God Held Me From Start To Finish
– God Held Me From Start To Finish –
Picture a time in your life that stands out. One you can perfectly picture after ten, twenty, or even thirty years. Continue reading → God Held Me From Start To Finish
L.O.V.E. – Song #25
– L.O.V.E. – Song #25 –
Sorry I keep pulling up old songs but I can’t help it. I mean, when you L.O.V.E a song, you have to share it. Frank Sinatra’s voice deserves attention, but the originality of spelling that word wins the ‘M.U.S.T. Share’ award.
The pictures showing in the middle is what led me to share this one. Enjoy.
If you look him up on Youtube, you’ll notice song after song after song of his has to do with love being that word is in the title. This song, I’m sure you all agree, is the one most listeners L.O.V.E.
I can’t help but share a few other meanings of L.O.V.E. It’s right in saying, as the song says, that love is more than just a game for two. It’s a bit deeper than that.
I could say so much about love, but I think I’ll just cover it with a list, and a picture.
The list comes from 1 Corinthians 12:4-8 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Now for the picture that shows us that best symbol of love that anyone can find. It isn’t a heart, or a diamond. The best symbol of love is what shows the best proof of love.
Maybe it’s time many of us, with all that’s going on around our country as I type, need to ponder a bit on our definition of L.O.V.E.
Marianne Petersen’s book God and Your Pillow is now available. (Amazon) – You can follow Marianne on Twitter at @marimemoirs and read more on her blog, marimemoirs.com.
Because You Love Me – Song #4
– Because You Love Me – Song #4 –
Have you ever cried the first time you heard a song, or as that saying goes ‘balled your head off’? I sure have. One certain song called Because You Loved Me, by Celine Dion, sure did that to me. Still to this day it dampens my eyes.
It has me think of the brain illness called Encephalitis I went through years ago. Not so much about me but my husband who went through it all right along side me. I couldn’t have made it through it without him. So as you listen to every word, you’ll see how it shares bits and pieces of just how he was my eye when I couldn’t see and lifted me up when I couldn’t reach. If you know my story, (click here for part of my story.) then I suggest you get a hanky.
I could have chosen many different videos for this song but, as you begin to watch, you’ll see why I had to choose this one. Sure, it is opposite of who’s who, being I was the one laying down. I’m sure you’ll see why I wanted to use this version of this song.
It’s not just about my husband and the love he showed me, but also about God and the love He showed me. Now being close to twenty-nine years since, I still ponder on just how God carried me from the day it hit me to now. As the song says, He was my strength when I was weak.
I want you to listen carefully, seeing if a person comes to your mind that was holding you tight through a tough trial? Or better yet, how God showed you much love, carrying you even tighter. If this song words if perfectly for you as it does me, please let me know.
#1- Click here if you haven’t yet read that part of my story.
Marianne Petersen’s book God and Your Pillow is now available. (Amazon) – You can follow Marianne on Twitter at @marimemoirs and read more on her blog, marimemoirs.com.
Loved – Five Minute Friday
– Loved – Five Minute Friday
– Loved –
Note the word ‘Loved’ is past tense. I’ll now think of the many times in my past that I sure have loved.
I have loved the time God opened my heart. I felt He directly said to me ‘I love you’. The most important day of my most important memory lane that began many years ago.
I have loved the time I saw my husband for the first time. That second had me believe that ‘Love at first sight’ can actually be true.
I have loved the outcome of even that, hall shall I say it, uncomforted feeling I felt giving birth to each of my four children. So worth it, indeed.
I have loved how God decided what was the best time for me to have that life changing seizure. It was so obvious God knew the best time and place for it to take place, for it truly showed, even though it was tough, His Fatherly love was right there. (Click here to read more about that day.)
I have loved the entire route I’ve taken at getting my first memoir/book out. It sure hasn’t’ been easy. God showed me it was Him pushing me forward from start to finish.
Why don’t you look back at those times from your past you’ve loved. We should never run out of time to continue thanking God for that love He knew we’d never forget.
Marianne Petersen’s book God and Your Pillow is now available. (Amazon) – You can follow Marianne on Twitter at @marimemoirs and read more on her blog, marimemoirs.com.
Two of The Best Words Ever Said
– Two of The Best words Ever Said –
Being I post my stories
In the middle of each week
I have to say today’s is extra special
Why? Here, I’ll let you take a peek
Ever since Chris and I met
I knew he was for me
I don’t even want to imagine
How living without him would be
Thirty years ago today I said
Two words still solid and true
What are those two words, you wonder
Those two simple words, ‘I Do’
June 12, 1988
(This poem will now continue with one of our favorite wedding gifts that’s still on our wall.)
Yes, thirty years does stand out just a hair, but that’s not the reason I’m sharing this. My main purpose is to show others that if Christ is your guidepost in your marriage, through thick and thin, good chance your anniversary number will get bigger. Just remember . . . Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. – 1 Cor: 13:4-7 (NKJV) –
I’m sure not saying it’s easy, but as Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” ~ Matthew 19:26
Hard to imagine, yes
that Marianne is now a poet
It’s not just you that thinks that way
It’s even been hard for her to realize it
(Okay, so maybe I’m not that great of a poet.)
Marianne Petersen’s book God and Your Pillow is now available. (Amazon) – You can follow Marianne on Twitter at @marimemoirs and read more on her blog, marimemoirs.com.
