Saved by Grace: In Living Color - Volume Ii

By Rosetta Johnson

This manuscript is dedicated to my mother, the late minister Rose Marie Johnson.

This book does not bear any reflection on any given person or place. The contents are my own personal perspectives with regard to the Bible—expressions, accounts, expectations, inspirations, and anticipated positive outcomes. The poems are short and long stories. They are simple and relatable. In addition, they’re based solely on my personal experiences, beliefs, events, and hypotheticals.

So when you read this manuscript, remember that these poems and stories reflect years of events related to hardships, heartbreaks, and triumphs. However, with the help of God, prayers, doctors, caring people, and grace, I was able to recover and fight my way back. The road ahead is still long, but my Lord and Savior will be with me every step of the way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664132559

Rosetta Johnson

Rosetta Johnson is a fifty-nine-year-old single parent, born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, where she currently resides with her twenty-year-old daughter, Shadasia Rose. In addition, she is inspired by her two sisters, Minister Darlene Marie Johnson and Missionary Daphene Ann Johnson, both bona fide Christian women of faith. Rosetta is the daughter of the late minister Rose Marie Johnson. She attended the Asbury Park public school system and then later obtained two associate’s degrees from Brookdale Community College in 1999 on criminal justice and social science. She also has a general law enforcement diploma from the NCS correspondents’ school and a master’s degree in criminal justice from Monmouth University in 2004. For ten years, she worked for the City of Asbury Park, New Jersey, as a program monitor and neighborhood preservation program director. As a program monitor and director of these programs, she wrote grants and worked with the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD). Because of a bad motor vehicle accident, she retired in 2008. Rosetta also worked for Shadow Lawn Bank as a property manager for years, and in addition to everything that was mentioned, after acting as a school latch key teaching instructor for the YMCA, Rosetta also created the city’s energy maintenance network, which assisted people who couldn’t pay their utility bills in 2001–2008. Rosetta has been president of the United for the Community nonprofit organization since 1991. The organization’s primary role and function is to address secondary Issues in the southwest of the city with regard to improving the residents’ quality of life. Rosetta was very active in politics and was selected as an intern with Sen. Barack Obama’s administration. She was stationed in Virginia in early 2008. Afterward, she decided to return home to run for city council in her hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey.

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Do You See What I See

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Watching the universe through a keyhole

reveals stars new and old, and up close,

you can see the majestic hands of

God’s creativity.

The magnificence of the master’s creations

can be seen in the sky by many nations.

The minilights in the universe called

stars make up galaxies. They

light up the sky brilliantly.

The cosmic structure’s vitality gives

off everlasting energy. His planets are

aligned in space. The earth, God created

for his human race.

The universe is a beautiful sight to see,

God’s magnificent cosmology. The vast

space, a spectacular landscape, abundantly

speaks God’s wisdom spirit and

unity while connecting all things

throughout his galaxy.

Now do you see what l see? There’s a

light shining clearly. It’s finite miles

away, near the Milky Way. I hope

and pray to be there someday.

Do you see it now? It’s the

last stop in the galaxy

called Heaven’s Way.

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Supernatural Supreme Being (God)

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He who walks among

the unseen is a unique spirit. He is

a supernatural supreme being, and

his name is God. He is who

he is unequivocally, the

divine master of the universe. God

is divinely majestic, almighty,

seraphic, holy, all-seeing, all-

knowing, omniscient, powerful,

and eternal.

He has no beginning and no end, just

an everlasting extraterrestrial being.

He’s the cosmological engineer of the

gravitationally bound planets in the

solar system and the landscaper

of the universe. God

is the inferno that blazes the

sun with each sunrise

and the energizer that lights up the moon

and stars at night. He shows divine

love and favoritism toward heaven,

his faithful, the earth, and mankind.

God is the designer and architect of

all things. He’s righteous, a healer,

a waymaker, a father to

the fatherless, a mother to the

motherless, a friend to the lonely, and

a great comforter for those who

just need him near. God

combats evil and darkness that

wants to consume and harm what

he loves just to break his spirit.

God is holy and upright,

capable of love and sharing

his love. He wants us to repent

of our sins so we can be saved,

because he loves us and

wants to be with us throughout all

eternity in his new heaven. He wants us

to remember his sacrifice. God loves the

world he created and mankind in spite of

the devil’s manipulation and

mankind’s weaknesses.

God wants us to know his purpose

for our lives. We all have been given a

purpose for being here according to

his plan. God’s primary calling

for all of us is to know him and be known

by him. O Lord, you have

searched me, and you know me.

I will present my body as

a living sacrifice to carry out

your will with the gift you have

given to me until you return.

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Red Velvet Sunset

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Red-velvet sunsets are always passed

over for the morning sunrise. It’s

beautifully landscaped across

the morning sky. The color

rivalry between the two

skies will never be won,

being that both were designed by the

hands of God. How magnificent

for our eyes.

The raging evening sky sends the

ball of fire below the horizon—

but not before the sun’s

blazing heat gives off the most

breathtaking shades of extraordinary

colors. The evening skyline explodes

with brilliant red satin, layered

in hues of purple

and lavender. There’s a glimmer

of marigold orange signaling

the sun is done for

the day.

A few small marshmallow clouds

resist the heat and blend in with the

clouds and marvelously melt away.

The evening sky now stands alone,

proud to put on a show of its own—

no competition. Its rival, the

sun, is completely

gone, but the sun’s heat dispels into the

atmosphere and is smothered out

by this charismatic red-velvet sunset sky.

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Five Wounds of Christ

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He