tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17671829218955321622024-03-13T16:08:21.424-07:00Sharon L. Patterson's 2 Encourage USLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-63225699571734583432014-01-03T11:21:00.000-08:002014-01-03T11:21:34.948-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each December 31st, I prepare my new calendar with all the notations of events or tasks I need to remember for the new year. They come from looking at last year's calendar. I do the same for the journal I keep each day. It is a poignant time I spend preparing for all the newness of the blank pages yet to be filled by perusing the filled pages of last year's journal. Loss and gain, the unexpected and the expected are recorded often in the same day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The older I become (now in the last category you can check on all written forms), the more I am grateful for understanding how the old and the new need to be next to one another. I am blessed to be part of several things, including my church, where the new will always be an interjection alongside the time honored and well-respected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The new is a shot in the arm to perspective that has become too settled or shortsighted.( Maybe, I should just tell it like it is...too stubborn to receive!) It is the B-12 we all need!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The old is the firm foundation on which to build the new. Hand in hand they are a dynamo from which the next generation catapults its additions to the ideas, inventions, and progress of tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope that I never lose my fascination with the new, nor my ability to take what God has chosen to show me through it. Equally, I pray that I may always interject the wisdom that it has taken a lifetime of gleaning to gain. How blessed I am to be asked for it more often than expected. It is not mine...it is based on God's Word. Many times new crossroads appeared on my path. I needed consultation with the ancient well of timeless wisdom before making my choices. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is time for me to get back to something new I need to attend to. I pray a blessing on the blending of the new and old of 2014.</span></div>
SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-6649783269655553262013-09-24T15:22:00.001-07:002013-09-24T15:22:30.235-07:00In Praise to His Goodness<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="background-color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span></span> For all that you have done</span></span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For every battle won,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thank You, Lord, I praise You, Lord.</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For all that You’ve defeated,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For every work completed,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thank You Lord, I praise You, Lord. <span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the Spirit who hovers,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> And the blood that covers,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thank You, Lord, I praise You, Lord.</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For the things you’ve delivered,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For bondages You’ve severed, </span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I thank You, Lord, I praise You, Lord. </span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For strength and endurance</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For salvation’s sweet assurance,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thank You, Lord, I praise You, Lord</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.
For life not lived by chance,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For purpose in every circumstance,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thank You, Lord, I praise You, Lord.</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For strength to endure,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For faith that’s secure,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thank You, Lord, I praise You, Lord.</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For peace in the storm,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And life far above the norm,</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thank You, Lord, I praise You, Lord.</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span></span> Amen
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SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-60399660835972214372013-09-24T15:04:00.000-07:002013-09-24T15:06:32.771-07:00A Soul Set On Freedom<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">By: Sharon L. Patterson</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Anguished, abandoned,
alone;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Blamed, burned-out,
burdened;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Distressed, disturbed,
depressed;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Entangled, estranged,
embittered;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tense, tarnished,
tormented;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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Unheard, unwanted, unloved;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Weighed down, worried,
wounded-</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">UNTIL…He came to free
me!</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">NOW…I am a soul set on
freedom:</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Astonished, amazed,
afire;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Blessed, bold, beaming;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Delighted, daring,
dancing;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Enlivened, embellished,
eternal;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Trusting, tender,
tenacious;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Understanding,
unabashed, unafraid;</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wise, worthy,
worshipping.</span></b></span></span></span></div>
SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-28183085715020543122013-03-15T07:53:00.000-07:002013-03-15T07:53:57.511-07:00New songs, profound joy in the land of unknown<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">New Songs, Profound Joy in the Land of Unknown</span></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">How amazed I continue to be as I travel to the Land of Unknown once more</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Having absolutely no idea of what God has in store;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">But knowing I can trust this new adventure will certainly</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Find new songs and profound joy rising inside of me.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">That has always been the way</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My Savior fills me when I pray</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Laying down my fears for what I dred</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Understanding I am not being led</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This way for nothing less than my good</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And the precious substance that gives glory where it should-</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">To the source of new songs</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">To the deep well of profound joy belongs</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">All my praise</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">All of my days.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">In the Land of Unknown </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span></b></div>
SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-51383647890075619342013-03-13T05:53:00.002-07:002013-03-13T05:57:16.761-07:00Giving Voice to the Right Words<div class="postbody">
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<span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: large;">Due
to the fact that my upcoming surgery will deal with an area close to my
voice box, I have been conscious of the things I give voice to. It is
just crazy what comes out of my mouth at times. The Lord must shake his
head as he questions, "Why on earth did she say that?" I am sure the
angels assigned to guard me must also query some of my comments.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: large;">I have
such a tendency to speak before I think...a bad habit I have had since
childhood. It is my prayer, however, that "the words of my mouth, and
the meditation of my heart may be acceptable to you, O God" and also,
that my "yes" would be "yes" and my "no" would be "no". Proverbs tells
me that even a fool, when quiet, may be considered wise. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: large;">What I
give voice to matters...right words matter. I want my words to
encourage, to line up with God's Word, to be like "apples of gold in
pitchers of silver." I want them to come from faith and not doubt,
spirit and not flesh, peace that passes understanding not contention and
confusion that lead to every kind of trouble.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: large;">Well, I
think less is more today and so I will let my prayer be to surrender to
the one who lives within me that I will give voice to the right words
this day.</span></div>
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SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-83318988278917025002013-03-05T07:06:00.002-08:002013-03-05T07:06:31.107-08:00Fullness of Joy<div class="xg_module_body">
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<span class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Fullness of Joy</span></strong></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">One thing He promised that I would find</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Has proved greater than most things that come to mind</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Although it is not easy to possess</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">And comes at points of hardest access-</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Still, there is fullness of joy.</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">I have found it at the oddest of times</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">When life's poems have lost their rhymes,</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">When reason has left the stage</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">And sorrow has spilled onto every page</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Of daily existence-still there is fullness of joy.</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Because He is the very source</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Proven in time through every course</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">My tears may flow</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">My mind may not know</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">How it can be- still there is fullness of joy...</span></div>
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<em><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">For He is my fullness of Joy!</span></strong></em></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">March Winds</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By: Sharon L. Patterson</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It is March but this
month’s preview blew across my area less than a week ago announcing impending
unknowns with a bluster I have yet experienced in my sixty plus years in
Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wind blew-HARD and it blew
all night and all day with the same velocity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It affected changes throughout the city and in my own back yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A garden angel lost her wing; an umbrella was
lifted out of the patio table and blown across the yard; the gate to our fence
was ripped open and the remains of what was once a lock lay scattered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not bad considering stories of greater damage
I heard others had sustained. </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">There has been a lot
of blustering of news concerning changes that begin today, March 1, 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The forecast concerning winds of change
reaches much farther than my corner of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequestration is now more than a
forecast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is part of our not yet
fully known reality. Everywhere we turn, no matter the mode of communication,
March winds are blowing. </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It reminds me of a mighty storm that came up
on the Sea of Galilee mentioned in the gospel of Luke, chapter 8, verses 22-25.
Jesus asked a very significant question that resonates as much to us modern day
disciples as it did to the original twelve:</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> “One day, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other
side of the</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>lake. So they got into a boat
and set out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they sailed, He fell
asleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they were in great danger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The disciples went and woke him, saying,</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>“Master, Master, we are going to drown!” He
got up and rebuked</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the wind and the raging waters:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the storm subsided, and all was calm.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?” He asked his disciples.”</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Great question!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May our answer focus our faith on the Storm
Calmer, not on the storm, nor on the March winds of 2013. May we, like those
first disciples respond “in fear and amazement…,”Who is this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He commands even the winds and the water, and
they obey Him.”</b></div>
SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-1097418024453586962013-03-01T06:47:00.000-08:002013-03-01T06:57:18.825-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>New Places To Walk With Faith</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>by: Sharon L. Patterson </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I made the appointment as directed;</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Since the doctor confirmed what I detected-</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>An unwelcomed bump</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>That had grown to a lump</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>On my thyroid gland.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Surgery will have to be part of the plan,"</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Said my ENT specialist yesterday.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Okay,"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>My reply</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>With an anxious sigh.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Inside I thought, "Now I am in need</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> Of what I have often sown as seed</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In the lives of friends and family:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Oh Lord, it is me,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Who has new places to walk</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Leaning on the faith of which I talk."</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I am not shy to share</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>this new care.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>With those I trust</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Who understand prayer is a must</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>To keep the faith flame,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In Jesus Name,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Burning strong</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>All day long.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I know I'll be fine </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>As friends' faith locks with mine</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>And we look </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>to the book</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>That grounds it all </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>And call</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>On our God who is the beginning</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>And sustainer of all healing.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Real Life and Real
Faith??</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">By: Sharon L. Patterson</b></div>
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Isn’t life something?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here we are on a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real life Monday</b>
morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are about as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">diverse a group of</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">women</b> as can be gathering together, doing real life at a place
known for real faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our backgrounds
differ, our gifts are varied; our personal histories packed with multifaceted
stories. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We have collided,</b> haven’t
we?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are young and we are in our mid
years, we are a bit past that and then there’s a real life old lady whose name
I won’t mention but she resembles me!</div>
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We are here having just dealt with dirty diapers or
delivering whining children with leftover breakfast still in the corners of
their mouths and most certainly, sticky on their hands to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of us have come from deciding what to do
about the latest bad attitude spillover bursting somewhat disrespectfully from
our teenage daughter’s mouth. Okay, she made us cry…again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have arrived here by the seat of our
workout pants with a mug of lukewarm coffee still unfinished sitting in that
beverage thingy created by car manufacturers.</div>
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I want to visit with you about our collision between real
life and real faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This road on which
we have met is like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the moving walkways
at the airport.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can walk or we
can stand still but the walkway will continue moving and collisions will
inevitably happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although we are
different, we share the same <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">human
attributes.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can love and we can
hate; we have sorrow and we have joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are both givers and takers; selfish and selfless. We have more in common than
human attributes; we have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">aspirations,</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hopes and dreams</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">have
unanswered questions</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">and we have
problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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I don’t know about you, but on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">this moving walkway of real life</b>, I find that I need <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real faith</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">where
I find peace for unanswered questions, solutions for problems</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">and true substance to pursue my</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">dreams</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My hope is built on the groundwork of faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it is what I put my faith in that
matters.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The world offers an
appetizer tray of things</b> for you to put your faith in as you live real life<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: ambition</b> to be all you can be and
always be one up on all the other women <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">;
better<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>things; better body; better man.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They offer you assorted results depending on
what recipe you try. And the enemy of our soul stands ready to make us
dissatisfied with the results.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about these<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> world recipes?</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Do Your Best</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well that one works until someone does better
than you<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get
Better</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Things or More Things-</b>
Funny they are just like lesser things…they wear out and get old and grow more
expensive and still need dusting.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Get a</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">better body:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work out, diet,
eat supplements-those recipes work until your second pregnancy and after fifty,
gravity gets the rest.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, Get a Better Man</b>-oh my goodness, the
recipes are endless for that one and it is exhausting especially recognizing
that they are often looking for a better woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></div>
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Now, let’s talk <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">about
real faith</b> offers just a moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
world and the devil have another appetizer tray of offerings for this, too:</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Politically
correct beliefs</b>-Any other kind can only come from bigoted antiquated,
unlearned minds.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Compromising
beliefs</b>-Faith, like everything else is evolving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must change our faith relative to the
times in which we live.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ecumenical
beliefs</b>-All faiths lead to God </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Agnostic
or Atheist beliefs</b>-God is too big to define or does not exist at all-Man
makes his own world.</div>
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Now, let’s talk about the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real life faith Jesus has to give</b> and
what it offers<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In John 10:10</b> Jesus tells us about what
the enemy’s recipe for real life is<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The thief comes only to steal; and kill and
destroy…he goes on to say, “I have come that they might have life and have it
to the full.”</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">So, what about peace for my unanswered questions, solutions for
problems and true substance to pursue our dreams?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace
I give you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not give to you as the
world gives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not let your hearts be
troubled and do not be afraid.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also in
Hebrew 11: 1-3:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Now faith is being sure
of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what the ancients were commended
for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By faith we understand that the
universe was formed at God’s command; so that what is seen was not </b>made out
of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what was visible.</b> “</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, when you are in your own study
time read that great chapter and discover the kind of believers described.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will find not what the world would label
gorgeous, particularly gifted, certainly not Oscar winning performers-but the
ordinary just daring to do what Jesus asks for real life-“say “yes with a
foot”…a “yes” that continues to actively move in the direction of pursuing the
way, the truth and the life while stuck in the midst of dirty diapers,
disappointments, broken washers, aging parents, economic meltdown, job loss,
etc. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Believing what Jesus says as the Word of God
who came in flesh as pronounced in God’s Word. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John 14:6:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is the Way (when
you can’t see one); He is the Truth that is constant (when the world’s
continues to wobble about) and He is the Life that gives do-overs, filled with
forgiveness and begin agains.</b></div>
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God’s offering to us is not only
for this life but that to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
encourage you to try His Real Life through Real faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At sixty-five, I have seen the world offering
for life come and go, Jesus remains the constant life giver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage you and I bless you to keep
moving on with your “yes” Nikes, stilettos, or bare feet set ready to run,
walk, maybe occasionally if you stumble, get back up on The Way with His Truth,
and live this real life of faith that you may have real life.</div>
SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-91943010614149826822013-02-21T13:48:00.001-08:002013-02-21T14:02:41.583-08:00From My Heart To Yours<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>"When encouraging words soar up in one's spirit and flood the heart they can not help but spill out of the soul onto paper with the blessing of God" </b> </span>Sharon L Patterson</span></i></td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By: Sharon L. Patterson</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Oh
my…another morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The alarm has gone
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I muster my thoughts, get up and put my day’s
activities in my “head list”, peruse them as I brush my teeth, and decide which
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All too often, the first thing on my list
which should be to seek the wisdom and presence of God is abandoned to “one
more thing” somewhere else on the “head list”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When that is the order of events, that even becomes the “ last thing”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having departed from earlier days and
attitudes of legalism, I do not wish to put seeking God on a ritual list of any
kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to be like David, who in
Psalm 63:1 said, “O God, you are my God; early (KJ) or earnestly (NIV) I seek
you. My soul thirsts for you.” So, I want to make that statement to Him the
First Thing…maybe even Just One More Thing…even the Last Thing all during the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope that you will take a look at a wonderful e-zine I am privileged to be writing for. The link is below...</span></i></span><b> </b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">http://rubyforwomen.com/category/ruby-for-women-magazine</span>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-47625175253518426912012-01-05T13:15:00.000-08:002013-01-18T09:34:04.024-08:00An exciting endorsement from Josh McDowell for Healing for the Holes in Our SoulsOn January 5th, <b>Josh Mc Dowell</b> endorsed my book<b><i> Healing for the Holes in Our Souls</i></b>. Josh's ministry is in its 50th year. He has authored and co-authored 77 books. His <i><b>Evidence that Demands a Verdict</b></i> is recognized as Christianity's 14th best selling book of the 20th century. I am so very honored to have this endorsement. He will also provide a link for my book and offer a sample chapter as a link on his website and that will be included here soon. Here is what he says about the book:<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Healing for the Holes in Our Souls </b></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">balances practical questions about healing emotional and spiritual wounds with wonderful applications of biblical insight. I would encourage you if you've been sexually abused to purchase this book."</span></i><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Josh D. McDowell</span></i></b><br />
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Link to Josh McDowell website just1clickaway.org. click on the help section and scroll down to books for<b> <i>Healing for the Holes in Our Souls.</i></b><br />
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<b><br /></b>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-74901389577033997102011-10-19T13:55:00.000-07:002011-10-19T14:22:35.387-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">2011- A Year of Published Blessings</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What a year of published blessings 2011 has been!</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Chicken Soup for the Soul: Answered Prayer</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> was released October 18, 2011. It contains "Lost and Found" (#87) which is my contribution. It is my second published story for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Last year, "Summoned to Pray" (#66) was included in </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Miracles.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">In addition, my newest book, </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Where Is Happy?</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:130%;">was just released by Llumina Press in September, 2011. I took a unique approach...a book for all ages in the format of a children's book. Lynyia Ledbetter did the marvelous photographic illustrations. It is available online at amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com. It is available in various e-readers including Kindle and Nook.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span></div>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-44882119325254652102009-02-24T15:43:00.000-08:002009-02-24T16:00:04.882-08:00A Time of New Opportunities<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">2009 is a year for new opportunities. One of my blessed opportunities is to be sharing my writings monthly on an awesome Christian women's e-zine, "Positively Feminine." I began writing in October. I hope you will visit and read some of my stories and poems. Go to www.positivelyfeminine.org<br /><br /> My stories are under the sidebar listings Maternally Feminine, Positively Feminine and Frugally Feminine. It is an awesome site to visit! I hope that you will enjoy not only my pieces but explore all the wisdom that is available. Many blessed opportunities to all of you this year!<br /><br />Blessings multiplied!<br />Sharon<br /><br />My Stories and poems to look for:<br />"The Answer I Could Not Give"<br />"Interrupted"<br />"The Last Gift"<br />"Prayer of the Extravagant Spender"<br />"The Flu...A Positive Approach"<br /><br />(more to come!)<br /><br /></span></span></span></span>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-23163997948088335152008-10-26T14:00:00.000-07:002008-10-26T14:03:05.169-07:00A Testimonial from Dr. Barbara Byers...<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">"Sharon's book was a breath of fresh air-her unique writing style and self-effacing humor! She has written from her own experience with the Lord and makes no other claim except his Word and his Spirit. I loved her honesty about the abuse she suffered and have already given it to one of my clients to read."</span>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-48401189082783692852008-10-08T07:33:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:42:06.309-07:002008 Operation Gratitude Holiday Drive<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;">The 2008 Holiday Drive for Operation Gratitude has already begun. It will run until November 15, 2008. If you will visit my post about <strong><em>A Soldier's Strength from the Psalms</em></strong> and click on the link provided, you can have the opportunity to bless a soldier and his/her family. </span>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-60733008023070258692008-10-08T06:52:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:19:16.232-07:00From Dr. Claudia Cearley-Retired Therapist<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;">"God has blessed Sharon with the ability to minister to hurting people with her unique, vivid analogies that peel away pretenses, and get right down to the root of soul wounds. She has transparently shared her heart in <strong><em>Healing for the Holes</em></strong> <strong><em>in Our Souls</em></strong> in a way which will give hope to the wounded, and draw them to the ultimate Healer...our Lord Jesus."</span>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-40947014808305129332008-10-01T13:16:00.000-07:002008-10-01T13:24:55.283-07:00From Mary Caldwell...Friday, September 26, 2008<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#6600cc;"><em><strong>"Healing for the Holes in Our Souls"</strong></em> is a true testimony of God's grace and love. Sharon Patterson's story touched my woul deeply and uncovered a few of my own holes. Through God's grace, I know that I will find mercy to heal. Sharon's sincere passion for the Lord shines through on every page, adn her Spirit-filled personality is evident as you read her book. <strong><em>"Healing for the Holes in</em></strong> <strong><em>Our Souls"</em></strong> is a wonderful must read book for all who need healing!</span>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-69168858453244664942008-09-19T14:36:00.004-07:002008-09-25T17:35:22.074-07:00Announcing "Healing for the Holes in Our Souls"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6CyiinqOPGbEzO0fi1T5xZlrxruLbz89lyDfDmSLRxZMvjm_J8JGx1astTUTZRZCw49N49IwdwzdHzW5_Q1g_4WJtNRB1at1GwHJnQkw5QNqUz-li6-s4GpI8Z8d4gwG6fR1wI8lBQIX/s1600-h/Healing+Book+Cover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247865249114829506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6CyiinqOPGbEzO0fi1T5xZlrxruLbz89lyDfDmSLRxZMvjm_J8JGx1astTUTZRZCw49N49IwdwzdHzW5_Q1g_4WJtNRB1at1GwHJnQkw5QNqUz-li6-s4GpI8Z8d4gwG6fR1wI8lBQIX/s320/Healing+Book+Cover.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong><em><span style="color:#009900;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">"Healing for the Holes in Our Souls"</span></em> <span style="color:#000000;">is my newest Christian book to aid in the recovery of those of us who have suffered emotionally from life's difficulties. View at: <a href="http://www.llumina.com/store/healingfortheholes.htm">www.llumina.com/store/healingfortheholes.htm</a> </span></strong></span><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Check it out on the website. I know it will bless all who have been through the rough and tumble places of life that have left holes in the inner world of our souls. It is a book of healing and hope! </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></p></span></strong></span>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-26591695872168947182008-09-19T14:36:00.003-07:002008-09-19T15:35:19.972-07:00A Soldier's Strength from the Psalms"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRuegz4a4Y-ZLHCS6xsgIPCOuxV8BSKf0-MYHTGvySU_M87JtvL9sOot7J9GIBMB8Hyvx_CMZFilqT9sRc2BM-MyFvVcfr7m_a4NWLan7B_swxwMOUlGllNqRsX9z4Cd_JPxnn7XEYLNY/s1600-h/A+Soldiers+Strength+from+the+Psalms.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247863893393157858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRuegz4a4Y-ZLHCS6xsgIPCOuxV8BSKf0-MYHTGvySU_M87JtvL9sOot7J9GIBMB8Hyvx_CMZFilqT9sRc2BM-MyFvVcfr7m_a4NWLan7B_swxwMOUlGllNqRsX9z4Cd_JPxnn7XEYLNY/s320/A+Soldiers+Strength+from+the+Psalms.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong><em>A year in publication and a successful year in blessing our soldiers and their families.<br /></em></strong></span><div></div>SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-52544733200228447982007-09-06T15:12:00.000-07:002007-09-06T15:29:17.788-07:00BLESS A SOLDIER...AND ALSO THE FAMILY thru donations of "A Soldier's Strength from the Psalms" to OPERATION GRATITUDE!More exciting news...I have connected with OPERATION GRATITUDE, an all volunteer, non-profit organization which sends 20,000-50,000 packages to our deployed men and women around the world in two huge campaigns a year: The Holiday Campaign: October1-December15 and the Patriotic Campaign: April-June 15.<br /><br /> They have agreed to accept my book, "A Soldier's Strength from the Psalms" in their packages for those who would love to "Bless A Soldier". If you go to the following website, you can order the book(s) and have them sent directly to OPERATION GRATITUDE. My publisher created it to make things easy to be part of this awesome group's work. OPERATION GRATITUDE will send you a tax deduction receipt within 3 months! Here it is:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.llumina.com/store/operationgratitude.htm">www.llumina.com/store/operationgratitude.htm</a><br /><br />Sooooooooooo, if you are looking for a place that blesses our soldiers and you want to be part of that, please consider donating beginning in October! May the blessings come back to you!!!SLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767182921895532162.post-18722324009607977432007-08-31T11:56:00.000-07:002007-09-04T08:09:50.415-07:00MY NEW BOOK: A SOLDIER'S STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMSI am in the launching stage of getting this devotional countdown/calendar journal into the hands of our deployed men and women and their families. I hope that each of you who are interested in encouraging them will consider giving this as a gift to your family member, friend, associate, or neighbor who might be serving our military forces around the world.<br /><br />The inspiration for this book came from my youngest son, a purple heart hero, during his tour of duty in Iraq from March 2004-2005. It is certainly worth a trip to <a href="http://www.llumina.com/asoldier.htm">http://www.llumina.com/asoldier.htm</a> for a look. I promise it will be a blessing!<br /><br />SL PattersonSLPattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107135084610657810noreply@blogger.com0