LIVING AS THOUGH IT MATTERS - Lilaclady Junebug2 (June Estelle Cash)

 

WALKING BY FAITH
 - I KEEP CLIMBING  -
LIVING AS THOUGH IT MATTERS  

Here in Blaine WA,  My Home By the Sea,

I had brother Tom, his wife Tencha, sister Cheryl

and John Wojdak, with me found ourselves

reunited for "a little time" together.

In this life of ours, 

Do you LIVE AS THOUGH

IT REALLY MATTERS? 

As I think about my life

here in Blaine, WA

I am sure that my life 

DOES MATTER.

SO. 

I  AM LIVING WITH ETERNITY

IN MY VIEW 

AS BEING 

A REAL

SURETY.

We will either live eternally

for ever with God

or with out Him,

depending on 

HOW WE VIEW LIFE

right now 

for 

Jesus said, 

JOHN 12. 48 

He that rejecteth me, 

and receiveth not 

my words, 

hath one 

that judgeth him: 

the Word which I have

spoken, 

the same  shall judge

him in the last day.

Again, 

Jesus said, 

I  am the Light of the world;

he that followeth me, 

shall not 

walk in darkness,

but shall

have 

the light 

of life.

John 8.12  

How precious TIME is.

How much do you value your TIME?

How much do you value your LIFE? 

Some years ago, we 

traveled all over, while my 

husband was ministering to folk. 

And now, I am here, 

dependent upon others

to take me places 

and get me to my 

needed appointments 

and business.

How do you view

your Life ? 

Does it matter to you 

How you perceive Your Self 

will to a large amount

determine 

WHETHER IT MATTERS OR NOT ! 

My Life is TO BE LIVED 

by June Estelle Cash 1991 

Life is to be lived, 

one 

step 

at a time

until 

we arrive at the crest,

Wistfully looking at

the horizon

below, and before

one step

begins 

the  descent

around

and 

down...

All the while

remembering 

the splash of colors

the shadows and shapes

the hint 

of glory to come.

Life is to be lived, 

Until 

we reach our Final Home,

Heaven, or 

Hell, 

For the Believing One 

Heaven 

is My Home.

For the One who 

rejects 

Believing in 

the Lord Jesus Christ

as the only 

Begotten of the Father

who came 

to Redeem Us

and to 

Save Us

from our lost 

condition.

John 3.16 

Jesus said, 

For God so loved the world

that he gave his only  begotten

Son that whoso ever believeth 

in him should not perish,

but 

have everlasting life.

Again, 

John chapter 3.17

For God sent not his Son

into the world 

to condemn the 

world

but that the world

through him

might be saved.

Jesus was speaking this

to Nicodemus.

It is over 

and 

over

again

that Jesus made

the claim

that if a person

believed in Him and 

took His Word 

as True

then they

would find

it really MATTERED.

SO I SAY TO YOU

DOES IT MATTER?

ARE YOU WILLING

TO SAY?

I am a sinner 

in 

need of a 

Savior? 

 

ARE YOU WILLING

TO AGREE

with 

God that 

without Him,

you 

are in the 

darkness

walking 

as though

you had nowhere to go

and 

only 

living for what 

life gives you today

in the moment

of 

pleasure 

or 

passing 

interest,

and 

what 

you love most 

right now

is 

just your Self.

Just as the Purple Aster - is faithful to come 

back every year, it roots down in the earth, and 

it displays its character.

Jesus said, 
John 14.6 
I am the Way, the Truth
and the Life;
No man cometh 
to the Father,
but by me." 
Again he said, 
John 14.36
He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life; 
and he that believeth not
the Son 
shall not see Life,
but the wrath of God 
abideth on him.

Does it matter to You?  
that 
Christ dieds for our sins?
I Corinthians 15. 3,4
tell us 
in the words of 
Paul the Apostle
"For I delivered unto you
first of all, 
that which I also received, 
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.

When Jesus was born 
He did not begin there.
John 1.1 - 4  tells us 
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.
All things were
made by him,
and without him
was not 
anything
made
that was made.
In him was life,
and the life
was the light of men.

So I leave you with this 

thought, 

that it matters 

if I live 

as though 

it matters.

Taking God at His Word,

you can start right now

to trust His 

Word

and 

live 

as though

it really DOES 

MATTER.

Determined to keep on

posting, I know I have

macular degeneration

and could be blind any

moment. 

But for the little

time I have,

I will 

keep on

climbing 

ever higher

and 

one day

I will be

with my precious

Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus said,

Matthew 10.32 - 40

that it costs 

something 

to follow 

Him.

10.32 Whosoever 

therefore shall confess me

before men, him will I

confess also before 

my Father

which is in heaven.

33. But whosoever

shall deny me 

before men 

him will I also deny

before my Father

which is in heaven. 

34. Think not that I

am come to send 

peace on earth; 

I came not to send

peace, but 

a 

sword;

35. For 

I am come to set

a man at variance

against his father,

and 

the daughter

against her mother, and 

the daughter-in-law against

her mother-in-law.

36. And a man's

foes shall be they of his own

household.

37 He that 

loveth father or mother

more than me 

is not worthy 

of me;

and he that

loveth 

son or daughter

more than me

is not

worthy of me.

38. and he that taketh not 

his cross, and

followeth after me,

is not worthy of me.

39. He that findeth

his life shall lose it;

and he that loseth his life

for my sake

shall find it.

40. He that receiveth

you

receiveth me, and

he that receiveth me,

receiveth 

Him that sent me.

So by trusting Jesus

because it MATTERS to you

and 

He paid the price of your sin

fully 

completey

and 

said

"it is finished" 

when he died on the Cross.

And he rose from the grave,

by the power of 

His Resurrection

you and I have

a life to life that

really matters.

Colossians 1.27 

Christ in you, the hope of glory

is the revealed 

truth 

we can believe.

Only to be 

what He wants me to be

Every moment

of every day,

Yielded 

completely 

to Jesus alone,

Every step of my 

pilgrim way.

Just to clay in the

potter's hand,

Ready to do 

what His Word 

commands,

Only to be 

what He wants me to be

Every moment 

of Every 

Day.

These Brown eyed Susans are 

happily blooming today on my

patio.   I want to bloom for Him.

How about you?

How about your heart?

check out my link for this 

on my Blog. 

REFLECTIONS ON ISRAEL AND MOTHER'S DAY

                                                                             REFLECTIONS ON 

ISRAEL AND MOTHER'S DAY 

Isaiah 66.13

AS ONE WHOM HIS 

MOTHER COMFORTETH, 

SO WILL I COMFORT YOU; 

AND YE SHALL BE

COMFORTED IN

JERUSALEM.

LILACLADY JUNEBUG2 

Thinking today on what the Bible 
says about Israel, on her day May 9, 
and as to God's view of her, 
and of our Mothers.
When Isaiah penned this Word given from God, 
the warning of coming destruction and judgment 
upon Jerusalem had been already given.
Yet, in all the doom and gloom of the
warnings, here God
gives HIS VIEW.

AS ONE WHOM HIS MOTHER COMFORTETH 

ISAIAH 66.13  

This is a  PROMISE the LORD God gave

to Judah in her time of need.

The warnings of the Prophet Isaiah

to the southern Kingdom of Judah 

was that she needed to 

repent, and return

to the LORD God.

Judgment was coming on the land.

Warnings were everywhere.

No one wanted to listen.

No one wanted to hear.

Focus on what we are doing, 

they thought.

Focus on what was past.

and so they

were listening to 

the prophets who told them

good things were coming 

and not bad.

These however were false.

Their prophecies were not 

from the LORD God.

My Mother and Father with me 

as a little baby in June of 1933

Three days old, Daddy graduated

from High School the night I was born.

They were both 17 years old.   

When I read the words from this passage

"as one whom his mother comforteth, 

so will I comfort you"  I find a 

quality in the LORD God that usually

does not seem to be 

recognized by most.

My Mother was to me my dearest 

friend.   She nurtured me, from the time

I was conceived until I grew old 

enough to do for myself.

Her father wanted her to have

an abortion.

It was not "right" to have this child

he said.

Her husband wanted her to

have an abortion.

He was afraid.

He was young.

He was not ready.

but my Mother had faith 

that somehow

God would give ME  life.

She said, 

I took the abortives 

like I was told,

but I prayer 

very hard, 

God, please let this Baby come.

AND SO I CAME.

A bright brown eyed red head

of a little child.

My father grew to love me.

He listened to me when I told him 

things.

My grandfather accepted me 

and learned to be fond of me.

Although I never understood

that at this time

there was a sad

thing happening

in the world 

to the Jewish people,

I knew SOME THING

was not right.

Most people would say

"I imagine it"  but I know what

I heard when I was in 

my mother's womb.

It was 1933. Before I was born.

Hitler was speaking on the radio,

and Grandmother, Mother,

and me in Mother's womb were

there, listening to

the harsh 

shrill

loud

hateful

voice 

of 

this man Adolf Hitler.

When I was a little girl of three,

and wandered in my grandmother's

living room, I would see

the radio there and

I remembered 

THAT VOICE SO FEARFUL

No one talked about who he was.

I never heard anyone tell

me of what was 

happening.

But somehow,

I KNEW WHAT WAS

GOING ON.  

In my first day at school

as a Kindergarten student I 

attended in Boston MA 

to a class there.

A large class of about

sixty of us.

One lady took six of us 

into a circle of chairs 

to teach us 

how to read 

with flash cards 

and 

phonetic sounds.

I noticed on the board 

there was a 

picture of children

somewhere  where they

were also in 

class.

They looked sad.

They looked forlorn.

Wistful, solemn, not smiling.

Thin faces.

They must be hungry I thought.

Later I learned that 

was a picture from Germany.

It was placed on front page 

newspapers everywhere

proclaiming the 

goodness of German 

Education.

As a t small child I was very 

much aware of people and 

their feelings.

Here I felt I WAS SUCH A BIG GIRL

FOR GRANDMA TOLD ME I WAS 

HELPING HER WEED.

Here I am at 5 years of age.

It is now 1938 and the 

memories I still

have of the 

things I saw in my mind

and my spirit

of the hate 

the hurt 

the way people 

were treating other 

people 

made me 

a little 

cautious 

about 

making friends.

We moved a lot.

I mean, we moved a lot.

Daddy was out of work, looking

for work, and we went with 

him.   From Adams, MA to

Boston MA and back again

and then returning

to try again.

I found my MOTHER was 

indeed MY BEST FRIEND

THE ONE I COULD TALK TO

AND

SHE COMFORTED ME.

As I look back, and

see how God gave

me "impressions" of 

the Holocaust, yet 

gave me courage to live,

I think now of this passage

in Isaiah which 

God told His People

bad things were coming

and it was because 

they did not turn to Him.

As I looked at 

what happened in the Holocaust

and as I discovered later on,

that the Evil that men do 

to others is going to 

be judged by the 

JUDGE OF ALL 

THE LIVING GOD

THE ONLY TRUE GOD

will judge all 

the wicked.

As a child, of three,  I went 

to church on EASTER SUNDAY 

only to be placed 

in a Nursery

where there were blocks

and toys.

I looked - disappointed -

around - and then I SAW ON THE

WALL BY THE WINDOWS 

some pictures 

What were these? 

I stepped to look closer

and found

EACH ONE BECKONING ME

TO LOOK 

so I DID.  

IT WAS LIKE I WAS 

SURROUNDED BY A GLOW

I WAS UNAWARE OF ANY

THING EXCEPT THE 

PICTURES.

As I looked at these pictures

I saw an Angel with a 

woman....I thought about that ...

the next picture showed Mary traveling

on a donkey with Joseph by her side.

I did not know their names, but I knew from

Christmas songs who it was...Joseph and Mary.

Then I looked at a picture with Angels 

in the night air over the Shepherds. 

Then the Shepherds at the Manger.

The next picture showed 

the wise men worshipping the Baby.

Jesus as a little boy 

helping Joseph in carpentry.

Another picture showed

Jesus teaching the people from

a boat.  

Jesus blessing the children.

Jesus 

Jesus riding on a donkey

into Jerusalem 

people praising God 

as he approached

Jesus dying on the cross 

between two thieves,

and 

Jesus ascending into heaven

from the Disciples looking as he went up.

Brrrinng.......the Bell rang 

for the end of the Sunday School time.

NOISES LOUD  blocks crashed down,

children crying and talking, 

the glow went away

and I was in the 

NURSERY ROOM AGAIN.

It was like I had God's Spirit

telling me 

THIS IS THE STORY.

LISTEN TO IT.

When I got home, Mother asked 

"What did you learn about Jesus? 

I said,   Mother,  I saw some pictures

and I think God was telling me that He came as 

a little baby to show us Who God Is and He died 

on the Cross but He rose again, so when I grow up I will

find out more about  Him.    

WHY ? was this important to Mother?

She had already told me, 

that "because you are part Jewish, maybe

when you grow up, and find out 

Who God Is, you can tell me, and I will

believe.

Here my Mother and I stood in 

1955 at Grandmother's house.

I was grown now, in college, 

working, and looking toward

serving Christ.  

My Mother was my 

best friend.  

I was able to lead her

to a certainty of faith

in Christ Jesus our Lord,

but I believe her

simple 

childlike 

faith 

was begun 

when she had faith

to believe 

I would be born.

ISRAEL WILL BE COMFORTED

SO TOO WILL YOU  

NO MATTER WHAT THE PAIN

NO MATTER WHAT THE HEARTACHE

NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES

GOD 

WILL 

COMFORT 

US.

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

HAS PROMISED

US

ETERNAL LIFE 

if we believe on His Finished Work on the Cross

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

HAS PROMISED

US 

A COMFORTER 

TO BE WITH US

TO BE DWELLING IN US 

AND

THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS

BUT THE COMFORTER

WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST,

WHOM THE FATHER 

WILL SEND IN MY NAME;

HE SHALL TEACH

YOU ALL THINGS, 

AND BRING ALL

THINGS TO YOUR

REMEMBRANCE

WHATSOEVER

I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU.

John 14.26   

TO THE JEW, 

WAS GIVEN THE PROMISE

OF A NEW COVENANT 

IN

THE PROPHETS.

JOHN 14.6 

I AM THE WAY

THE TRUTH

AND THE LIFE,

NO MAN COMETH

UNTO THE FATHER

BUT 

BY ME.

JESUS IS COMING AS HE PROMISED

                     JOHN CHAPTER 14.1 - 3

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED;

YE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME,

IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE 

MANY MANSIONS, IF IT WERE NOT SO, I 

WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.   I GO TO 

PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 

AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE

FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN, 

THAT WEHRE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE

ALSO.            

                  

           

Here I give you a promise too for 

the coming generations    

Isaiah 54.13

AND ALL THEY CHILDREN 

SHALL BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD; 

AND GREAT SHALL BE 

THE PEACE OF THY CHILDREN.

Someday  Isreal will see the    MILLENIAL REIGN OF CHRIST.

DURING THIS TIME OF 1000 YEARS THERE WILL

BE PEACE IN JERUSALEM

THERE WILL BE LAUGHTER AND JOY 

THERE WILL BE THE SOUND OF THE BRIDEGROOM WITH HIS BRIDE,

THE PLANTING OF TREES AND 

THE HARVESTING OF CROPS.

THE PROMISE OF GOD TO ISRAEL 

IS A PROMISE OF ASSURANCE

TO THE CHRISTIAN 

FOR 

WE ARE GRAFTED INTO THE ROOT

THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

HE IS THE VINE 

WE ARE THE BRANCHES.

WE CAN TRUST GOD 

TO KEEP HIS PROMISES TO ISRAEL

WE CAN TRUST GOD 

TO KEEP HIS PROMISE 

TO US AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS

HIS SON

GOD;S BOOK THE K J V BIBLE 

IS TO BE TRUSTED

MATTHEW 4.4 MAN SHALL NOT LIVE

BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD

THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.  

PSALM 119..105 THY WORD IS A LAMP

UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.

PSALM 12.6,6,7

THE WORDS OF THE LORD ARE PURE WORDS;

AS SILVER TRIED IN A FURNACE OF EARTH,

PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES. THOU SHALT KEEP 

THEM, O LORD, THOU SHALT PRESERVE 

THEM FROM THIS GENERATION FOR EVER. 

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.

THREE YEARS OLD 

ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS

1936   

HOW GLAD I AM ON MOTHER'S DAY TO SAY

GOD LOVES ME, 

AND GOD LOVES YOU.

WHY NOT START TODAY 

TO 

READING GOD'S WORD

TO FIND HIM 

AND TO KNOW HIM

AND TO LOVE HIM

HE WILL COMFORT YOU 

AS ONE WHOSE MOTHER COMFORTS HIM.

                                

 

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.