‘Recalling the Toil of the Grandfathers and the work of God’

by the Watchman Dana G Smith
Keywords: Americana, labor, Sun, toil, faith, salvation, truth, Jesus Christ
Words:1784

My Grandfather on my mothers side lived in the state I now live in. He was Pennsylvania Dutch, a Farmer. His background was from a certain religious group that did not follow him to this part of the country. He never talked about it much, suffice it to say, His background was a strict one, I believe. He and grandmother were married not out of love, but of necessity; many during that era did the same thing.

It was a matter of survival and a woman needed a man, as well, a man needing a good strong woman to bear a family and keep the house, and more! For Grandmother had three children, two girls and one boy. But she also kept house, cooked, planted the garden, harvested, canned, feed chickens, plucked them, and found time to play cards, sew, and be with the family.

The Watchman E Books
Jesus Christ, Bringing ‘I AM’ to the People
by the Watchman
Dana G Smith

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Examining the ‘I am’ of God, Jesus Christ who revealed the Father to mankind so that they would believe in him, repent, and find redemption to God the Father through Christ.

I AM, The beginning, there was nothing before God, for God always existed!
Exodus 3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you

When Moses ask the Lord God who it was that had sent him to the Jews in bondage in Egypt, he was told to say “I AM hath sent me unto you”. Before that phrase he explained to Moses this “I AM that I AM.” The words here ‘I AM’ is seen as the name used with “Jehovah or Yahweh”, the jews call him Adonai. But the ‘I AM’ used here is hayah, i.e. “ I AM [hayah] that I AM [hayah]. This word tells that who Moses was talking to ‘exists, always existed, and always will exist’. He is not only the One who made the covenant with the Fathers of the Jews now in bondage in Egypt, but he was the ONE who kept the covenant with them. The fact that he was now sending Moses to fulfill his covenant to them illustrated the truth to “I AM that I AM”, the self existent one, the one who always existed, the one who was not created, he was before all things and by him alone all things exist. He was telling Moses that “I who exist, and created all things, who make covenants, keep covenants, and I control all things”. By Him Kings, nations, and peoples exist, period.

A Psalm
By the Watchman
Dana G Smith

Deuteronomy 33:26 ¶There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

When Trouble Arises what shall men do?
Hear, for I shall speak,
The sons of men shall faint in their very vanity,
But the LORD shall be my shield and defense.
When the enemy cometh to destroy,
You, in my God shall I be found.

Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Yet I will Rejoice in the LORD,

In the God of my Salvation!

I will Rejoice in the God of my Salvation, Watchman E -Book
“Life and Times that brought Bottom Line Faith to Habakkuk”
This is the Latest E book
by the Watchman Dana G Smith
Words: 7826
Keywords: Habakkuk, LORD, God, Salvation, Nations, Judgment, Isaiah, Revelation

Habakkuk whose name means ‘embrace’, faced a national crisis in Judah. The words describe the scene around him and these words are: violence, iniquity, grievance, spoiling, strife, contention, law is slacked, judgment never goes forth, wicked compasses the righteous, wrong judgment is the result. During the time of such crisis, Habakkuk was embraced by God, who answered his questions and found faith and sustenance in God who would see him through the coming trial upon the nation. This prophet would also ‘embrace’ others, and help them to find the God of their salvation as well.

“A lesson in Kingdom Priorities”
By the Watchman Dana G Smith

The other day as I came to stop at the local tire dealer thoughts of finishing this tire repair were utmost. It had been another day, one that began early, very early. The night before our tire went flat and the businesses were closed that repaired them. I always have a tire repair kit with ‘vaporized glue’ that goes into the tire via glue and air. This stops the hole nicely, but the tire needs repaired. So the next morning here I was. I walked into the dealership and a guy was reading the paper, no one was at the counter to take my job order. I stood there a minute or so and nothing. The guy reading the paper finally came behind the counter and smiled saying “I will find someone to help you.” “That’s Good, I thought to myself” as I looked around the showroom filled with tires and rims.

A guy came up and started to take my order. As I stood there watching the man try to find our account in his database, he looked up and said, “I’m in the M’s now.” This referred to the accounts, of course, and I waited for him to get to the S’s. Finally in the group where our account was to be located, he could not find it. I went out to the car and found the last receipt from this dealer when they did work for us, on the corner was the number. I went in and gave it to the counterman who had given up taking our order and now, though I went in first and was first to be waited on, now I was second. But the last of two. So here I was, the last, though I was first. I waited, getting a little troubled that this guy so quickly shoved my business to the side and took another customer, but as I waited the Lord gave me this, “The first shall be last and the last shall be first.” I smiled to myself as I pondered this quote from scripture.
The other day as I came to stop at the local tire dealer thoughts of finishing this tire repair were utmost. It had been another day, one that began early, very early. The night before our tire went flat and the businesses were closed that repaired them. I always have a tire repair kit with ‘vaporized glue’ that goes into the tire via glue and air. This stops the hole nicely, but the tire needs repaired. So the next morning here I was. I walked into the dealership and a guy was reading the paper, no one was at the counter to take my job order. I stood there a minute or so and nothing. The guy reading the paper finally came behind the counter and smiled saying “I will find someone to help you.” “That’s Good, I thought to myself” as I looked around the showroom filled with tires and rims.

A guy came up and started to take my order. As I stood there watching the man try to find our account in his database, he looked up and said, “I’m in the M’s now.” This referred to the accounts, of course, and I waited for him to get to the S’s. Finally in the group where our account was to be located, he could not find it. I went out to the car and found the last receipt from this dealer when they did work for us, on the corner was the number. I went in and gave it to the counterman who had given up taking our order and now, though I went in first and was first to be waited on, now I was second. But the last of two. So here I was, the last, though I was first. I waited, getting a little troubled that this guy so quickly shoved my business to the side and took another customer, but as I waited the Lord gave me this, “The first shall be last and the last shall be first.” I smiled to myself as I pondered this quote from scripture.

by the Watchman Dana G Smith
keywords: light, God, Father, Jesus Christ, Y’Shua Ha Massiach, saved, darkness
Words: 2773

I saw a new plant today, one I planted from the seeds of an apple. It had grown and was on the shelf. As I saw it, in the beginning of the day it was straight as I had just put it in the sunlight. Later on in the day after a portion of the days sun shining on it, it was bending toward the sun, the light!

Through the day the sun continued to shine on this small plant, it was growing and pointing about 45 degrees towards the sun where the rays of light came from through the window. As night came, I moved the plant onto the counter as it was small I tucked it gently near a corner. The morning came as usual and I saw the small green plant. It was still green and fresh, standing tall as ever. But it was standing straight up. Even with the kitchen light on, the plant never moved toward these rays of light. The Florescent light did not cause the plant to bend towards its light either.

In The time Appointed
By the Watchman Dana G Smith
keywords: time, appointed, LORD, God, Jesus, believer, disciple

In 1962 an album was released titled ‘The Bitter and the Sweet’ on Columbia Records. On this album was a song that did not become popular right away. The song had been composed to music by Pete Seeger in the 50’s and recorded on his 1962 album. The Song, however, did not gain much notoriety though. The song if I mentioned it would immediately come to your lips and the chorus as well. Before Pete recorded it the Limeliters put it on their RCA records label and in their album called “To Everything there is a Season”. It would be later recorded and released in an album in October of 1965 by the Byrd’s who were formed in Los Angeles in 1964. The song was called, “Turn, Turn, Turn!”

Psalm 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
On the Wings of the Wind,
Hear I the LORD God.
On the Wings of the Wind,
Behold, He cometh.
Saith my soul,
“Thou art my God Forevermore,”
For the righteous shall be thy wheat, O Lord.,
Planted, Flourishing, Growing to Harvest.
But the Wicked shall be uprooted,
Discarded, Removed, thrown into the fire.

The Call of The Day of the LORD
By the Watchman
A Psalm by Dana G Smith
Keywords: Day of the LORD, Eternal, Salvation, Jesus Christ

Psalms 18:30  As for God, his way is perfect:
the word of the LORD is tried:
he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Joel 1:15  Alas for the day! for the [...]

The Coming Calamity and Conspiracy in the Land

By Dana G Smith, The Watchman

The Conspiracy of Silence

Why have my sanctified Ones, those who call upon my name done this?
For they have conspired against me, the LORD
They have kept silent about the Word from the LORD
There is a conspiracy of silence among those who go by my [...]