT UP OUR LIFE

WHO CAN FORGIVE OUR SIN

WHO CAN CLEANSE OUR HEARTS 

AND PURIFY OUR LIVES

TO SERVE HIM.

ONE DOOR AND ONLY ONE

AND YET ITS SIDES ARE TWO

I'M ON THE INSIDE 

ON WHICH SIDE ARE YOU? 

ONE GATE AND ONLY ONE

AND YET ITS WAY IS CLEAR

I MUST CHOOSE THE STRAIT AND NARROW GATE 

AND LEAVE THE WIDE AND BROAD WAY

IF I AM TO FIND 

THE ANSWER TO MY GREATEST NEED

Down at the cross where the Savior died,

there where for cleansing from sin I cried,

There to my heart was the Blood applied,

Glory to His Name.

Glory to His Name 

Glory to His Name

There to my heart was the blood applied,

Glory to His Name.

MATTHEW 28.18 - 20

And Jesus came and spoke unto them saying,

All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth, Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST, 

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you alway,  even unto the end of the world. 

The Yakima River flowing here keeps the farmers happy

Is there a river of LIFE flowing in you?

If so, then you will be fruitful and abiding in Christ. 

Galatians 2.20

I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

John 15.5

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you,

ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

just plug yourself into the light source ! 

John 6.37 - 40

All that the Father hath given me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.  And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 

Acts 4.12

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

CLIMBING HIGHER - WALKING BY FAITH, I KEEP CLIMBING

CLIMBING HIGHER

             Walking by faith - I keep climbing

                       IF I COULD, I WOULD

                                 God helping me.

                        IF I CAN, I SHALL

                                By God's grace. 

                        IF I MIGHT, I KNOW I WILL

                                As God leads.

      FLY HIGH 
        SEE THE SKY 
        IN AN OCEAN OF 
         CLOUDS ABOVE 
        WHERE THE BIRDS CAN 
        FEEL THE WIND DRAFTS 
         PULLING THEM INTO 
         THE CURRENTS OF 
          UPDRAFTS 
           THAT WILL
            TAKE THEM
            HOME 
            TO NEST.  
                    June Estelle Cash, author.

         MATTHEW 7.7,8  
        Ask, and it shall be given you, Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 

               

WITH EVERY WAVE 
         THE RHYTHM OF LIFE 
                 SETS TO MOTION.

Jesus said "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,
No man cometh unto the Father, but by me." 
John 14. 6.    

There is a current of joy to take us along passing through the most difficult oceans simply by going with the flow.
   
    

               

                       THESE ROSES ARE GROWING NICELY ON A TRELLIS HERE.
                       IT DOES NOT JUST "HAPPEN"  BUT IT TAKES TRAINING AND WORK
                      WITH MUCH PATIENCE ON THE PART OF THE PERSON WHO MAKES
                      A ROSE LIKE THIS BLOOM SO HAPPILY.

                       THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO LIVE
                            AS JESUS WOULD HAVE US TO LIVE 
                              EXCEPT BY HIS DEAR SPIRIT.    

                                                AS A BRANCH GROWS FROM A TREE, WE
                                                ARE TO ABIDE IN OUR LORD JESUS.

                                               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.

                               AGAIN -   JOHN 15.15  TELLS US  "IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.     

                                          What is Jesus telling us to do?

                                          In this going away message Jesus gave the Disciples, He had just told them in (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 TO ANOTHER.  

                                                                             TOO OFTEN 

                                                                                 WE TRY TO WALK

                                                                                           ON OUR OWN STRENGTH.

                                                 

Ephesians 4.32 "and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."   Ephesians 5. 1,2 goes on to say "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children, and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." 

                     

Living in Jesus is a J O Y F U L    W A L K.

Only as I trust Him, will I discover the joys He has in store for me.  

John 15.11  These things I have spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

 Remember Jesus is giving His disciples the instructions that He most wanted them to remember.    In these He told them "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love."   (John 15. 9)

     Matthew 11.28, 29  

       Come unto me, all ye that labour and are

heavy laden, and I will give you rest.   Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

           A yoke.    Think of it.

              Built for two animals - like oxen 

                    to pull together.

                Now here is the interesting thing: 

              IF JESUS SAYS HE WANTS US TO 

                 TAKE UP HIS YOKE ?  WHO WILL

                  CARRY THE BURDEN OF THE 

                 LOAD?    

                   WHY !   OF course !   Jesus will

                    make it seem so worth while !  

  

                    Such a paradox !  In taking 

                    up the  YOKE  Jesus offers, 

                     I find that true rest and an easy

                     yoke carrying the burden

                     because Jesus will shoulder 

                     up under it, and it will be not

                      hard at all.  

                     What we often are most afraid

                     of "taking on"  might be the 

                      best answer to difficult things.

                      Psalm  37.62  

                      Trust in Him at all times, 

        ye people, pour out your heart before Him. 

                  Selah. (Think about it, rest on it.) 

                  

A Lighthouse made it possible in years past for sailors to find help to avoid rocky shores.   Today you and I need to abide in Christ - to love Him and to love each other - that we might serve Him and follow Him.    Only by taking up the YOKE that He gives us, can we find true J O Y  and peace.    

        John 14.27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you; let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.   

            

                     Years ago, I remember seeing 

                      a picture of Jesus with the children.

                      Here is my rendition of that 

                      picture.   We do not know what 

                    Jesus looked like.   The important 

                    thing to remember is that he did 

                     "tabernacle" among us, He did

                   come from the Father, just so we

                     might know Him.

                      Are you walking with Jesus?

                      In the Words Jesus spoke, you

                      can find true Joy and Peace.

                      You too can know His Presence.

                 

Like a beautiful 

Douglas Fir tree,

You can display

the growth 

and 

fruit

by 

ABIDING IN THE VINE

Doug Fir seeds are so small.

Yet, when planted,

they grow tall and beautiful.

One cone can produce many seeds.

Here is a small tree being planted.

How small.

How fragile.

Yet 

with the right soil

the right altitude

the right place

it will grow.

How about you?  

Are you growing?

Climbing Higher - I walk by faith.

I will keep climbing.

Before you begin your climb

You must first know

that 

1. the only reason Jesus came was to save sinners.

2. that those who choose to reject Him are turning out the Light.  He is the Only One who can save.

3.  the only reason Jesus died on the Cross was to save anyone who would call on Him to save them.

4. He paid the full penalty of separation from the Father for my sake - taking my sins - when He was the Holy Righteous One 

and took my sins on Himself

that I might become

a child of God.

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.

When I give my life

to Jesus Christ,

He lives his life in me.

Others will see the Light reflected 

and will in turn come 

to Jesus.