To Brittany and My Family We shall be rebuilt

Jeremiah 31:3-4 & 12-14

As I read this passage on Jan 1st, I cried out to Father God Why again do we as a family walk this path of loss; I waited and yet didn't hear the answer, so I waited for a measure of peace in His presence.

3. The Lord has appeared of old to me saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you. 4. Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, 12. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, Streaming to the goodness of the Lord For wheat and new wine and oil, for the young of the flock and the herd; Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden. And they shall sorrow no more at all. 13. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; For I will turn their mourning to joy, Will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow. 14. I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness says the Lord."

Brittany's Shawn has passed from this world to the next and he is seated with his Father God, while we are left to ask the questions of: How come, Why now, Why! Why!

Her life and ours as a family are broken and hurt with this loss of a life full of joy, happiness and we will miss Shawn's smile and his thumbs up attitude.  He was so young 36 years old, her soul mate the love of her life and he hers.  As her family we feel so helpless and we can only offer words, hugs and prays for her as she walks this path of sorrow. 

In time Father God will rebuilt us; there will one day be joy, and hope as He helps us walk this path, we may never completely understand the Why. One day we will see all those we have lose this pass 3 years and we will have the greatest family reunion that heaven has seen.  All tears will be wiped away and our hearts will not ache anymore, as we dance and rejoice in the presence of our Father God and our family. 

So we will wait, hold on to one another and know He will turn our mourning into joy and He will satiate us with this Love and Peace and with blesses of abundance that will come to each of us.  He has promise in this word. 

Psalm 63:7-8   Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.  My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

Our Father God now and forever holds us in this hands.

Deborah

Our Move

Well, we've finally done it! We have made our move back (home) to California after leaving and moving to Minnesota for 40 years, for years we always talking about going back, but with life happening we found our self calling Minnesota home.  We sold are homes in Minnesota and now are renting in the lovely town of Shingletown, at the elevation of 3200 ft. surrounded by pine tree and deer walking through our yard at all time of the day.  I'm now just a 30 minute drive to see my Mon and sister Pam and can see my brother in 2 hours and also can see our grandson in about 4 hours.  Though we have moved farther away from our daughter Carrie and her husband Mike, they now live on the east coast in the town of Sylva North Carolina. We are looking forward to traveling back to see her and see some to this great country on the way.

We are begin to settle in and become accustom to the weather, it was 70 degrees on Christmas day!!!!
Missing our friend in the great state of Minnesota, but not missing the winters.  We have each left friends and memories back in MN and they are forever with us.  For Virgil its his golfing buddy's and his friends in Big Lake and beyond, as for me I've left my friends I worked with for many years and my New Life Church family.  

2012 & 2013 were a busy years for us with selling of the houses and moving. We did it in 3 trips. 1st trip to come to my niece Chelsea wedding in July 2012, then a second niece Brittany wedding in June 2013 and the last one when we move into our home in Shingletown Oct 15th, 2013.    

 We had two additional wedding in the past few year, Jake married Laure and Jamie married Taylor they gave a grand baby to my brother and Karin,  another great grand baby for Mom. So we were growing as a family we were all being to feel bless after to lose of loved ones in 2010.