http://sites.google.com/site/jamescarroll30/Home Welcome to our page...To view a list of all pages on our site click on sitemap on left. This is a recent picture ( September '08 ) of my wife Shirley Surrett Carroll. The first time I saw her she was walking past my house with  Shirley had long dark brown hair and brown eyes. She was about 5 feet tall and was pretty as a picture. I had recently been discharged from the US Army (10,1956) and didn't have a regular girlfriend yet. After seeing her that day I made every excuse I could to go visit my old friend Carlos, because he lived near Shirley's family. We never had a real date but used to meet at Carlos and Charlene's house where we would dance the twist. That went on for about a year until she was barely fifteen. I knew I had to make my move soon or she would marry another young man who was hot on her trail. I ask her to marry me and she agreed that she would if I would get permission from her dad; we already had her mother's approval. (Her mother on right)  I take full responsibility that our first marriage didn't work. In 1968 Shirley came home from Chicago on vacation and I met her at a filling station where we talked for a while. The next day we met and talked some more and before she knew what was happening we were on our way to Talladega, Alabama to be married again. This time we both were determined to make it work; and work it did! Ten months later we had our first child, a beautiful baby girl that we named Tammy. Then in another fourteen months, along came Randy. At that point, life seemed to go into fast forward, my first decent job, Then a while later Shirley got a good job, then our first house, grandchildren. The picture below was taken at our old place on Hillman St. I am on the left and next to me is Tammy , then Shirley and Randy is on the Right.
 Casting out Devils By: James Carroll
When you decide to turn away from sin, and start living for Jesus; the devil will come at you from every direction. You had better pray because you are going to need help, big time. Suppose you have a drinking devil, and it is Friday and an old drinking buddy shows up. In the pit of your stomach a craving for alcohol develops; it is so intense that it makes you sweat. (It is ok to pray silently) Remember when the Lord said to go into your closet and pray in secret, for the Lord who hears in secret will bless you openly. Just ask Jesus to help you through, and he will. When you have the devil of lust, you are going to need a lot of help. The devil loves you more than most others. He is not going to give you up without a fight. Everywhere you go, the devil will send women to you. When you are shopping at the supermarket, Satan might send you a woman with a low cut blouse; when she bends over to show you her breast…look the other way; if you don’t look the other way, he got you. It takes practice. If you turn away from the woman and the temptation to look, the woman will be scorned. Believe me when I say she won’t be bothering you again. It is extremely embarrassing to a woman when you turn away from her in public. But there is no end to Satan’s supply of these kinds of women, there will be more to come. In no way do I mean to imply that the women are bad but are part of the process. You don't have to go around with blinders on or walk backward; just simply look at women in a new light, without lust. Think of them as God's creation and bless them. If the devil sends his noise demon after you, don’t even think about from what direction it came; don’t even acknowledge the noise exists. The person you think made the noise is 100 % innocent. Under no circumstance make similar noises to get back at them. Especially, never bark at your neighbor’s dog for barking at you, you wouldn’t want that one played back to you. Just keep saying God bless you, thank you Jesus, and love your neighbor. It is hard to love people you think are doing things to you, but keep on anyway. You are defeating Satan when you love people who would rather not have you around. Remember Luke chapter 6:22, 23…22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Some people say those two verses don’t pertain to us, but to the prophets only, but I say all the bible pertains to all of us equally. God bless our neighbors, God bless our Government, God bless our fighting men and women, and God bless us all. God bless the lady at the doctor's office. It is Your Table Be There By James Carroll When the Devil persecutes you, he and his disciples are having extreme fun. You see him everywhere you go because he is there waiting for you. Go for a drive and you see him a hundred times. Go to the doctor and he will meet you there smiling so that you might think he is a man of God. Go to the supermarket he will be at every item, sometimes you will have to wait for him to move out of the way. The Devil wants to spread the fun around to all his disciples in other parts of town that you don’t normally go. He will whisper to you that you need to change the route you take to the store or to change your pharmacy but that won’t do any good because he will be there also. If you try to avoid the Devil and his crew you will lose the battle every time. How can the Lord prepare a table for you in the presence of your enemy if you are not there? Put on the armour of the Lord and trust him. Let the Devil play his games and just keep on praising the Lord. Just keep on remembering that Satan can’t put more on you than you can bear. Naive James Carroll Before I retired in the early nineties, my company was awarded the contract for foodservice at four Nuclear Power Plants in the Carolinas. We all had to meet at one of the plants to take test for evaluation for working there. Then we were ask to go to a psychologist who gave us the results of our test. After asking the usual questions about childhood, he told me that I was good to go to work. He also said that I was not overly prejudice against other races and that I was naive. I acknowledged that I understood but didn't offer any input, as I knew I was naive. I instantly thought of my mother, whom I always thought that her simplicity was the Lord's way to protect her from the world. To me it is a badge of honor to be classified as Naive and it is my desire to become even more childlike before I pass on to be in the presence of the Lord. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Jabo By James Carroll I have known Jabo all my life; he used to live just down the street from me when I was only six years old. His dad was named Jim and most people called him old man Jim. I remember him being a good man who had a kind of mini farm, as did most people in those days. When World War II came along, Jabo went off to war. When he came back, he didn't have much to say...Just kept to himself. Some people thought Jabo was Shell Shocked, as he displayed some of the symptoms. A few years ago Jabo lived on the same street as I. When he would pass my house, I would wave at him as he drove by. I didn't know what kind of work he did, but he always kept a fairly new car. After waving at him for a year or two, I began to notice that he never waved back; he just looked straight ahead. One day when I was cutting grass I decided that when he passed I would not wave at him, so I just ignored him. One day I picked up the bible and just randomly opened it and began to read. Matt 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. I knew then that the Lord had led me to that verse and I knew that the next time I saw Jabo I would wave at him like I used to but I never saw him after that. It wasn't long after that I picked up the paper to learn that Jabo had died. Now imagine that feeling! I'll never be able to right that wrong. If you have occasion to go past my house and you see me wave at you, please don't be offended, just say "that one is for Jabo". Lash La Rue By James Carroll Slightly Exagerated A few years ago when we lived at our old place on Hillman St., I was sitting out in the front yard under the shade tree. I was looking down toward Paul Schneider’s house and saw a black car come to a stop at the end of our driveway. The driver got out and started walking up the driveway; he was wearing a black hat, black shirt, black pants and black shoes. He had on dark glasses and a black belt with a big silver cow head buckle and was wearing a string tie with fire hose ends. He had a pair of silver handcuffs on his belt next to his cell phone. In his back pocket was a very long billfold with an 18 inch silver chain attached to his belt. On his black shirt he had a patch that said ‘enforcement’ and a badge that must have come from a pawn shop. I thought, “umm umh! Look who’s coming up to see me, I believe it is Lash La Rue”. He said, “I’m looking for a 'feller' named James Carroll”. I replied that he was at the right place as that is my name. He said that I was too old, and asked if I had a son with that name and I told him that I didn’t. After a while he said he had seen my name on the mailbox and thought that he had got lucky. Now I tell you the truth, if I had known the young man he was looking for I would not have told him unless, of course, the man had done something really bad. I just don’t have too much to tell Bounty Hunters. If I report someone it will be to proper law enforcement. Bellboy By James Carroll When I was sixteen there were not very many jobs around Anniston, Alabama for a young person. One day I picked up the newspaper and saw an ad by The Jefferson Davis Hotel for a bellboy. I ask someone what a bellboy was and was told it was a boy who carried hotel guest’s suitcases to their rooms when they checked in. Ok, I thought, I could do that! When I went to the hotel to apply for the position, there were two men at the Front Desk who laughed at me and informed me that I was the wrong color for that job. Later I learned that the bellboys were in charge of illegal whiskey sales for the hotel. They were the ones you went to when you wanted to buy whiskey. Although I didn’t get the job I did learn an important lesson about job discrimination. Just across Noble St. from The Jefferson Davis Hotel was the Ritz Theater where we went on Saturdays to see a western movie. You would purchase your ticket on the outside of the theater, then you would go inside and there was a lady to take your ticket. She would tear the ticket in half and give you back half for proof of payment. To the right of the ticket lady there was a stairway going up to the balcony. Now that balcony was a complete mystery to us boys; we just had to figure a way to get up there. One day when the ticket lady was busy at the candy counter, a friend and I slipped up those stairs. We were sitting there watching the movie when the usher came looking for us. He ask “didn’t you boys know the balcony is for colored people only”. We said “no”, but had to go downstairs anyway. The bus that carried us home was always crowded on Saturdays, so if we had seats we would always get up to let women and older people have our seats, then we would stand in the isle way. Sometimes there would be an empty seat in the rear of the bus that was designated for colored people. We knew the driver and he knew us, so we knew it was alright with him if we sat in back as long as we surrendered our seat to colored people if they needed it.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Global Warming Genesis: 8:20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Forgiveness 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses , your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses , neither will your Father forgive your trespasses . Voices By James Carroll A few years back, my mother had a heart attack and we took her to the hospital; they kept her for a week and dismissed her without doing anything more than give her a few test and bed rest. The next day she had another heart attack so we took her back to the hospital where she died a few days later. When her doctor explained to my sister why he dismissed her the first time, he said that his IQ was 137 and he could not understand what she was telling him. He just couldn’t communicate with her! Recently my wife and I went to Lowe’s Home Building Supplies
to purchase a potty for the hallway bath room. After the purchase a sales
lady came around to the plumbing department where we were looking for some
fittings and ask if she could help us. I was having a senior moment and found
it difficult to explain exactly what I wanted. She became very rude and told me
that if she knew what I was looking for she may be able to help me. After much
negative body language and short comments we got what we wanted and left her
department. That lady was very knowledgeable in the product she was selling; I
give her credit for that. The reason I forgive the doctor for letting my mother die
and the lady at Lowe’s is what Jesus said about doing to the least of these you
also do unto Him. I realize they both were following instructions from that
little voice in their head instead of the one in their heart. That is why I
pray for those people and others who follow the wrong voices. There is a reason
why God speaks to the heart and not the head; and it is so false Prophets can’t
gain a foothold in our minds and cause us to do their biding. Comment by James Carroll: I have, for the last few years been trying to live my life a little closer to the Lord. I had a person who was intimidating me to no end. He would not speak, even though we were face to face; just make an ugly face an walk away. It seemed as if Satan had sent him to be my Tormentor. Sometimes I would lie in bed at night and wonder what to do about the situation. While reading the Bible one day, I came across the Lord's prayer. That was the answer! I would just pray for him and turn him over to the Lord, then I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. Well, at first I didn't notice any change. I felt like maybe I don't have enough faith, but I continued to pray for him anyway. Eventually I began to see how it worked. The Lord was healing me. I started to look at the man in a new perspective; He no longer irritated me. What a relief it was I see now that when we ask the Lord to bless someone, we are blessed. To forgive someone, then we are forgiven. God bless you! James Carroll Neighbor Harassment By James Carroll There may come a time in your life when you feel you are being harassed by your neighbor. Be cool! Don’t believe a word of it. The same devil that made you think you were being harassed by your neighbor may also be making him think you are pestering him. That is one reason to be forever vigilant and learn about the ways of the devil. Ephesians 6: 11: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. It would be good to read the 6th chapter of Ephesians in The Holy Bible, King James Version. Forgiveness James Carroll If I believe the Bible, and I do; then that means when I say The Lords Prayer… I am asking God to forgive me of my trespasses against my neighbors. It also means that I am asking Him to forgive your trespasses against me; even the ones not yet committed. I believe that forgiveness is the ultimate in Anger Management. Just try it for a few days, and if you don’t feel better about yourself, it didn’t cost anything. Think of someone that you just can't stand, and forgive him. In a day or two you will notice that you like yourself more. You may even begin to like that person a little... then just work it. If you decide to try it, I wish you all the luck. James The following article I found on the Internet. It didn't list the author. HATCHING COCKATRICE' EGGS "They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper," Isa 59:5. Webster's Christian Series tells us that Cockatrice means, "The king-serpent, a serpent imagined to proceed from a cock's egg." A viper is, "1) A serpent . . . whose bite is remarkably venomous, 2) A person or thing mischievous or malignant." To hold our text in the context it was written we must first consider Isa 58. Therein we see how the Lord caused Isaiah to cry aloud to His people to show them why they were approaching unto God, but received no answer to their prayers. God tells His people therein, as He does in Eze 33:30-32, that their hearts were divided. "They hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness." The chapter before us begins by telling us that, "The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear." As I pointed out, God's main controversy with His people was the sins of the heart. The mind is the womb of the heart, and the thoughts are the seeds and\or the eggs. Evil thoughts are cockatrice eggs which will hatch into serpents, if they are not immediately destroyed. Is it not true that all too often we allow evil thoughts to harbor in our minds about our neighbor? When our minds become a stronghold of Satan, these strongholds must be pulled down. "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ," 2 Co 10:4-5. Oh, beloved, that our eyes may be raised by faith unto that blessed Redeemer to deliver us from the power of this sin. If we feed on these evil thoughts, or "cockatrice eggs," our text says, "he that eateth of their eggs dieth." If someone misunderstands you or says some unkind things about you do you allow those things to harbor in your mind? This is hatching cockatrice eggs, which is venom or bitterness in your heart. As a man, "thinketh in his heart so is he," Pr 23:7. Christians are to cast down such thoughts as soon as they appear. We are not to entertain these thoughts in our mind, but kill them as soon as they arise. We may not wish for revenge, even in the secret thought of our heart, He 10:30. If we would obtain that revenge by crushing our adversary, our text says, "that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper." Oh, beloved, revenge gives place to the devil. We must remember that God knows the secret thoughts of every heart. Do you harbor hard thoughts, allowing these cockatrice eggs to hatch in your heart? Have these sins, "hid His face from you, that He will not hear?" If we want God to answer our prayers, we must observe what our Saviour says. "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses," . Found this article in The Anniston Star Newspaper Speak out ... Star should devote equal time to defining the human soul By our readers 03-03-2009 During recent months, The Star has devoted full-page feature articles to Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution. A significant amount of print has been devoted to the origin of the human species, as well as the continuing debate between creation and evolution proponents. It was an interesting and worthwhile series. I challenge The Star's editorial staff to devote an equal amount of time to defining the essence of the human soul. This thing we call the "soul" is uniquely human. There has never been a duplication. There is no evidence the soul changes, develops, grows or evolves. The most dreadfully deformed human body displays a perfect soul. Identical twins have indistinguishable genes and physical appearance, but each has a unique and unduplicated soul. Suppose a human body is cloned, will that body have a unique soul, the same soul or no soul at all? If the soul functions on electrical charges and chemical reactions, why is it never duplicated since duplication is the basis for all scientific reasoning? The Star has fully documented the origin, birth, development, death, decay and smell of the human body. Can these writers document the origin and essence of the human soul? Can the distinguished "Baptist" scholar from Auburn, columnist James Evans, explain the scientific heritage of his own soul? I would like to read all about it, because I firmly believe serious study of the soul will ultimately lead to God, the Creator. William O. Noles. Jacksonville |
On the right is a couple of wooden cars I made for Shirley. That one in the foreground is a similitude Model A Ford with Rumble Seat. I have heard it called a mother-in-law seat. The other one is a Model A pick-up truck.
The image on the right is of Shirley and me and Randy, our son is looking on. It was taken when we first came back from Albany and lived at Coldwater.