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".

Yet To Be #58

Ride until the heart hears His voice saying fear not. I am with you.

# 25 of 31 Trust Him…

Trust Him where you cannot trace him – G. Feddoes

We look for purpose, a meaning in so many things,

But sometimes there are no answers, only more questions. 

When the eyes are fixed merely on context.

When the knees are bent and aching through endless prayers;

And hope is lost in the dark caverns of gloom.

Don’t give up.

Hold tight to the hem of his garment,

And ride!

Ride until you see the light.

Ride until freedom over takes you.

Ride within His gentle hands where all doubts are squelched.

Ride until the heart hears His voice saying, “fear not. I am with you”.

Then and only then will you truly know, He’s got this.

“Fear not I have redeemed you. I have called you by my name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43 verse 1

Moving Forward…

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Moving Forward…

We have the assurance that we are children of God when we have accepted His only begotten son as Lord and Savior

Yet To Be #57

The intimacies of His character are ofttimes lost within our psyche.

#24 of 31 Give me a blessing…

It will come. Hope is not now, but it is for the future.

“Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.  And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether (lower) springs.” Joshua 15 verse 19


When our hope is fueled by faith we are drawn to ask with all boldness.

Then, why is there hesitation?  

Because of unbelief?

Do we measure Him by our own strength?

Do we understand or even truly know Him?

Or surely, we know only of Him.

The intimacies of His character are ofttimes lost within our psyche.

We reach out in our learning to understand how the Creator called the things that are not into being. 

How He hung the stars in the heavens and divided the land from the seas.

And how this same God could entreat us to ask of Him, but not just so;

But to ask with purpose, strength of faith and to stagger not with unbelief;

Believing in hope against hope, else if we ask doubting or ask amiss, we may receive nothing.

If only we ask.   

(references Romans 4 verses 17 and 18, James 4 verse 3)

Yet To Be # 56

Christ is our true hope.

#23 of 31 What if…

Hope rocks some serious acquaintance.
Photo St. Vincent, WI by Dale F

What if it doesn’t happen?

What if time passes where days turn into weeks, week into months and months into years, and still there is nothing.

What then?

Does hope die?

Does faith fade?

Has it all been for nought? In vain, as we look up and see nothing?

Hope has no limits. 

There is no ending to hoping, only a beginning and a forever. 

Christ is our true hope.

He is the alpha and the omega; the first and the last. 

In him we have redemption, salvation and life.

He came to give life and to give it abundantly.

There are no limits.  

“O fear the Lord, you saints; for there is no want to them that fear Him.”  Psalm 34 verse 9

Yet To Be #55

Remember not the former things

21 &22 Hope On The Move

St Vincent WI by Dale F

Hope keeps moving forward.

Like the rivers of water it stays in motion;

Never stopping;

Constantly flowing one way.

Always on the move, never willing to give up.

Never willing to give in.

Never dying.

Remember not the former things , nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way. Isaiah 43 verses 18 to 19

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Hope In Motion Like Water

Yet To Be # 54

# 20 of 31 Tomorrow’s Antidote

Tomorrow is a new day with the whispers of a bright and blessed future.

“See the winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come.” Song of Solomon 2 verses 11 and 12

Yet To Be #53

there is no stepping backwards, always moving ahead…

#19 of 31 It Will Come part 2

Hope is not now, but it is for the future.

If we have what we want, we do not have hope.

We do not need to have expectations, anticipation or to even look for hope because it is here.

When we look to the future with the eyes of hope, we look with optimism for the brightest and the best.

There is no stepping backwards, always moving ahead to the next stop with a full heart.

A heart that does not condemn, a soul that is right and a mind that is excited, because we know it will come.

“But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it.” Romans 8 verse 25

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11 verse 1

Yet To Be #52

with patience wait for it.

# 18 of 31 Hope, in Other Words…

“But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. ” Romans 8 verse 25

Hope rocks some serious acquaintance with other words such as:

anticipation,

expectation

confidence,

trust,

look for

wish

aim

hankering

desire

To name a few. All positive and connected.

Yet To Be # 51

without faith it is impossible to please God

#17 of 31 Why Hope?

“People need to have faith because they need hope.”

The need for hope is a soul wrenching desire to touch the infinite even when we are finite. 

A need that has no boundaries, no roadblocks, nothing that could bar that light of expectation from bursting forth. 

It is incredible and far beyond magnificent.

It is the impetus that keeps the weary heart beating, the silent lips praying and weak mind dreaming.

If faith is the moon than hope is the rising sun that chases the shadows away.

Without faith it is impossible to please the true and living God.

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope for his people. Joel 3 verse 16