{"id":930,"date":"2025-10-10T01:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/?p=930"},"modified":"2025-10-10T01:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:23:42","slug":"i-work-work-for-god-by-jerry-lombardo-chapter-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/i-work-work-for-god-by-jerry-lombardo-chapter-two\/","title":{"rendered":"I Work Work for God! By Jerry Lombardo Chapter Two"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n

I Work for God! <\/span><\/b>By Jerry Lombardo<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

And along came John! John Phillips, Ordained and member of the Elders Quorum of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – and with him, came an introduction to the President of the local Area Mission – a mentor and partner to rotating young Missionary Elders and Sisters, [then] Elder Dallas Jones.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

            Brother Phillips, of very humble beginnings and lifestyle and Brother Jones – a successful business man and Leader in The Church … they were as night and day in appearance and presentation; each very disarming and spiritual in their own ways. The contrast was striking and their relationship moved me from the very beginning.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

            John Phillips, a retired black man,  was a remarkable man who did not enjoy the benefits of a university education or a productive career. He lived in a low-income area of a very poor City; he was financially poor himself, but he is kind, wise, with an undeniable strong spirit and unusual spiritual presence. <\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

            Pair his a million dollar smile with his warm, disarming, character and one begins to get a picture of Elder Phillips. As we walked the streets if Utica NY – it seemed he knew every person we passed and every owner and worker in every store.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

            I used to tease him and call him The Mayor <\/b>… walking with John was like walking with the Mayor of the City of Utica.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

            I’ve come to know President Dallas Jones very well too – almost two decades now; and have come to love him and know him as a wonderful, kind, generous, Spiritual and dutiful Christian man. <\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

            In contrast to John, President Jones is Blessed in his life with the full benefit of family, Church, and financial stability. Dallas is first truly righteous and Worthy man I had ever met in my life … even at just over fifty years old – he was the very first<\/b>. <\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Before I continue about ‘today’ … I need to go back to The Beginning – of my own life that is <\/i>… and then we’ll catch up and you will better feel and see the Contrasts and how my life turned around and  ‘turned out’ :-). <\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Even why I believe the things I do – which will introduce you to my next book – <\/p>\n

#Before I Go <\/span><\/b>… .<\/span><\/p>\n

Where We Come From? – Why We Are Here? – Where Do We Go?<\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

by Jerry  Lombardo<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

End Chapter 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I Work for God! By Jerry Lombardo   Chapter 2     And along came John! John Phillips, Ordained and member of the Elders Quorum of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – and with him, came an introduction to the President of the local Area Mission – a mentor and partner … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “I Work Work for God! By Jerry Lombardo Chapter Two”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}