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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

YOU ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF GOD 

BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS

I  ASK GOD TO GRANT ME WISDOM

"For by grace are ye saved through

faith, and that not of yourselves; it 

is the gift of God: not of works, 

lest any man should boast. For

we are his workmanship, created 

in Christ Jesus unto good works, which 

God hath before ordained that we 

should walk in them" 

      Over the years of our marriage Henry drove us everywhere -   I took photos.   Nothing great, but as I look at these photos, I see a way to share my faith with others.   Then there are his sermons, and my poems, and much to ponder on.  So here I go into the BLOGGING WORLD with God helping me.  Add to that my interest in books, geneology, travel, people, i have much to put into it all.   

     Believing as I do that God's Word is my source and all I need for direction - I am counting on His dear Spirit to lift up the Savior in my blogs that even should the LORD JESUS CHRIST come for His Bride and take all the Believers up with him - the Blogs will still be on line for whoever wishes to read and look at and find the same faith in the Lord Jesus and that His Blood is the only way that a sinner can be saved.  His sacrifice was enough once for all, for each one who will 

turn to Him.

Romans 14.7 - 9

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.   For to this end Christ both died and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord of the dead and the living.

Jesus may come today !

Glad Day, Glad Day,

If He should Come Today,

I'll live for today 

nor anxious be,

Jesus my Lord I soon shall see,

Glad Day !  Glad Day ! 

Jesus ! may come today ! 

It has been over a year since my hip was operated on and I am doing well.   In July of 2016  ago I was still having care and now here I am, back to my computer, back to studying and doing things I like to do.   How blessed I am.   I pray that I may share my faith, and give many encouragement to keep living for the Lord if they already know Him, and for others, that I might present Christ in such a way that they too will want to trust Him as Lord and Savior.   

MARY AND MARTHA

In Luke 10 we have the record of how Jesus came to a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha invited him into her house.    Now here he is at her invitation, enjoying the things she did for him.   It then states that she had a sister Mary, who sat at Jesus' feet, hearing what he said.

Mary was very busy in what she did.  She was doing it for Jesus, and so she began to feel cumbered - it was a big job.   She went to Jesus and said, Lord, dost thou care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?  bid her therefore that she help me.

Hmmn.   What D I D Jesus say ? It says that Jesus answered and said "Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but some thing is more needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away."

You and I may be busy people. 

We may think that like Martha, inviting someone to share a meal is the "thing to do"...but here is Mary - who most likely was there to assist Martha, but because of  Who Jesus was, and because she knew she wanted to LISTEN TO HIM she did just that.    

Today people are busy - working, eating, driving, traveling, playing.   Everyone has things that they do which they MUST DO, and everyone has some things that they WISH TO DO.   Not everyone wishes to "sit at the feet of Jesus" and yes, listen.

Every time I open my Bible I give God's dear Spirit the opportunity to speak to me.    Every time I heed that which I read, I gain new strength and help for my day.   

More than that, spending time with the Lord in Prayer is very important.   God values our time with Him.    Have you made it a priority in your life?   

Jesus said "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

Again he said, "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; if ye ask anything in my name, I will do it."  

1. Seek God's Will as best as you know how.

2. Give God your expectations.

3. Use what you have.

4. Read His Word, and Listen to His Spirit for guidance.

5. When you are in doubt about something - don't! 

6. Obey even when I do not understand -  God will enable you to do that.

7.    Trust God for the Supply.

In Martha's case she was burdened and laden down because she put herself in that position.   There is a time for service, but there

is a much greater need to 

stop, and learn from Jesus Himself.  

Climbing higher will only happen when we stop and sit at the feet of the Savior who longs for 

that closeness that comes from listening to Him.

As I sit at my desk and work along, I myself need to find time alone with the Lord Jesus Christ, to seek His face, and to pray that I may be used to do His will in my life.    

Thought for the Day

"USE WHAT YOU HAVE"

Do not consider what you do not have.

Don't think about what you think you should have.

Take stock and inventory.

Your resources.   Your assets.

Your belongings.   Your ideas.

Your little is much if God is in it.  

biblebuffjournal99 - CLIMBING IS AN ESSENTIAL- Walking by Faith I Keep Climbing

 WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING

CLIMBING IS AN ESSENTIAL.

LIVING AT BLAINE I GO PAST 
BIRCH BAY, AND SEE THE 
SEMIAHMOO RESORT FROM THE HWY

October 15, 2017  I am now successfully back to living
in my little apartment here in Blaine WA.   My hip operation
revision was a success, and it has been more than a year now 
and it looks like I am able to do most things.
I intend to keep climbing.  
The Shepherd loves for me, and yes, He cares for you.

JUNE ESTELLE CASH 
ALIAS 
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    DO YOU KNOW THAT THE SHEPHERD LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU?
     Here are some things to reflect upon:
   
  1.   The PAIN that Jesus suffered on the Cross for you and I was not in vain.  He did suffer, and He took on all the mental, emotional, physical, and hurtful pain that ever has or will be experienced by anyone, and took it on Himself, that we may be His Children.    Isaiah chapter 53 tells us that 700 years before He ever came, He would do just that.
 

  2.  The Precious Blood that Jesus shed as the Lamb of God given for our Sins, is more than anything the ONE CENTRAL ISSUE in Christianity that some have set aside, the Cross on which He died is only important because He did indeed shed His blood for you and I.    John declared BEHOLD, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of  the world.   John 1.29

   3.   The Payment that Jesus paid for our sins and sorrows is complete and finished.   He cried from the Cross, IT IS FINISHED  -  a mathematical term for a completion of something.  It is Done.   Nothing more has to be paid to make it possible for someone to be saved.  It was what Jesus said when He told Mary, I am the Resurrection and the Life."    Again, He said  "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one cometh to the Father but by me."  John 14.6.
         
   4.   The Power of the Resurrection is as effective today as it was when He rose from the grave  He told the disciples several times that He was going to be taken, killed, dead, buried and that He would rise again the Third Day.     Not just once did He tell them.   He told them and told them.           As I read the Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, I see that again  and again He told them that these things were WRITTEN OF LONG BEFORE HE CAME and that HE WAS GOING TO THE CROSS,  but THAT HE WOULD INDEED RISE ON THE THIRD DAY.   My prayer and my goal is that "I may know Him and the power of His Resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His
 death."  Philippians 3.10.    
 
  5.   FINALLY,  last, but not least IS THE PROMISE OF HIS RETURN !
       JOHN 14. 1 - 3    LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, YOU 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 to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, you may be  also.  

       JESUS IS COMING FOR YOU AND ME -   

THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HIM  TO COME, 

WHO LOVE HIM, 

WHO ARE LONGING FOR HIS APPEARING, 

WHO ARE THE BLOOD - BOUGHT ONES WHO HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR,

       AND FOR WHOM HE CAME AS A LITTLE BABE IN A MANGER 

OVER  2000 YEARS AGO.    

 
      HE IS COMING.    ARE YOU READY?
 
    YOU CAN BECOME A CHILD OF THE FATHER BY TRUSTING IN JESUS TODAY.
     HE IS THE MESSIAH, THE LORD, THE ADONAI -  LORD AND MASTER -  WHO  WAS, AND IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE GOD THE SON REVEALING THE FATHER  IN HIMSELF, AND WHO HAS PROMISED THAT TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES  IN HIM WOULD HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVEN TO THAT ONE WHO BELIEVES.
 
     IT WAS JESUS HIMSELF SAID 

           "  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 CHAPTER 3. VERSE 16

 

I AM GOING TO HAVE A "REVISION" OF MY LEFT HIP AND WILL BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS, AND THEN IN REHAB UNTIL I CAN PROGRESS TO GETTING BACK TO WALKING.   

    Count on it.

   I am taking a S I D E   T R I P  to the hospital, and then to the Rehabilitation  Center,   but someday YES SOMEDAY   I WILL TAKE A TRIP HOME WITH JESUS WHEN HE COMES TO CLAIM THE BRIDE, THE CHURCH, THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HIM.  

AFTER MY OPERATION IN MARCH

IN THE NURSING FOR FIVE WEEKS, I CAME HOME

THIS PHOTO OF ME WAS TAKEN JULY 24,2016

 

THEN SOME OF MY FAMILY CAME TO VISIT ME 

HERE IN BLAINE  SPRING  2017 

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE OPERATION.

I AM WALKING ABOUT WITH A WALKER

AND AM PROGRESSING TO 

WALKING AGAIN.

WHAT A MARVELOUS THING 

THAT I CAN SAY

JESUS CHRIST MY LORD AND KING

HE IS THE ONE OF WHOM I SING

HE IS THE ONE 

WHO HEARS 

AND ANSWERS PRAYER. 

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.

THIS PHOTO WAS OF OUR VIEW AT LAKE EASTON, WA

DURING OUR YEARS OF MINISTRY WITH TOURISTS AND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.  I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.  

NOW MY VIEW IS DOUBLY BEAUTIFUL

TAKE A LOOK AT MY VIEW FROM MY STUDY DESK 

AND MY KITCHEN SINK.

DRAYTON HARBOR SEEN

FROM MY APARTMENT

2017 

EVER NEW IS THE HORIZON-biblebuffjournal99

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EVER NEW IS THE HORIZON 

Fall is in the air.  Birds on the wing, and stirrings in the bushes.   The horizon beckons me on to dream and to imagine the possibilities.A good walk begins with the first step.   Into the future we may go, trusting the Heavenly Father for guiding our way.
I would like to share a sermon on GOD GIVEN WISDOM from Henry Cash's files.

GOD GIVEN WISDOM

JAMES 3.17 God Given Wisdom 

I.  It is pure.    Philippians 4.8   and  I John 3.3 II. 

 2.  It is peaceable.    Hebrews 12.11; John 14.27III. 

3.  It is gentle.  Titus 3.2 and I Peter 2.18.IV.

4.  It is easy to be entreated, to be persuaded.  Acts 28.23,      Romans             8.38 - 39, II Tim. 1.12, Hebrews 12.11.

5.  It is full of mercy.   Matthew 5.7; Luke 1.78,79;and Ephesians 2.4 - 5; 

     I Peter 1.3; Jude 1.21.  VI. It is full of good fruits.  Matthew 7.17; 

     John 15.8,16;      and Romans 6.22; Galatians 5.22-23; Phil. 1.11 

     and  Hebrews 12.11.VII. 

6.  It is without hypocrisy.   That means, no feigned or pretense. 

         II Timothy 1.5 and I Peter 1.22     

Every day
Along my way 
Looking to Christ my Lord and Savior
I trust Him to be my 
Wisdom, my Strength, my Source,
and my Guide 
in all I do.
Walk with me as I blog along - 
I will share some of His blessings as I go.  
January 21, 2016

A RIVER IN ITS CURRENT FLOWS TO THE SEA

AS WE JOURNEY IN LIFE IF WE HAVE BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE WILL ONE DAY STAND IN HIS PRESENCE, DRESSED IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

II CORINTHIANS 5:21FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN,THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.   

OUR STORY CAME TOGETHER IN 1960

    

This was my dear husband

 just after we got married in 1960. 

       He was 32, almost 33, and we had written for a year and a half.  We met when he decided to come through Sacramento CA as he went down to meetings and family in San Diego CA.   A month later, he proposed to me by mail.   I accepted, and we were married in Sacto. CA at the Central Baptist Church.     It lasted until he passed on to glory in June of 2012.   

THIS IS THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, CRESCENT OR., THE FIRST CHURCH HENRY PASTORED, FROM 1953 - 1962

How I cherish the memories.   When I see Christ, I will be able to say gladly, "By God's Grace, I am here"  

          Henry graduated from Linda Vista Baptist Bible College & Seminary on May 12, 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and a Bachelor of Theology degree.   On May 18, 1953, he received a degree in Bachelor of Divinity, and a Master of Theology degree. How privileged I am to say that though I did not know before 1959, it was meant to be that we would marry.  

         How he believed and prayed and dreamed is reflected in this photo of him in 1952.  

  He was born 1927 while I was born six years later, in 1933.   All the time I was growing up, God gave me "impressions" of someone SURELY going to be my husband one day.   I did not always pay attention.   I did come to a certainty that there WAS someone out there - but I did not always act appropriately.    How thankful I am that God is Sovereign, and that He knows and cares, and that this man was praying for a wife, and believe me, I needed prayer.   

             My determination did not always stay with me, and I would get side-tracked from what God wanted me to do.   My self-will got in the way.   How it worked out is a testimony to God's grace in my life.

This was my photo at 12 years of age.   

Born in 1933, it was 1945 here.   

Very little upbringing in any faith, I remember as a little girl my mother saying to me,"When you grow up, and find God and believe in Him, I want you to tell me about Him, and I will believe too."

Somehow, Mother thought that because I was Jewish from my Daddy's side, that I would have "an in" with God.   It was not so, but it did give me A PURPOSE in my life.  I found myself looking for what was true, right, good, and found myself reasoning at a young age, about who God was, is, and should be in my life.

It was in the 5th grade, at age 11, that a gentleman came to my grade school class and asked permission to hand out New Testaments.  The teacher said yes, and I got mine.   In it was written II Timothy 2.15  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."  

There were other verses given - it was a Gideon Bible, and very good for me.  I looked up all the verses, and gave my life and heart to Jesus as my Lord and Savior.   I was not attending church at that time.   In that year, I remember going to Girl Scouts and learning the ten commandments.   The Girl Scout promise was 

"to do my duty to God and my country," among other things, so my heart was tenderized to read God's Word. 

You must understand that I am a redhead, and that

in my life, I was "Italian, somewhat but not Jewish" 

and very English on my Mom's side.   

My mother's folks were from ingrained YANKEE NEW ENGLAND folk.  

 Their forefathers were independent, many of them Baptist, and inclined to think for themselves.   They came over on the Mayflower to escape persecution, and often were maligned or misunderstood because they were so independent, and did not "just go to church" perse.   Hardworkers, and inclined to be educated generally, they thought for themselves.

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MY GRANDFATHER'S FATHER - GEORGE EDGAR CARPENTER

WORKING ON WOOD 

AS A FARMER, EVERYTHING THEY DID AND PRODUCED 

WAS TRADED FOR OTHER GOODS IN THE AREA.

 MY GRANDFATHER (FORREST RAYMOND CARPENTER) HAD 

STRONG DISSENTERS IN HIS FAMILY.  THIS IS HIS GRANDFATHER, 

GEORGE ALBERT CARPENTER.

THIS WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S MOTHER AS A YOUNG WOMAN, 

VIDA MAY INGALLS.  THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE WEDDING DRESS

TO LUTHER WILBUR BREWER OF EASTHAM, MA.  

LUTHER WAS A TANNER, WORKING WITH LEATHER TO MAKE

GEAR FOR HORSES AND CARRIAGES.

On my father's side, I knew little.  

All I knew at the time was that his Mother was Jewish, of New York state, and that his father Orestes Donato was Italian, from Northern Italy.   My father had been raised by his Aunt Sally, not his mother.   His father returned to Italy with two brothers.   I know now that he remarried, and that I have relatives in the U S A.  I know now, that my father's father - Orestes Donato, was born in Tunisia, Africa while his father - my great grandfather Major Guiseppe Donato was a Major in the Italian Army while serving under the Italian King.

His wife, Nunia, was born in Russia.    There was no evidence of any religious affiliation - so I assume that they were Jews that came here hoping for a better life.   

This was my Dad in 1940.   I was 7 years of age at that time, and thought my father was very handsome.   He had been boarded out "as soon as he was old enough" by Aunt Sally who did what she thought was "proper" and then sent him to the New York Episcopal School of Music - where he learned to sing tenor, read music and to participate in the Episcopal church there where the school was situated.    Aunt Sally was of a "different" way of life for me.  She told palm readings to the rich and famous in order to make a living.  She lived in No Falmouth MA (Cape Cod) in the Summer and in the winter, lived in Florida.    I saw her only about three times in my life, and those were brief.   My biggest memory of the great grandmother is that she was a HUGE woman, who looked much like Golda Meier.   Strong features,  very intelligent, and quite in charge of her family.   My family was never able to discover why my Dad's mother was not raising him.   I did later on in my life discover he was born at the Ipswich NY Women's Reformatory.  

       My sister asked me, Why would that have been? where he was born?   I told her what I knew.   That in our country a law had been passed around 1884 and was in effect until about 1904 - which declared "a law establishing reformatories and villages" in which people who were homeless, on the street, and without work would be put in the villages, and anyone who was judged "immoral or indigent" was placed in a reformatory.   If a woman got pregnant, unmarried, or if married and the husband was out of work, then she would be considered as "a prostitute" so it is likely my grand-father was out of work, and not able to support her.  Even if the child was his, he could stop authorities from doing this.   They had the power to put anyone where they wanted.    I understand that in "these villages" that were created it was like a nightmare of travesties where the care was just "watching over cattle" not people.  

Many tried to commit suicide the conditions were so bad. 

Well, such as it was, the law was repealed before I was born. I understand that my Great grandmother Nunzia Donato was living up until 1975.   I would have liked to have known her.

My mother and father, the day after I was born, 

on June 9, 1933. 

       On my mother's side, I am related to the Carpenters, Cooks, Browns, and Greens who many of them were children of those that came over on the Mayflower in 1620. 

My Mother at age 17 had me, in 1933.    Strange, but Henry's mother was only 17 when she had him as her first child of nine. Anna Maude Sandine married Wm. Henry Cash, and in 1927 Henry was born in Rison Arkansas.  

     From what I understand, on Henry's Mother's side, she was a full blooded Swede, named Anna Maude Sandine.

Henry's father was named after a famous preacher Uncle Wm. Henry Cash who before the Civil War was a plantation owner, but after the Civil War he became an Itinerant Circuit Preacher and was beloved by all. 
       
  He was the father of Reuben who then had Ray and Roy Cash.   Roy Cash was Johnny Cash the singer's father, while Ray Cash was Henry's grandfather's father.  So Henry's grandfather Garret Gibson Cash was a first cousin to Johnny Cash's father.   

Rev. Wm. Henry Cash  1852 - 1912

Apr 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 were the Civil War years.

I will put a link to the obituary of this dear man.   Although my father in law did not become a preacher, my husband did.  How grateful I am for believing folks in our families that prayed over the years.  

This was Henry's birth certificate.

I believe that the "daylight standard time" was

                                                             

a conflict that day, and the doctor who delivered Henry chose to use May 26, not May 25th.   I understand another friend of mine to have had her Mother choose the 26th instead of 25th but she too celebrates two days of "birth" ...

   

Here is Wm. Henry Cash (Jr.) at age 14 with

his grandmother Lenora Lee (Akins) Cash

Her birthday was on the 25th.   

Later on in this blog I will list more accurate dates for those in my family
 who wish to take note of them.   

This is the first entry of my life and Henry's.  I look forward to sharing it as I go along.    

There is much to discover online from GENEOLOGY WEBSITES.    LATER I SHALL RESEARCH THE FAMILIES ONLINE AND PERHAPS HAVE A BIT MORE TO GO ON.