Experience The Blessings of God

Friday, 29 February 2008

• Experience The Blessings of God

  Happy Leap Day!   Do Something Special on this Special Day of the Year! Have An Awesome Last Friday of February.
  May God Bless You! Enter Into March & Enjoy!
  
  Thank goodness, Lord for the time You give me that I can spend just with You. -- Isabel Wolseley
  All your enemies deride you. They scoff and grind their teeth and say, "We have destroyed her at last? Long have we await this day, and it is finally here!"NLT Lamentation 2:16

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  From the Booklet: Your Highest Calling

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  I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can shut. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me. NLT Revelation 3:8
  Unlimited possibilities lie before me. What a wonderful thought to keep in mind! Regardless of the concerns or challenges I have faced in the past, a new door is opening before me now---a door to unlimited possibilities.
  
  I can choose to stay in the past and hold unproductive thoughts, or I can choose to walk through my open door with faith and an awareness of God, my source and my supply.
  
  What is my door opening to? Is it the experience of a new relationship, a move to a different location, a new job or hobby? Is it taking a class, finding time for prayer and reflection, experiencing a deeper relationship with God?
  
  I am ready now to walk through the door to my good. I am ready to visualize my good and to have faith that it is coming to me in the right time and way. I am ready to express greater peace, joy strength, and love. I am ready to experience a more enlightened life, a life in which I am a partner with God.
  
  The door to my good is opening now. I give thanks for this glorious truth, and I joyfully look forward to the blessings that are coming to me.
  
  Confession for the booklet:
  I am ready now to experience the blessings of God and the unlimited possibilities that lie before me.

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  On my journey of transformation

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  Jesus Arrested according to Matthew 26:47-56...
  This section in the Scriptures picks up when Jesus was saying to the disciples to get up ...There was Judas, one of the disciples that arrived with a mob who were armed with swords and clubs. They were sent by the leading priests and other leaders of the people.
  
  "Judas had given them a prearranged signal: "You will know which one to arrest when I go over and give him the kiss of greeting." Judas came straight to Jesus and greeted Him with a kiss. Jesus said "My friend go ahead and do what you have come to for." Jesus was grabbed by the others and arrested.
  
  One of the disciples who was with Jesus pulled out a sword and slashed off an ear of the high priest's servant. Jesus told the disciple to put away the sword.
  Jesus spoke to them what they did not realized. Jesus could ask His Father for thousands of angels to protect them. The Father would have sent them instantly.
  
  But if Jesus  did that then how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describes what must happen. Then Jesus started talking to the crowd. The things that they did not do then but have done now.
  
  For Jesus spoke of the Scriptures of the prophets. That's why they did not arrest Him in the Temple were Him was teaching daily. They came as those Jesus was a dangerous criminal in the night.
  
  At the time Jesus spoke of His arrest according to the Scriptures, all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

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  Some of my thoughts: Share later in my reflections

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  The Holy Week Scriptures Meditations continues Jesus Arrested according to Mark 14:43-52
  

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  From my book of Remembrance:

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  Father God, I am thankful that there is a Door of HOPE that brings open doors of opportunities. I am blessed for the doors that have been shut. I am thankful for the FAITH to walk away from things that bare no fruit.
  
  I am thankful for this Leap Day. I am so blessed to be a part of what is going on. I am thankful for the unlimited blessing that You have for Your children.
  
  I am blessed that Your LOVE is there in what I do. I am thankful for our relationship. I am blessed to have STRENGTH. I am so thankful for Experience The Blessings of God in Jesus' name Amen.
  
  A fool give full vent to anger, but a wise person quietly holds it back. NLT Proverbs 29:11
  
  With God's help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes. NLT Psalm 60:12

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Youngest #52Ancestors 52 Weeks

The youngest or latest discoveries
DNA

I'm stumbling across long lost cousins through the DNA route.
There are so many of them that don't know there family connections.
There are those who are adopted or have a parent that was adopted.


Youngest on my father's siblings and half siblings
Baby Boy Blakley born in 1918 and Edgar Bartlett Lyle born 1926

Youngest on my Father's mother's siblings and half siblings
Juanita (Bartlett) Armstrong was born 1891
Lucy Eunice (Bartlett) Gross Horan was born in 1869

Youngest on my Father's father's siblings
Archie T. Blakey was born  in1904

Youngest on my Father's father father's siblings
Richard White Sr. was born in 1866

Youngest on my Youngest on my mother's siblings
Josephine Walker Wilson was born in 1932

Youngest on my Mother's mother's half siblings
Joseph Walters was born 1894

Youngest on my Mother's mother's, mother's siblings
Lillie Washington was in 1871

 

Youngest on my in youngest in my family.

I am and number 19.

Thanks for reading.
God Bless you.
S.A. Blakley

Oldest #52Ancestors 52 Weeks

Oldest Person Recorded Living In my Family
 Hannah Hooper was born about 1765 in SC.
The year of her passing is unknown..
Source taken from the 1880, Carrollton, Missouri census.

Oldest Records of Some of my Ancestors as Slaves.
My Great Grandpa, Isaac Blakey with his parents,
Andrew White and Julia (Finney) White and family.
  Source dated Feb 25, 1858 in the Glasgow Weekly Times ,Page 2 Col 6



 Oldest  Photo of Unknown Relatives.
Photo discovered in my Grandmother Mary Lankford's home in 1976.
Photo taken perhaps in the 1880's.

(1889 -1975)
 Oldest Person that I've met Face to Face.
(In my blood lineage.)
My Grandmother, Mary (ALLEN) LANKFORD / LANKFARD
Family Photo.

 Oldest Known Living Relative in 2018.
My Uncle In Law
James W.
He's 96.

Oldest of My Sibling in 2018
80

Thanks for reading
God bless you.
S.A. Blakey

Color #52Ancestor 52 Weeks

Color is what brings out the light of life that God Almighty has created.  I was thinking about color. The different shades and tones what beauty that comes from. Humanity and nature are full of living color. 

I was looking at my DNA results.  I'm was thinking about the different nationalities in my family connections. What a beautiful DNA match up! I have a rich heritage.

Ancestry.com has me as...
20% Ivory Coast/Ghana 
18% Cameroon/Congo 
13% Nigeria 
13% Senegal 
12% Great Britain 
7% Europe West
       Others

On myhertiage.com
I have 1.3% of Ashkenazi Jewish 

On 23and Me
I have 0.9 % of East Asian & Native American 

I've been discovering more DNA cousins. They are from different nationalities. What a beautiful family are we! I looked at photos of some my cousins that I've found on facebook. There are some cousins with blue eyes and blonde hair. There are cousins seeking to know more on their Native Americans lineage and some their African Americans lineage.

The different shades of color is amazing. The styles and shapes create beauty. We have texture with how we represent ourselves. We are all created in God's image. We are beautiful and colorful. Amen!

Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S.A. Blakley

Music #52Ancestors 52 Weeks ~ Frederick A. "Fred" LANKFORD / LANKFARD

Music! I have relatives who were and are artists.
The photo below was a musician. That was his profession.

Mr. Frederick A. "Fred" LANKFORD / LANKFARD was born on Jan 28, 1878 in Canton MO.
He was the son of Robert and Charlotta (DADE) LANKFORD / LANKFARD.
Fred was the husband of  Mollie Bell (BURTCH / BURICH) LANKFARD.
Fred was professional musician.

He was a "Tango Banjoist" in Denver, Colorado, New Mexico and other States.

Frederick A. Lankfard
(1878- 1963)



 Fred worked: as a Laborer, Did odd Jobs, Cook, Porter,
An Attendant at R.R.  Fred passed on February 6, 1963 in  NY. 

Frederick A. Lankfard with his group.
Year unknown.

 

Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S.A. Blakley

Fred was my Great Uncle.

Travel #52Ancestors 52 Weeks

 I was thinking about my Grandfather, John Blakey / Blakley Sr.  ~ July 10, 2018 marked the 100th year since his passing. I wondered. How did my ancestors traveled back in the days?

My Grandfather, John was born in Woodville, Mississippi on June 21, 1871. His father, Private Isaac Blakey MS Union Veteran and his mother was Martha (Scott) Blakey. Martha passed when John was an infant.  John was the twin, Andrew who passed as baby.

Isaac married to Rachel Lephridge Jackson Blakey in July of 1873. He moved his family to Forest Green, Missouri around March of 1880. What a journey that must have been! Moving a family from Natchez, Mississippi to Chariton, County in Missouri.

I've found my Grandfather, John listed on the 1900 census in Carrollton, Missouri. His surname was  spelled  Blackedy / Blakely. I believe that was where he met and later married my Grandmother, Jennie Bartlett. They married in Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri in 1902. His surname was spelled Blakye. John and Jennie moved to St. Joseph, Missouri where a daughter passed in November of 1902.

I can only imagine how much traveling my Grandpa John went through. From 1871 - 1918.  John had made his way from his birth place of Woodville, MS,  and journeyed with his family throught Natchez, MS,  Forest Green, MO, Carrollton, MO, Excelsior Spring, MO and to St. Joseph, MO. He later made his way to Yankton, South Dakota where he passed  and was buried.

Why was John in South Dakota? John was preparing to bring his wife and children to Yankton. John was sick and grow sicker. He didn't make the journey back to Missouri. He passed in a covered wagon near his brother, Henry Blakey's home. John's widow and 7children remained in St. Joseph, Missouri.

I took the journey to Yankton, by car in late October of 1981 and July of 1985. The journey seemed as a long by car ride.  My  Grandfather and ancestors had it harder.  Oh, my!  The luxury of modern days has no match to the days of old. Our ancestors were tough.

Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S.A.Blakley

Independence #52Ancestors 52 Weeks

I don't know of any ancestors who were in the Revolutionary War.  However, I have a 3rd Great Grandmother who was living at that time.  I wouldn't imagine that. She was about eleven in 1776.

My 3rd Great Grandmother was Hannah ? HOOPER. The only record I've found on her is the Carrollton Missouri 1880 census. She was listed as my 2nd Great Grandfather Elias' Grandmother.  Elias was listed with his 2nd wife Harriett and his 5 children.

The family surname was misspelled Barllett on the 1880 MO census.
The surname was Bartlett.

Sally Bartlett
Charles Bartlett
Lucy Bartlett
Elias Bartlett
William Bartlett

What I've learned for the 1880 census, Hannah was born in South Carolina around 1765. She was listed as black at 115 years old and an invalid.   Her father and mother were from Virginia. The year of Hannah's death is unknown. The census was taken on June 22, 1880.

I'm thankful that my 3rd Great Grandmother lived to be on the 1880 census. I wouldn't have never known who she was if she didn't live as long as she did. Hannah is the oldest ancestor that I have come across on my family connections search. 

Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S. A. Blakley