BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND -SETTING GOALS - biblelady

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND -SETTING GOALS  

                                by June Estelle Cash - biblelady99

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        Jesus said "I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also."
            John 14.verse 3  

                  

        In the light of that promise, I muse on the coming year, and 

       perhaps, yes, even the next five years.    What would I like to see happening ? and what ? would I like to achieve ?  

           HERE IN THE CLOUDS OF THIS SKY PHOTO TAKEN SOME WHILE AGO I HAD TO FOCUS ON MY CAMERA TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS PHOTO.     
          WHAT DO I WISH TO ACHIEVE ?   I  ASK MYSELF.
       
          HAVE YOU FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU WISH TO DO ?
                ON WHAT YOU WISH TO ACHIEVE THIS COMING YEAR?

          FOCUS IS NEEDED TO TAKE A GOOD PHOTO.    MY FOCUS MUST CHANGE SO THAT OTHERS WILL SEE ME AS A PERSON FOCUSING ON MAKING SMALL COMMITMENTS AND KEEPING THEM.

         QUESTIONS TO ASK MYSELF ARE :

             AM I ATTRACTING TO MYSELF THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD?
         
            AM  I  SHINING  MY  LIGHT ? IN THE DARKNESS ?

             THOSE WHO ARE IN DARKNESS WHO MAY BE HUNGRY FOR LIGHT WILL SEE MY LIGHT IF I SHINE AS GOD DIRECTS ME.

                     Here is a photo of a Lighthouse -  the one called
NUBBLE  at  Cape Neddick  MA.   

                             

                          This was me   June Estelle Donato  in 1938 or 1939.
I was just about five years old, and I visited in Martha's Vineyard and was in the Cape Cod for a visit to see my father's Aunt Sally -  his "mother".     Really his Aunt,  she raised him along with her two -  Betty and Bill -  and yet never did he call her Mother.    He never knew his mother - or his father.

                         Many questions in my childhood as to unresolved relationships.
However, one thing is for sure.   I early KNEW THAT SOMEHOW SOMEWAY THERE WAS A GOD, AND I WANTED TO KNOW HIM, AND TO WALK IN HIS WAYS.

                        In my lifetime I have found many changes and much to learn.  God has given me faith in Him, by my discovery of the BIBLE (KJV) and by my discovery that I can trust Him for all my needs. 

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

                    AS THE BUTTERFLY PLANT
- BUDDLEIA - ATTRACTS THE BUTTERFLIES - WE NEED TO ATTRACT THOSE WHO "ARE NIBBLING" AT THE GOSPEL, OF THE GOOD NEWS.
    I need to think of ways to
    attract others in my LIFE.
             They are nibbling.
                   but they do not know
                  why they are hungry 
                   they just know "they
                   need something or someone
                    more than what they have." 

        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.
  
         MATTHEW 5.16 
         LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.  

           CONSIDER - 
   1.WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.
   2.  JESUS TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE AMONG WHOM HE LIVED WERE FAMILIAR WITH.
  3.  JESUS WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE WHEN SOMEONE NEEDED HIM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PEOPLE. 
 4.  JESUS TOOK TIME TO PRAY WHEN THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PRAYER BY USING THE ONLY THING HE HAD WHENEVER HE COULD.   
5. WE OUGHT TO BE SPECIFIC IN ASKING THE LORD TO HELP US BE TRULY INTERESTED IN OTHERS.    WE ARE TO BE REAL.   
6. WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, AM I WILLING TO LET GOD HELP ME, BY BEING SPECIFIC WITH GOD IN PRAYER. 

THINK   WIN - WIN  

GOD IS SOVEREIGN

GOD IS ABLE. 

GOD IS WILLING FOR ANYONE TO COME TO HIM

AND BE SAVED.

MATTHEW 28.18 - 20  

AND JESUS CAME AND SPAKE TO 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.

ALL WE NEED TO DO 

IS BE WILLING TO PRESENT HIM CLEARLY

AND PLAINLY TO 

ANYONE

WHOEVER 

WHOMEVER

ENQUIRES 

AND IS SEARCHING 

FOR GOD.

THE RESULTS BELONG TO GOD.

ALL GOD ASKS IS OUR AVAILABILITY.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS

THROUGH

CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME.

PHILIPPIANS 4.13  

WITH GOD,

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

LUKE 1.37 

AND ALL THINGS, 

WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK

IN PRAYER,

BELIEVING 

YE SHALL RECEIVE.

Matthew 21.22

WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?

BUT JESUS BEHELD THEM, AND SAID UNTO THEM, 

WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH

GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE....

Matthew 19.25,26  

      
           BIBLELADY99CASH-MY LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEA

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH - BIRCH BAY WA 98230

BIRDS IN DRAYTON HARBOR - BIRCH BAY AND BLAINE WA

BIRDS IN DRAYTON HARBOR - BY THE SEA

  BIRCH BAY AND BLAINE WA

WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING

              This Gull is the GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.   Here in Blaine, WA., I see them here on the roofs calling to each other.   They are very happy to feed on bread if it is strewn for them to find.

              In my life, walking by faith, here I have a blessed joy in seeing the Birds here.    Part of this will be found in learning more about these birds, and discovering more about the area I live in.

               BIRD WATCHING - BLAINE - BIRCH BAY WA

        
              AUDUBON ORG - BIRDS TO IDENTIFY


             

                 It is absolutely fascinating to realize how God has given us so much to enjoy and appreciate.    Let us not take our birds for granted.   The encroachment of public life upon the terrain and the way that birds migrate has a lot to do with why we are seeing some birds endangered and others multiplying.    So learn with me. 
Where you are is where to start.    

                The habits of birds, and their needs for even traveling the many miles of migration is part of what we see happening today.  
 Did you know that the BARN SWALLOW needs wetlands to migrate ?  and that even if you do not think the CATTAILS do any good - they are perfect for the swallows and the hummingbirds to migrate with -  They feed on the mosquitos and the small insects that inhabit the wetlands.    

              

 

Here are two kinds of swallows.

AND HERE IS THE NORTHWESTERN CROW

Did you know that crows are very good parents?

And if a baby crow loses itself, it will find another nest where there are babies to care for, and it will help "out" in keeping the nest clean, and feeding the other babies, until the parents let it in and it becomes "part" of that group.   Persistance pays off.

If it were not for Crows and Owls, rats and mice would over run us.   So remember to be thankful even for the Crow.

When you think of BLAINE WA 

you will realize 

that BIRCH BAY 

is really side by side with this town.

YOU WILL WANT TO VISIT 

THE DRAYTON HARBOR 

AND SEE THE COMORANTS

WIKIPEDIA - WORLD DICTIONARY

Looking up in this dictionary,  I found this picture

of the COMORANT 

This is a Double-Crested Comorant.

We also have the Pelagic Comorants here in 

Drayton Harbor.

Here is a colony of nesting Double-Crested Comorants below.

PSALM  90 

1. LORD, THOU HAST BEEN OUR DWELLING PLACE IN ALL GENERATIONS.

2.BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BROUGHT FORTH, OR EVER THOU HADST FORMED THE EARTH AND THE WORLD, EVEN FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING THOU ART GOD.

PSALM 91. 

1. HE THAT DWELLETH IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.

2. I WILL SAY OF THE LORD,  HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS; MY GOD, IN HIM WILL I TRUST.

PSALM 103. 15 - 19

15. AS FOR MAN, HIS DAYS ARE AS GRASS: AS A FLOWER OF THE FIELD, SO HE FLOURISHETH,

16.FOR THE WIND PASSETH OVER IT, AND IT IS GONE, AND THE PLACE THEROF SHALL KNOW IT NO MORE.

17. BUT THE MERCY OF THE LORD IS FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING UPON THEM THAT FEAR HIM, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.

18. TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT, AND TO THOSE THAT REMEMBER HIS COMMANDMENTS TO DO THEM.

19. THE LORD HATH PREPARED HIS THRONE IN THE HEAVENS; AND HIS KINGDOM RULETH OVER ALL.

MATTHEW 6.26

BEHOLD, THE FOWLS OF THE AIR - FOR THEY SOW NOT NEITHER DO THEY REAP, NOR DO THEY GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDETH THEM.  ARE YE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THEY?

                                             

THE GREAT BLUE HERON IS HERE ALSO.

DUCKS ARE HERE IN THEIR TIME OF MIGRATION -

HERE IS A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.

I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT.

                            GOD'S CARE AND INTRICATE WISDOM IS REVEALED IN HOW THE BIRDS KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TIME TO GO...HE WILL ALSO TAKE CARE OF YOU.  

                   LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRCH BAY, WA. IS WHERE I ATTEND.   YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT HOW GOD'S CARE IS REVEALED IN HIS WONDERFUL WORD - THE BIBLE.    IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA, YOU WILL BE WELCOMED.

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH, BIRCH BAY WA

SEE YOU 

CLOSING OUT FOR TODAY.

COME JOURNEY WITH ME.