Author: Jemmie Jems

Under the name Francis Lee, I write interracial Christian romantic suspense. My stories are about finding enduring love when hope and redemption seem unattainable as danger lurks around every corner. My characters learn that where there is darkness, "joy will always come in the morning".

For The Moment…104

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man saying, we will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name , to take away our reproach. Isaiah 4 verse 1.

A true marriage of convenience. This is a prophesy from ancient times, and it fits so well in today’s modern society.

It is good to be strong and not to be dependent on people. Our dependence should be on God, not on a man or anyone, but God is our resource.

He provides people to help us in our time of need. He prepares a path for us to walk where we encounter many folks to help us and to be there for us. We are never alone.

We can be self-sufficient, but we need to call upon the Lord for our needs.

Comic Books…

Do you have any collections?

I enjoyed Xmen comics way before they were popular. I started collecting when I was a child and continued into college and university.

I loved the stories from the Marvel comics. I collected DC ones too, but my favorites were from Marvel.

One thing both comics were known for was the art. The artists and the inking were great then, and still, they are beyond great now.

In those days, comics were not expensive but now…oh my. If I were a kid now, I couldn’t afford them.

I don’t think some books are worth  much, because I read them so many times they are not in good condition. But I don’t care they are still mine, and I love them.

For The Moment…103

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will direct your path. Proverbs 3 verses 5 and 6

Give it all to God. If the problem is too big and the solution is too hard to fathom.

When there is no hope in the natural sense, believe.

Remember, we serve a supernatural God whose ways for not our ways. Who can do anything far above what we can ever think.

Only if we believe and trust in him with a faith even as small as a mustard seed. He will move heaven and earth to see us through.

She was kind.

What is the legacy you want to leave behind?

I would like my words to speak of joy and kindness. As an ambassador of Christ, my actions should show kindness. I should be like Christ, who is my Savior.

My actions should show goodness, and I should not speak badly of others. I should not get into arguments but leave the fighting and disagreements to the Lord who promises to fight for me.

I live in peace in a world where there is no peace.

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I seek the Lord for his word is sweet.

I trust the Lord, for he is good and true.

He is the source of all my blessings. Everything that I have and everything that I am, I owe it all to the Lord.

He provides for all my needs even before I know what to ask for. I call on his name in my day of trouble.

I call on his name when I am lost.

I call upon his name when I have a song on my lips.

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils. Isaiah 2 verse 22.

No…

Have you ever broken a bone?

I am very clumsy most of the time. I sprained my ankles, bruised  my knees, and torn a muscle in my shoulder, but I had not broken any bones in my body.

Hope never to do such a thing.

Helping my sisters

What sacrifices have you made in life?

The sisters I live with are more than family. They are my bestfriends. Through the years, they were always there for me, like second mothers, as I am the last in the family. So, if they need me, I will be there for them.

I will give you an example. It may seem small trivial even, but for my big sister, it meant a great deal.

She worked hard. Coming home late and waking early to leave for work. Transportation was spotty to say there was any. She had to leave before dawn to get a bus, then transfer and finally walk to the office. Sometimes, she would be so exhausted after work that she would fall asleep during dinner.

In the morning, she would be the first to wake and get ready for work,  never having enough time to prepare breakfast or lunch. At that time I too had a long commute to work. On my day to cook, which was once a week. I would wake up at two in the morning and prepare her breakfast, lunch, and dinner with enough leftover for her to take the next day for work.

It was hard. I had to get ready for work and I had night classes that same evening. It made for an incredibly long day. I didn’t mind cause she used to do the same for me.

When another sister couldn’t do it for her, Mom and Dad would fill in.  In the end, we worked as a team until her hours were changed and things were back to normal. 

My glasses

What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?

OK. Yes, I wear glasses because I am very near sighted.

But they are cool. Their cat eye shape does wonders for my face.

Or at least I think so, and my opinion is the key.

The Lord thy God in the midst ofvthee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Zechariah 3 verse 17

What a good God we serve.

We ought to remember he is not just a God of judgment because he is holy, but he is a God of love and compassion.

His love is beyond our understanding. Look how he sent his only son, the son of his love; he sent him to die so that we could be saved.

How wonderful is he.

He will not hold back anything good from his people, those same people who he loves.

For The Moment…102

We can’t understand the great mysteries of life. How the rivers follow into the sea and the sea never gets full. Why does the sun rise and set at a certain time? How nature knows when it is spring when all the trees and blossoms begin to bloom.

We know there is a time for everything, and we believe and accept that event will happen.

We don’t know or understand the mind of God. His ways are past finding out. In other words, they are beyond our comprehension.

But it is for us to trust God where we can not trace Him.

As thou knoweth not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knoweth not the works of God who make the all. Ecclesiastes 11 verse 5.