In Honor of My Husband, Randy

Randy Cohorn

08-05-1947  -  03-21-2015

My memories of this man are strong and intense.  I am so very grateful that I have only one regret in my life with him  and that is that we had so few years together.  

* He was the most handsome man I have ever met.
I loved his face. It had so much character. But more importantly it was kind and loving.

* He had a FABULOUS sense of humor.
Before we even met in person, we emailed for a few weeks. On February 25th, 2010 he said, 

Brenda,
2nd grade joke...
Question: What happened to the frog who broke down on the highway?
Answer: He got Toad away.
I get all my best stuff from second graders. First graders are cute but they're just not funny.
Randy”

This is when I fell in love.

* He loved with every fiber of his being.
He loved God and never hesitated to let others see that love.

He loved me more than I have ever been loved.

He loved children!! He enjoyed them – even teens!! 

We had a large combined family and he loved them all. Toni’s family, My family, His family. At different times in his life he made room for so many different people and he took responsibility and worked hard to care for everyone and to make everyone happy! If I start listing them here I may run out of room. But he loved all of us.

He loved his friends. – Greatly. They have been so important to him in his life.

He loved his church. – He loved serving in his church. He never picked his ministry by what he enjoyed doing – he always picked his ministry by where he was needed most. THEN he greatly enjoyed it.

He loved our Life Group!

 
We had such a good time together! And he wanted to do things together – spend time together.  We always had things to do and we always enjoyed them. If it was going to Branson, estate sales, or watching Blue Bloods and playing “Words with Friends” (he always won when we played… – well most of the time.) We just always had fun.
 
I can’t cover all he meant to me. Too much.

But I am thinking of him today and of his patriotism and how he enjoyed these holidays.
 
He was a good man. I hope you knew him. If you did, I’m sure your life was changed a bit. If you didn’t, I hope and pray you meet someone in your lifetime that is as special as Randy is to all of us who did know him.

"Take Me Deeper 2015"

I have been spending my time with estate sales, church commitments, my wonderful husband and I've been doing the "Take Me Deeper 2015" Project.  It seems as if blogging has taken a back seat. I’m hoping to improve on that (a promise I have made often) during 2015. I am scheduled to go to a Blog Conference in the fall and am looking forward to it. Until then, I will t.r.y. to get back into a blogging schedule.  

And to be really honest here – I have a new computer and the photo program is giving me FITS… But, you will be pleased to know, I haven’t thrown it.....  YET.

I thought I would share with you about "His Kingdom Come" and their project of “Take Me Deeper.”  His Kingdom Come is a website for people to come together and share their artwork while growing in their spiritual lives.

I am not an artist. If you remember a little over a year ago I tried my hand at Media Art – which I love. But it was kind of like playing the piano – some (ME)  are just not gifted in the arts!! But I did like the idea of Bible Journaling. With or without talent what I've discovered is that journaling a passage of scripture really helps me to meditate on it, to think about it more and so I find that I apply it more to my life.

So I’m going to share a bit with you to give you an idea of how fun and meaningful this is. (if you want to see some FABULOUS art work on these Bible verses take a look at His Kingdom Come website.) 

This is a Journaling Bible that I purchased on ebay. The margins are 2.5 inches wide.

Week 1, Romans 12:1-2:

Week 2, 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10:

Week 3, 2 Corinthians 3:18:




Week 4, Hebrews 10:19-23:




Week 5, Philippians 2:12-13:




Week 6, John 3:16:




Week 7, Matthew 22:37:




Week 8, John 13:34-35:




Week 9, 2 Corinthians 5:17:

I've finished the first two months of the year! Looking forward to the rest of the year.

A dear friend of mine is doing a wonderful thing with her Journaling Bible. She has picked a verse for each grandchild, highlighted it, then in the wide margin has added a current picture of the child with their hand print over the page. It is beautiful and what a wonderful legacy for her grands!!

So many ideas!! Hope you will get some ideas and try them yourself and share them in the comment section of my blog! 

Happy Journaling!!

Happy New Year - 2015

I ended 2014 not feeling well. I have been fighting allergies for several months. But I woke up on January 1, 2015 feeling better!

I very seldom make “new year resolutions.” There may be some things I want to change over the new year and sometimes I will state these but resolutions are not what they should be! – for me anyway!

Someone suggested we set “goals” for the new year instead of resolutions.

Weight always seems to be forefront in my mind. I ended 2013 having lost 15 pounds and had hoped I would carry that through 2014… Not so much. I added that back on plus a few more – so resolution – goal – no matter what I call it, for my health that needs to become a priority to me for the next few months.

I found the fabulous web site of His Kingdom Come a while back and did join their “Take Me Deeper 2015” group and resolution or goal- no matter what I call it, I am going to strive to become better at this life as a Christian. I am taking their challenge to do their devotional/study once a week for 52 weeks.

Last year I picked a word to use as my theme for 2014. The word I picked was kindness  - using the Bible verse “He has told you what is good… to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

I not only tried practicing kindness more, but I also tried to notice kindness in others more.

This year on His Kingdom Come I found “logos365” which is the idea of a word that God chooses for me to focus on. Which I have already shared H.E.R.E.  I didn’t realize that His Kingdom Come would have prompts for each month for this also. So I am excited about that so it will come to my mind more often.

I hope your 2015 started out on good ground. I hope that as you think of resolutions or goals for the year that you include physical, social and more importantly spiritual goals for this new year.

Happy New Year!

God Bless you.