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IMAGINE THAT 10/28/2006
BY Carl Evans

WHEN WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN LIFE'S ROAD
IN THE MANY YEARS AGO
AND EXPERIENCING THE CLOSENESS OF FAMILY
TIES 'MIDST THE SPIRIT'S FLOW
WE NEVER KNEW THE EXTENT OF HOW
GOD WORKED OUT HIS WILL
BUT WE PLODDED ON WITH HIS HELP AND
LEARNED HOW TO YIELD.
IMAGINE THAT !

ALL OF THE TRIALS AND TESTS THAT WE
HAD TO WALK THROUGH
CAUSED US TO SOMETIME FEAR THE OUTCOME
BUT WE STAYED TRUE
FOR WE LEARNED TO COMMIT THEM INTO
THE SAVIOR'S HAND
AND WE FOCUSED ON ANOTHER WORLD
THAT IS SO GRAND.
IMAGINE THAT !

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE FLESH SHOWED ITSELF
AND THUS WE SINNED
BUT WE WENT TO THE SAVIOR AND HE
CLEANSED US WITHIN
THEN WE CONTINUED DOWN LIFE'S ROAD
RESTING IN HIS GRACE
KNOWING THAT REGARDLESS OF PROBLEMS
WE'LL REACH HIS PLACE.
IMAGINE THAT !

THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ORDAINED BY GOD
FOR OUR OWN BEST
AND WE NEED TO KEEP OUR HEARTS SETTLED
TO PASS EACH TEST
BUT WE CAN BE ASSURED OF SUCCESS
DOING OUR PART
FOR THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY RESIDES
WITHING OUR HEART.
IMAGINE THAT !
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THIS VALLEY
by Carl Evans 11/2/2006

LORD, WHY HAVE YOU PLACED ME IN ANOTHER VALLEY?
DO YOU THINK THAT I NEED TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER ONE?
HOW CAN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WORK OUT FOR GOOD IN ME?
HOW CAN I USE THIS TO BRING GLORY AND HONOR TO THE SON?

MANY TIMES WE MUST GO THROUGH THINGS WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND
SO THAT ON EARTH WE CAN HONOR GOD AND FULFIL HIS PLAN.
WE KNOW WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT "ALL WORKS FOR OUR GOOD,
AND ENCOURAGES US TO SHARE HIS PROMISES WITH THE BROTHERHOOD.

WE ARE PLACED IN THIS WORLD NOT FOR OUR OWN DESIRES,
BUT TO SHARE THE MESSAGE OF HOPE TO STIR UP SLUMBERING FIRES.
SO, WHEN WE GO THROUGH ANOTHER VALLEY WE MUST TRUST HIM STILL
FOR IT'S HIM THAT GOES WITH US TO FULFIL HIS WILL.
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IT IS GOD'S MINISTRY
by Carl Evans 11/14/2006
WHEN WE ARE SAVED WE ARE ADOPTED BY GOD
THROUGH CHRIST INTO HIS OWN FAMILY,
AND WE ARE CALLED TO REPRESENT THE ALMIGHTY
IN AND WITH OUR LIVES THROUGH HIS MINISTRY.
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT KIND OF WORK
WE MAY DO TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILY,
BUT IT'S JUST NOT FOR A PAYCHECK BUT
TO REPRESENT OUR LORD TIL ETERNITY.
THOSE WHO PREACH OR TEACH THE WORD OF
GOD OR SING FOR HIS HONOR AND GLORY,
MUST REALIZE THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH
OTHERS TO KEEP ON TELLING HIS STORY.

WE MAY BE GARBAGE COLLECTORS OR REPAIR
MEN AND WOMEN BUT WE ARE DOING IT FOR HIM,
FOR WE REALIZE THAT WE ARE IN A WAR TO
HELP SAVE OTHERS FROM THE DEVIL'S WHIM.
EVEN IF WE GIVE A CUP OF WATER AND SOME BREAD
TO THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE LURCH,
WE MUST MINISTER AS TO THE LORD SO THEY CAN
FIND GOD'S GRACE AND JOIN WITH HIS CHURCH.
SO, IF WE EVER FIND THAT THE JOY HAS GONE
OUT AND WE ARE ONLY ENTERTAINING THEM,
THEN WE MUST REMEMBER WHO LEADS US AND
REFOCUS ON OUR PURPOSE AND UPON HIM.
THEN HIS JOY WILL RETURN TO OUR SOUL
AND WE'LL HAVE A DETERMINATION WITHIN,
TO BE USED BY THE LORD TO HELP
THOSE WHO ARE LOST AND LIVING IN SIN.
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A CHILDLESS MOTHER
by Carl Evans 11/14/2006
SHE NEVER HAD A CHILD BORN TO HER
AND SHE COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND
BUT SHE LIVED HER LIFE DUTIFULLY
HOPING FOR A CHILD IN GOD'S PLAN.
THEY TRIED MANY TECHNIQUES WITHOUT SUCCESS
HOPING THAT THIS TIME IT WOULD BE RIGHT
BUT NOTHING DEVELOPED FROM THEIR EFFORTS
AND ONE COULD TELL THEY WERE LOSING THE FIGHT.
SO THE WOMAN NEVER KNEW THE JOY
OF HAVING A CHILD DEVELOP IN HER WOMB
BUT THEIR LIVES CONTINUED ON AS USUAL
THOUGH THEY STILL HAD A CHILDLESS ROOM.

THERE WERE MANY TEARS SHED DURING THOSE
DAYS AND YEARS THEY WERE HUSBAND AND WIFE,
BUT THEIR CONSISTENT NEED FOR A CHILD
WAS INTERRUPTING THEIR HOME LIFE.
SHE HAD SUCH A NEED TO BE A REAL MOM
FOR SHE LOVED CHILDREN VERY MUCH
AND SHE WANTED THE FEEL OF NURSING
HER OWN BABY WITH A LOVING TOUCH.
THROUDH ALL HER LIFE, SHE FELT THAT GOD
MAYBE COULD NOT TRUST HER WITH A CHILD,
AND THOUGH THAT WAS NOT GODS' IDEA
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT BOTHERED ALL THE WHILE.
SHE HAD MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS BEFORE AND
AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE AND INTIMACY,
BUT SHE COULD NEVER GET AWAY FROM THE
HURT AND RAISING A CHILD FROM INFANCY.
SHE WAS IN HER EARLY FORTIES WHEN SHE DIED
AND THERE WERE MANY WHO MOURNED THAT DAY
FOR THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WERE TOUCHED
AND THANKFUL THAT GOD HAD SENT HER THEIR WAY.
SHE HAD WANTED TO BE A MOTHER TO HER OWN
BUT GOD HAD FOR HER LIFE A DIFFERENT PLAN.
HE USED HER TO TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE AND CHILDREN
THOUGH SHE COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND.
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT GOD WANTS FROM YOUR OWN LIFE,
THEN FOCUS ON JESUS CHRIST AND HE WILL
GUIDE YOU TO HELP OTHERS LIVING WITH STRIFE.
--in memory of my first wife Maude Germany Evans 1952-1994--
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        FOR SUCH A PURPOSE (CAME I)
        by Carl Evans 7/16/2006
    ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A LADY
    WHO SAVED A PUPPY FROM A SAD DESTINY.
    SHE NURSED THE RUNT TIL HE BECAME GROWN
    AND TURNED INTO HER GUARD DOG OF RENOWN.
    ONE DAY THEY WENT INTO THE WOODS TO SEE
    AND CAME UPON A WILD WOLF AND TURNED TO FLEE.
    THE DOG TURNED FROM THE LADY TO MEET HIS FOE
    AND AFTER THE FIGHT THE WOLF WAS BROUGHT LOW.
    SHE'D SPRAINED HER ANKLE TRYING TO GET AWAY
    WHEN THE KNIGHT INTERCEDED AND SAVED HER DAY.
    SHE WAS CARRIED AWAY TO HIS CASTLE HOME
    AND WERE WED IN BLISS AND NEVER MORE ROAMED.

    ONCE A BABE WAS BORN IN A LITTLE TOWN
    THAT WAS DESTINED TO DIE AND WIN A CROWN.
    HE WAS ABUSED BY THE HORDES OF ENEMIES
    TO KEEP HIM FROM CLAIMING HIS DESTINY.
    ALL OF THEIR DEEDS SUCCEEDED TO A DEGREE
    BUT HE ROSE AGAIN TO RETURN TO ETERNITY.
    THE RESULTS OF THE SELFLESS LIFE OF THAT MAN
    REAPED SUCH A HARVEST OF SOULS TO FULFILL GOD'S PLAN.
    HE'S STILL SAVING SOULS FROM THE TIES OF HELL
    FULFILLING TH FATHER'S WILL TIL ALL IS WELL,
    AND WILL CONTINUE TO USE WILLING PEOPLE
    TO BRING OTHERS INTO HIS FAM'LY AND UNDER HIS STEEPLE.

    WE WERE BORN INTO THIS WORLD TO SERVE
    AND FROM THE MASTER'S TASK WE'RE NE'ER TO SWERVE
    BUT GAIN CLEANSING AND STRENGTH FROM HIS BLOOD
    AND LIVE FOR HIM IN HUMILITY AND IN LOVE.
    TO FULFILL HIS PURPOSE IN OUR LIVES WE MUST
    PLACE OUR FAITH IN HIM AND LIVE LIVES OF TRUST
    HELPING OTHERS TO SEE THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS
    WITNESSING TO THEM WITH HIS GRACE THROUGHOUT THE DAYS.
    WE HAVE A HOME PREPARED FOR US IN THAT LAND ABOVE
    AND WE ARE TO TROD THIS EARTHLY PATH WITH HIS LOVE.
    THE DEVIL IS ON A RAMPAGE TO DETOUR MANY SOULS
    BUT WE MUST NOT WEAKEN BUT LEAN ON GOD TO BE BOLD.
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