Karrie and I are celebrating our 35th anniversary December 19th. I am so grateful to her and so blessed to be her husband. She has brought me so much joy and happiness, along with our three wonderful sons. Her caregiving each day and all the hard work she does and the worrying she has to go through each day are overwhelming. Thank you, sweetheart!
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| Karrie at the Back Bay in Los Osos, Home of our Dearly Departed Cousin, Don Young. |
I want to say that I realized that this is a great time of year to tell those you have caused hurt or misunderstanding with, that you are sorry. I have so many faults and I get so full of pride. I regret that I don't always do my best in responding to others. We need peace within families, communities, churches, and even countries.
Humility and love could help our country as we see changes in our governance and expressions of pride and the lust for power. God help us to look within our own hearts, individually and collectively, and repent of the attitudes that cause pain and division. This is what Christmas is all about. The birth of a humble King coming to bring a servant's message to a world clamoring for victory and dominance. We recall the words of Isaiah where he tells of the coming Christ,
"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore." Isaiah 2:4
Let us seek to make peace as individuals and work together as a nation to do the things that are best for all people, and not seek to win, but rather to be whole and act in a manner which benefits others, as well as ourselves. -- Patient-Online
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