May 24, 2015 (Delayed Posting)

My Shaun asked to marry him again this weekend. 

(~I completely wore through the metal of my original wedding ring, so he had my ring's metal melted down and remolded with my original diamond...then added some bling...Oh my goodness, it's spectacular, but I am definitely gonna have to get used to the bling!)

Imagine looking at something close to 3-5 hours a day for 30 years. 

I started wearing my original ring Nov. 20, 1985 when my Shaun proposed, and the ring metal made it nearly 30 years before wearing so thin it broke.  I was actually kinda "lost" for 3 days, having a naked ring finger...So... I got my great grandma's 2 simple ring guards and wore them for the 6 weeks it took for the new ring to be fashioned from the old. (I needed "history" on my hand!)

---It's comforting knowing I'm still wearing my old ring (melted into the new ring) that my sweet Babe bought on a student loan, (then ate hot dogs for a year while he trained with the USA water polo team...We was "poo-", couldn't even afford the "r".) 

Big hugs wonderful friends, thank you for your amazing prayers over us. 

Walk in Another's Shoes 6-15-15

“Judge not that ye be not judged.” Matt. 7:1

Below is an excerpt written by Oswald Chambers.

Jesus says regarding judging---DON’T.

The average Christian is the most penetratingly critical individual.

Criticism is a part of the ordinary faculty of man, but in the spiritual domain, nothing is accomplished by criticism.

The effect of criticism is a dividing up of the powers of the one criticized.

The Holy Spirit is the only One in the true position to criticize; He alone is able to show what is wrong without hurting and wounding.

It is impossible to enter into communion with God when you are in a critical temper,

(your name).

It makes you hard and vindictive and cruel, and leaves you with the flattering unction

that you are a superior person.

Jesus says, as a disciple, cultivate the uncritical temper.

It is not done once and for all. Beware of anything that puts you in the position of “superior person”. There is no getting away from the penetration of Jesus.

For, if I see the mote in someone else’s eye, it means I have a beam in my own. Every wrong thing that I see in another, God locates in me.

Every time I judge, I condemn myself (Rom. 2:17-20).

Stop having a measuring rod for other people.

There is always one fact more in every man’s case about which we know nothing.

Remember, the first thing God does is to give us a spiritual spring-cleaning.

~For what lies in me apart from the grace of God?

Why not pause here, and really ponder these inspired words.

Perhaps, just perhaps…there is someone in our lives to whom we could apply this message?

Oh that we may each muster up the courage to apply this truth to at least one person in our lives this week.

When understanding and forgiveness are sought, freedom is found.   Amen.

Much love and big hugs,

Shaun and Betsy