Monday, February 19, 2024

WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING - Remembering Little Church in the Valley - Carson, WA - by LILACLADY JUNEBUG2

 



FINDING TRUE PEACE 

Lilaclady Junebug2
June Estelle Cash



Remembering "Little Church in the Valley" 
Carson (Hemlock-Stabler) WA
1984 - 1987 

As I look back on the ministries
I rejoice in the times 
of fellowship, love, 
and friendship 
of those 
whom we served. 

There was a sense of P E A C E 
in this little church.
Stationed 15 miles from Mt Saint Helen,
we served there as 
we continued in 
God's Holy Word - (KJV) of the Bible.

We did not make the 
headlines.
But over those few 
years - we saw 
people on the move 
people going from one place to another
and others
who for a time
stayed in the area.
We had a Sunday School
and Service on every
Sunday Morning
while at 
dusk we had an 
Evening Service.

Wm. Henry Cash Jr
1927 - 2012 
was their Pastor.
Served 1984 - 1988 

Thinking Back 
I see 
how much faith
my dear  
husband 
had 
in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Every morning 
before I got up, 
he was studying at his desk, 
pouring over 
Hebrew in the Old Testament
and in the 
Greek New Testament
as well as 
his 
King James Version Holy Bible.

How I remember 
And how I cherish
His memory.
One morning he was 
a bit late...and as
he set off, he 
normally had
prayer with me.
He said, pray for me, 
I'm late.  and he headed
off to work. 

To get there, he 
had to go from
Carson WA 
where we lived, 
go through a 
T U N N E L 
before he got 
to the Cascade Locks Bridge
which spanned
the river.
It was a good drive
every day
back and forth.
He never complained.

That day, after he 
left, I felt his desire
for me to pray,
and as I did, 
was overwhelmed 
with tears,
and a strange awareness
that he and I were
together
for the reason
of leading people 
to know Christ
and to disciple 
them.
I prayed not knowing
why and what
but that it 
was important 
that I 
place Henry and 
myself into 
the Lord's hands.

Well, the day
went on, and 
time came for Henry
to come from Parkdale, OR
where he worked at 
the U S F S Ranger Station.
As he came into 
the house, he smiled a 
big smile.
I asked him? 
Did any thing happen ? 
today ? 
And he said, 
June, I was traveling 
toward the tunnel, and 
all of a sudden I was
stopped because
the cars in front 
of me were
not moving.
I waited.  It was dark 
still, as the 
sun had not come up.
Someone came
to my window to
say, we just had 
a large rock fall 
onto the highway 
and it hit one car, and
damaged another.
You have to 
wait until we clear it
away.  
So, he said,, 
If I had not been LATE 
I could have died.
And here I am.

The next day we 
saw in the paper that 
it was a 17 ton rock 
that had fallen.
How they got everyone
going again, I do not 
know, but 
I was thankful
my husband 
trusted God 
and 
had asked me to
pray for him.

Psalm 1 tells us 
that the man 
who delights in 
the law of the Lord 
and 
meditates on it 
day and night
will 
be Blessed.

Psalm 1 
1. Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, 
nor standeth 
in the way of sinners, 
nor sitteth in the 
seat of the scornful.
2.But his delight is in 
the law of the LORD, 
and in his law 
doth meditate 
day and 
night. 
3. And he shall be 
like a tree planted
by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth
fruit in its season; 
his leaf also shall not 
wither; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper. 
4. The ungodly are not 
so, but like the chaff 
which the wind driveth away.
5. There the ungodly 
shall not sant in the 
judgment, 
nor sinners in 
the congregation
of the righteous.
6. For the LORD knoweth 
the way of the righteous,
but the way of the ungodly 
shall perish.

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
through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

John 3.3 
Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, except 
a man be born again
he cannot see 
the kingdom of God. 

John 14.6 
Jesus saith unto them, I am 
the way, the truth and 
the life, No man cometh
unto the Father
 but by me.  


Time is ticking. 
The clock tell us so.
Jesus has given us
His promise 
that He not only
is the way, the truth, 
and the life
and that 
only by Him 
can we 
have a 
relationship
with 
the Father. 

Jesus said himself to
Nicodemus
who came to him
by night
"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.

My husband was to me
my love, my friend
and 
all because
He loved and knew the 
Lord Jesus Christ.
I was a sinner saved by grace also, and
knew the Lord as my Savior.
It took God and God 
alone 
to put two 
people together
who
when they married
would be 
ONE 
in 
Faith 
Hope 
and 
Charity

Charity is God's Divine Live
and 
it is 
His Love which 
draws us 
to Himself.

Jesus said before 
he went to the cross
that he was 
going to 
do just this - 
that he would die, 
would be buried, 
and would rise again 
all According to the Scriptures.

He did not mince his words.
He told the truth.
When He rose from
the grave.
He gave the command
"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. Amen.
Matthew 28b. 18 - 20 


I present to you 
that just as my 
dear husband
stood for 
the KJV the Holy Bible
and 
did all he could
to serve 
to tell others
about His Savior
so too 
today 
I come to you
and say
as a widow 90 years young 
I came to Jesus as a sinner
and found Christ is everything
to me - 
and I long to share that 
Gospel 
the Good News 
that Jesus loves ALL 
God who is 
Merciful
came to dwell among 
us 
and make his 
home 
with us
until he 
Paid The Only Price
for sin 
(Matthew 1.21)
because
He was 
born 
of a virgin 
(Isaiah 9.6)
and 
born 
to be the Lamb of God
which taketh 
the sin of 
the world 
(John 1.29)


Why not trust Christ 
today? 
It is never too late
Jesus is coming soon.
It may be night
It may be noon. 
But it will be soon.
Those who trust him
become 
New Creatures.
Brand new babies.
What happens in the moment
you trust and 
pray 
Jesus, I thank
you 
for dying for me
in my place
and I 
ask you to 
forgive me
and 
wash me
and make 
me Clean, 
I ask you to come
into my heart.

It only takes a moment
but it lasts a lifetime.
and, 
the person 
who trusts Jesus
will 
live for ever.

It will be worth it all
when we see Jesus,
life's trials will seem so small,
when we see Christ! 

Jesus said, 
Ask and it shall be given you,
Seek, and ye shall find, 
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you,
Matthew 7. 7.  
 
Jesus also said, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
He that heareth my word,
and believeth on him
that sent me, 
hath everlasting life, 
and shall not 
come into condemnation
but is passed from death
unto life. 
John 5.24 

Again Jesus said, 
And this is the will of him
that sent me, that \
everyone 
which seeth the Son,
and believeth 
on him, 
may have
everlasting life,
and I shall raise
him 
at the last day. 
John 6.40

What can wash my sin? 
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again? 
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Oh, precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow,
No other fount I know, 
Nothing
 but the blood of Jesus