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.
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
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
READY TO
SHARE MY FAITH
IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
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.
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
TRIP ADVISOR - SEMIAHMOO RESORT
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
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 !
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
TRIP ADVISOR - SEMIAHMOO RESORT
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.
back when she was little like me,
and must have about three in this picture.
It was 1918. Her birthday was in April.
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.
After that time we were very close.
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.
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.
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
