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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| Two standing together |
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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?
by Sharon O | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening,
1 Chronicles 23:30
Joining Deidra on Jumping tandem with the Sunday community.
Photo by Margo of Yamhill, Oregon
