by Sharon O | Nov 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
I woke up today feeling a sort of heaviness in my spirit.
Still feeling sadness from the election news and the concern of our future.
I know and realize God is on his throne and is in control
but it still feels incredibly disappointing that we have to deal with more devastating economic issues for the next four years.
I am glad that my hope is not in man or politics.
My intention to write for 31 days last month didn’t work so well.
Through that process I discovered that the zeal for writing is inspired by a stirring in my spirit
not from a challenge placed upon me by other writers.
Writing is hard and sharing from one’s heart even harder.
If I have said that once I will say it many times over.
It cannot be forced or mandated it has to be from a hearts need
to share something deep within.
We are heading into the season of thanksgiving.
I pray we will not fall into the mass thinking that thanksgiving is minimal and Christmas is more important.
We always have things to be thankful for if we look closely.
For me thanksgiving is the most important day and concept.
I am not forgetting the power of the birth of the baby and the Christmas story.
But if we cannot learn to be thankful we won’t appreciate the depth of what God has done for us.
My heart remains heavy for many things and for many reasons.
Will you join me today to slow down.
To breathe in the breath of life you have been given.
To be thankful for all things both good and bad.
The lessons are what we receive in the midst of the journey
no matter how hard the journey has been for us.
Shall we begin today to seek the one who sits on the throne and keeps all order
even though we don’t understand and don’t feel peaceful about the outcome.
Today is all we have.
We don’t have yesterday and tomorrow is not given to us yet.
Shall we begin today to give thanks to the one who most deserves it.
by Sharon O | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
1st Corinthians 13: 4-8
Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.
Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others.
Love does not count up wrongs that have been done.
Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth.
Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures.
Love never ends.
Joining Deidra of jumping tandem and the Sunday Community
Photo taken by Sharon O in Oregon
by Sharon O | Nov 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
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| fall of 1973 November 3rd. |
Thirty nine years ago were were young and barely out of high school.
Not really knowing what we were doing or saying as we stood in the front of that sanctuary.
Many came to watch us say our vows as we stood with fear and uncertainty.
It was a ceremony that changed us.
For the good and for the rest of our lives.
In the years to follow we made a family.
A son came then a daughter.
Then they both married and had sons and daughters making us grand parents.
It has been both challenging and beautiful.
We have had scary times and fun times.
We have learned throughout the years each others personalities and humor.
God has strengthened us when we felt weak and didn’t think we could go any further and
he kept us walking towards the goal of being a family and a team.
I am grateful you have stood by me in my worst days and kept the promise to love me.
It has been a journey we never could have prepared for.
No books can tell you what life is like day in and day out.
It is a commitment.
It is life of hope.
Shall we try for another thirty nine years?
by Sharon O | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thanksgiving.
It means to be grateful and full of thanks.
A time for us to sit and think and find a reason
for reflection.
Everyday we do have many things to be thankful for.
We have breath and life, and hope and love.
We have family and friends and health and blessings.
Today on this first day of this season of thanksgiving.
May we ‘find a reason’ for reflection and gratitude
for everything God has given us.
Giving thanks with a grateful heart today.
by Sharon O | Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you a heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
Ezekial 36:26
Whenever I think of God saying to me… “I will” it feels like a promise to my heart.
He does not say it lightly nor does He say it without knowing what HE is saying.
I will.
Just as he said in the new testament “I will be with you always” it is a promise for us to hold very close and to remember.
We are not alone.
In the process of writing this I looked into the bible gateway site and typed in the two words, “I will” and the site showed 2,318 matches.
All the words that show ‘I will’ together were there along with other sentences using them in different contexts.
Meaning for me that it is a theme God continues to use throughout the years.
God was telling the people something then and He desires to tell us now.
I will …
God said it in many circumstances to many different people.
I remain amazed.
It is comforting to know He stands by his word. Always.
Two simple words.
Relating a promise and commitment to us.
His desire is to have a beautiful relationship with us if we choose to believe in his love.
Are we ready to receive him and say “I will” in return?
