by Sharon O | May 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
This year has been a strange year for us.
Not only did my husband have shoulder surgery which included two visits to the ER for allergy issues that were potentially ‘serious’ then he had a skin cancer removed which could also have been very serious.
His recovery has been good but slow moving.
May arrived and I was feeling rather good that we had nothing facing us.
Then I was diagnosed with Shingles.
For those who don’t know what they are: Adult chicken pox
I had a spot that seemed to me a bug bite? It was red and very sore and somewhat itchy
and my whole side was tender and sore like a pulled muscle.
Then the ‘rash’ moved into other areas eventually becoming blistery and more painful.
Never had a rash that hurt before so I looked it up on Web.Md and diagnosed myself
then went to the doctor to get medication.
He gave me an antiviral drug which are very large pills and of course
the course of treatment is to take them five times a day.
(This lady chokes on the tiniest of pills)
sigh…not having fun again.
Three years ago I came down with the mumps on both sides of my face.
I literally looked like a round helium balloon with little slanted eyes.
It was horrible. Very painful and awful.
Oh did I say painful?
(I have pictures to prove it …take my word they are not pretty)
This pain is equal as far as being uncomfortable and tender.
At least this allows me to eat with the mumps your jaw won’t open very far.
I drank a lot of chicken broth and juice.
Fortunately I have a high pain tolerance and this is not ‘covering’ my whole body.
But what it is covering… ‘hurts’.
It feels like contractions that are deep within the area with sharp knife like ‘throbbing.’
I told my husband I was unsure if I wanted to know what June might bring for us.
So far it hasn’t been that great of a year for us.
God is good and is taking care of us I just pray that He give us strength to press forward even in times of stress and inconvenience.
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Normally this blog is not so much about me and my ‘challenges’ just wanted to share so that those who pray can add me onto their list. My new goal is to get this immune system of mine stronger and more able to fight off ‘catastrophic’ childhood diseases. It is very strange that my body has had two in the three years.
Have you had any recent shots lately? Do you know of someone above age 60 they can get the RX for a shingles shot. Please suggest it.
Leaving you with ‘a little something to think about.’
by Sharon O | May 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am having a hard time these days.
Our house has been attacked from somewhere within by a family of carpenter ants. Well it is actually called a colony. Do you know how well I sleep with visions of ants crawling on my bed and on my head?
Oh and don’t mention the ants who crawl across the key board as I am typing or walk across my fax machine.
Whap… I slap them. I am getting good at creating death.
They are creepy and they are making me a bit goofy.
I see black ‘spots’ everywhere.
Of course sometimes they are real… like the one walking across the bathroom wall or the kitchen counter.
We have sprayed professionally ~ they tell me it takes time.
We have set out traps filled with poison.
I suppose that takes less time too.
What I am beginning to think about is the spiritual side of this.
What about the ‘ants’ who desire to destroy our relationships.
Divisive thoughts along with harsh words, critical spirits and disrespectful tones.
Aren’t they as damaging as a carpenter ant colony?
Don’t we risk the ‘danger’ of having our home destroyed by invisible creepy crawling things who’s goal is to take us down? Are we even aware of the possibility?
We didn’t have any clue carpenter ants were in our home slowly chewing away our ‘frame’ which held us safe and secure.
Are we just as unaware of the enemy who slowly chews away at our love, our friendships and our relationships with others?
Just something to think about today as I am searching the walls for movement of a creepy crawly.
Help us to be vigilant Lord and show us the enemy who prowls around our secure places.
Give us courage to take command and make them leave.
We pray we can say with a strong voice, “Whap you are gone”.
by Sharon O | May 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
We have seen devastation.
We have seen beauty.
A hurricane so forceful it tore cement poles in half and carried houses away for miles.
A wedding of royalty of Kings and Queens
and fairy tales.
We have seen lives destroyed.
We have seen lives changed by words spoken through the act of love within a marriage ceremony.
Is the Lord’s coming near?
Devastation of land and lives over and over and
it is as if He is speaking to us.
Japan experienced it in full force
Cities destroyed by Tsunami waves.
It is as if He is saying to us:
I am God.
I am Power.
I am in control.
Lord God there is so much to see and experience and talk about.
Worlds are in contrast ~
Lives left with devastation with ruined homes and broken dreams
Lives brought together by a kingdom of wealth and
Duke and Duchess and horse drawn carriages.
A fairy tale world who would never understand or know
the devastation of homes ruined
and lives changed.
It has been a strange and weird week.
Filled with ups and downs ~ sadness and happiness mixed together
leaving us unsure of how to feel.
I pray for a new and better week.
by Sharon O | Apr 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah 31:3
I have loved you with an everlasting love.
Hebrews 13:5
Never will I leave you or forsake you.
If I pray:
Open my eyes Lord and open my ears.
Show me your Love ~
Then I must read the above verses and understand they are the answer to my prayer.
When I feel abandoned ~
I can go to the word
and realize God will not go away.
When I am unsure of love ~
I can go to the word and realize his love is really all I need.
When I am unsteady ~
I run to the Psalms and they steady my path.
When I am searching and unsettled ~
I must realize
God is always after deeper healing for me
and deeper character with deeper transparency.
My prayer for us all today is this:
Jesus breathe life into us.
Breathe hope and healing.
Help us to know and experience and feel
your strong arms around us.
Only You
can fill our hearts that break
Only You
can heal the wounds so deep
Only You
can hold us close
Only You
Our Abba Father
Can breathe hope and life and love
into our hearts that are broken and tired.
Thank you God ~
we have so much to be thankful for.
by Sharon O | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
The stone was rolled away
The Lord
is risen
He is risen indeed.
HALLELUJAH
Morning begins a new day
full of hope and healing and life.
He is here for us.
by Sharon O | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
There is so much I have thought about.
From Thursday to Sunday.
What would have been like for Jesus to have dinner with his ‘best friends’ knowing one of them would betray him and in a few days he would be put on trial and led away to die.
I wonder what Judas felt like?
The word says he went out and hung himself after he gave Jesus to the people.
That meant his shame was so intense in his spirit he could no longer exist.
No longer live with himself.
Then there is Peter, who denied Jesus when given the opportunity to acknowledge his friendship.
He did not say, “I know him he is a good friend of mine.”
He said, “I have no idea who he is.”
Not once did he say that but he said it three times.
Only to realize after the questioning he failed his Lord miserably.
I wonder if that is in the word for a reminder for us all to know
in the heart of our hearts and in the best of our intentions.
We could do the same.
Then Friday was a good day?
The day of a trial that was unfair and then a horrible beating
then a walk down a rocky road
that was so horrible while carrying a very heavy cross.
He fell
He couldn’t do it.
They had to have someone from the crowd him carry it.
Can you imagine that man and his emotional state?
Not really realizing he was carrying the cross Jesus would be crucified on.
Then the pounding of the nails.
The gasping for breath.
The pain
The pain
The pain from his body and the pain from his heart.
FATHER…
And the silence fell upon his broken body.
Father…
And the silence cracked as the skies darkened above him.
Father…
As the blood ran and poured upon his broken and wounded body.
Father…
IT IS FINISHED
The word says he was taken down and placed in a tomb and a large rock was put in the opening to be sure no one would steal the body.
I wonder
I have wondered
What happened in those days in the tomb?
Was there perhaps a conversation between the Father and Son?
He was dead
The word said the stone was rolled away and the burial clothes were laid upon the stones in perfect form.
He rose as a perfect Savior.
He saw Mary weeping and asked her, “woman why do you weep?”
She was grieving her heart was heavy and broken,
“They have taken my Lord away.”
Then Jesus said, “Mary”
And the word said she immediately knew it was Him.
I wonder
I have wondered.
If he said our name would we know it?
Do we know his voice so well that there would be no doubt ~
It is Jesus.
Easter
A time of rejoicing.
Easter
A time of renewing our hearts and our love.
His name is Jesus
Do you know him?
