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Essentially Sharon Believer in Hope 💫 Married to Tom ❤️ Mom and Grandma 🌸 Digital Creator ☀️ Prov. 3.5&6

24/10/2024

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." - Hebrews 11:1

Each week my sister StampinNotes shares faith focused posts in her private crafting and encouragement group. Today she i...
21/10/2024

Each week my sister StampinNotes shares faith focused posts in her private crafting and encouragement group. Today she invited me to share. Here are some thoughts posted from my healing journey about “the cure”.

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Last Friday dense fog on the morning commute had me wishing for silent autumn woods and a camera. I pulled over and snapped a few photos. The view reminded me of two other autumns past when I was searching for healing. I couldn’t see past the haze of turmoil just ahead.

Have you ever desperately searched the horizon for a cure?

During the first round of cancer in 2010-2011 I told one of my doctors, “I don’t really think I got colon cancer due to a lack of chemo in my body. Isn’t there another way?” The response was ultimately, “No, you’re young, we feel that if we clobber you with aggressive treatment now, you’ll never deal with this cancer again.” I journeyed through grueling chemo, radiation, and multiple bowel surgeries. We rejoiced when we heard the words, “There is no sign of cancer at this time.”

I was cured for one year.

During the second round of cancer in 2012-2013 I told one of my doctors that I was tired of being offered only three medically approved options: surgery, radiation and chemo. The doctor expressed hope that there may be something new to offer patients like me in, say, two years, if the second treatment got me through that long. They were very careful to not to promise a “cure”.

“Look, I don’t mean to be disrespectful,” I hedged. “But I am not afraid of dying. I know where I’m going after this life. It is the suffering from “treatment” that I dread.” God gave me the courage to navigate differently the second time while incorporating some medical treatment.

Physically, someday, this earthly body that has carried me well *will* finally give out.

If I may say it this way, we all will face death. Do you know any person who has not? What about someone who has escaped death’s grip and walked out of the grave, and lives today?

There is One, you know. God’s perfect Son. Jesus Christ. His mission would end in disaster from a human perspective. But it was a stroke of genius… and holy sacrificial love… that would redeem us from the curse of sin. Christ went through undeserved treatment to secure our forgiveness from sin.

This “cure” from sin, friend, is the only one that really, truly matters. The best part? It will last for eternity.

We no longer need to dread death and eternal separation from God if we choose to accept the gift of salvation offered through Jesus.

Have you accepted the incredible gift?

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

🍂Sharon O'Connor

PS: Please message the page or comment if you have questions about salvation. A helpful hope-filled website is https://www.peacewithGod.net

15/10/2024

Great stamping video with StampinNotes

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15/10/2024

Good morning ☀️ 🎶🍁

The Young Living Holiday Shop is here! It's the most wonderful time of the year - holiday catalog time!! We are so excit...
14/10/2024

The Young Living Holiday Shop is here!

It's the most wonderful time of the year - holiday catalog time!! We are so excited for some amazing new Thieves products, limited time seasonal favorites, and our favorite holiday hand soap (with an upgrade!)! Say hello to green cleaning with beautiful packaging, oils that bring the essence of the season, lovely diffusers (to keep or to gift?!), and all the Christmas Spirit your heart can handle!

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13/10/2024

Good morning! ☀️🍁☕️

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12/10/2024

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10/10/2024

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One of the resources I have found encouraging on my cancer healing journey is a spreadsheet showing survivors of various...
09/10/2024

One of the resources I have found encouraging on my cancer healing journey is a spreadsheet showing survivors of various cancers and how they used nutrition. I’m sharing this from Jodi Ledley, a moderator in the Square 1 community. Check it out for some hope-filled info. I highly recommend chrisbeatcancer as a powerful and hope-filed resource, too.

The folks on this list are only placed on this list after ten years of being cancer free. Check it out!

🐄 Here are the neighborhood cows watching me walk Scotty 🐾 last evening - getting some slow steps in before worship rehearsal 🎹

https://adventureswithjodi.com/survivor-chart/

(For Instagram I will post a link to the spreadsheet in bio)

Foggy morningSunshine pushing throughCoffee ☕️ with my hubby Neighborhood car curled up on our porch couch sleepingA doe...
08/10/2024

Foggy morning

Sunshine pushing through

Coffee ☕️ with my hubby

Neighborhood car curled up on our porch couch sleeping

A doe across the field

Gratitude for a Savior who invites me to come to him and rest (today’s devotional from https://utmost.org/modern-classic/come-to-me/)

Happy Tuesday 🍁

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