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When the phone rang yesterday afternoon, I knew it was not going to be a pleasant call from my husband. He doesn't call in the middle of the afternoon to chit chat, so when I saw the caller ID with his name on it, I knew something wasn't right. I don't like these types of calls.
He had received an email from a dear friend of his that simply said ANNOUNCEMENT.
It announced the obituary of the friend's wife...
He was stunned and by this time I was as well.
He forwarded the obituary onto me.
It is one of the most beautifully written obituaries that I have ever read.
It starts out like this: On (DATE), (NAME) completed the course of her preparation for eternity and transistioned into the heavenly presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The obituary continues to share about her life and finishes with what a card said on it that she would give to people.
JESUS LOVES YOU
How to make Heaven Your Home
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that who ever believes in Him will not parish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. -Romans 3:23
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father, except through Me." -John 14:6
PRAY THIS PRAYER
Dear Jesus,
I am a sinner.
I believe that You are God's only begotten SON,
You died and rose from the dead to save me from my sins.
I want to be with You forever.
Please forgive me of my sins and come into my heart.
I give my life to You.
Thank you for saving me today!
In Jesus Name ,
AMEN
We will be attending her funeral this week-end.
This song comes to mind:
I Love You, Lord
I love you, Lord
And I lift my voice
To worship You
Oh, my soul rejoice!
TAKE JOY my KING
In what You hear
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear.
Tis true, this earthly life is short.
Though it may be full of trials and challenges...it will not compare to when we enter into our eternal home with the LORD.
May your earthly Home be a Haven to minister God's love to your family, friends and visitors.
May they feel the presence of God and know this place is different than what the world has to offer me.
And let's not forget that our own lives are in need of HIS nourishment, HIS peace.
God be with you.
Deanna
When the phone rang yesterday afternoon, I knew it was not going to be a pleasant call from my husband. He doesn't call in the middle of the afternoon to chit chat, so when I saw the caller ID with his name on it, I knew something wasn't right. I don't like these types of calls.
He had received an email from a dear friend of his that simply said ANNOUNCEMENT.
It announced the obituary of the friend's wife...
He was stunned and by this time I was as well.
He forwarded the obituary onto me.
It is one of the most beautifully written obituaries that I have ever read.
It starts out like this: On (DATE), (NAME) completed the course of her preparation for eternity and transistioned into the heavenly presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The obituary continues to share about her life and finishes with what a card said on it that she would give to people.
JESUS LOVES YOU
How to make Heaven Your Home
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that who ever believes in Him will not parish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. -Romans 3:23
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father, except through Me." -John 14:6
PRAY THIS PRAYER
Dear Jesus,
I am a sinner.
I believe that You are God's only begotten SON,
You died and rose from the dead to save me from my sins.
I want to be with You forever.
Please forgive me of my sins and come into my heart.
I give my life to You.
Thank you for saving me today!
In Jesus Name ,
AMEN
We will be attending her funeral this week-end.
This song comes to mind:
I Love You, Lord
I love you, Lord
And I lift my voice
To worship You
Oh, my soul rejoice!
TAKE JOY my KING
In what You hear
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear.
Tis true, this earthly life is short.
Though it may be full of trials and challenges...it will not compare to when we enter into our eternal home with the LORD.
May your earthly Home be a Haven to minister God's love to your family, friends and visitors.
May they feel the presence of God and know this place is different than what the world has to offer me.
And let's not forget that our own lives are in need of HIS nourishment, HIS peace.
God be with you.
Deanna
8 comments:
How sad, but beautiful at the same time. Yes, we are getting to "the age" when we are seeing our contemporaries die, and it is very sobering. My husband's cousin-in-law recently died. We went to high school with him. It makes you think. We need to be "prayed up" and strong in the Lord. We want rewards in heaven, not just to have gotten there by the skin of our teeth. That doesn't make the Lord proud. And, he loves us and wants to be proud of us. He was proud of Jesus: "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." (We are not saved or kept saved by works -- understand.)
Civilla,
Amen.
Deanna
D,
I really like your blog. Enjoy ready what you have to say!
Looking forward to more.
Dear Artist,
You are the sweetest!
Deanna
btw, I love your new picture and the picture of your house. I don't do too much all day. I am also in the process of re-inventing myself. Learning how to blog has been an re-invention. I got badly nuked once, because I thought blog posts were like editorials in newspapers, to stir up controversy, and then everybody gets to say what they feel, to the pro or to the con, and nobody takes it personally. Boy, was I wrong!!! My younger son had to teach me to blog!
Most days, I read, do a little housework, but not too much, since I am still not well after my infected-gall-bladder surgery last February, where they had to take the golf-ball sized stone out the old-fashioned way.
I rag rug and blog a lot and read. My husband, who is semi-retired, but still pastors a small Baptist church, is home all day. We are getting used to the empty nest. We have 2 sons, 21 and 19. The older one gives us grey hair, but is maturing.
Hi Civilla!
Thank you for commenting. Good to hear from you. We have along ways to go on the repairs on this old stone house. At times, it is more than I can chew. A lot of prayer has to take place and I have to submit to the fact that I cannot quickly do all that needs to be done.
Thank you for sharing with me about blogging.
I know that I will get nuked from time to time.
It helps build character and gets me into the word.
The little darlings that nuke us, don't really know what we are made up of. How we reply may cause them to get into the word as well. Touche.
Sorry to hear about the gall bladder health challenge. Will pray. I've heard that gall bladder surgery the old way is a very difficult surgery to go through. May you heal up and be good as new.
My children are 33, 31 and soon to be 29. I was a baby when I got married and started a family. All wonderful, each with different challenges to engage. I am so thankful I have experienced marriage and parenting. The things I have learned.
Not everything has been wonderful...awe.
Thank you for telling me more about yourself.
Like hearing from you. Enjoy your blog and sense of humor.
Deanna
Well, I've posted about this before. My 19-year-old had to teach me to blog after I got nuked once and was left in tears! He says (and he was smiling while he said this, because it is kind of funny):
There are two types of blogs: 1) Those that exist to stir up controversy; and 2) The "I Love Me" blogs, which are about the person, and don't brook much disagreement.
Then, there are three types of bloggers: 1) Those who like to stir up controversy; 2) The self-righteous; and 3) Those who cut themselves daily.
He says I am in the third category.
He means emotionally "cutting themselves," of course, and we don't mean to make fun of people who actually have that emotional problem and do physically cut themselves, which is no laughing matter.
He says, "Mom, you deliberately go to still another kind of blog: the ones that give you the knife to cut yourself with!"
Honestly, kids know everything.
I do seem to be drawn like a moth to a flame to some of these blogs that make me feel inferior (at my age!!).
Oh well, it's all about the learning process. You and me, Deanna, we are not willing to "give up the chips" yet, are we?
I was only 17 when I marred, and my husband was 20. Because of physical problems, though, we did not have our first child until I was 34 and he was 37, and then we had our second one 2 years later. So, here I am at 55, with college-aged children. Keeps me young, I guess, although I have gotten grey hair rapidly.
Have a nice evening.
Civilla,
God richly Bless you.
Your boys sound like neat young men.
Hope you keep blogging.
You're right, not ready to give up the chips!
Praise God!!! We're the real thing.
One thing I have notice about me is that I easily offend people and there are plenty out there that will eagerly let me know that they are offended.
Though I don't mean to offend...I think there's something about me that upsets others.
I have had to toughen up and not feel so deeply about their opinions. This has been an ongoing work in my life.
Take care,
Deanna
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