video poem – The Heart of the Matter
November 21, 2018
Rose of Sharon
A Tribute
This past Thursday, November 15, 2018, my family laid a member to rest. She was a cousin, a mother, a grandmother, an aunt, a sister, a daughter, a friend, a defender/protector, a partner, and much more. She passed October 31st peacefully and quietly in her sleep sometime in the twilight before dawn. You may not know her but she is famous because she is a daughter of the Most High God (as we all are famous in His eyes). Her name is (yes IS) Sharon. I cannot speak about Sharon without also speaking about the rock of our family, Roseanne, my Great Grandmother (Grandma Rosie) who passed this plane of existence many years ago. That is why I titled this writing “Rose of Sharon”. Although this is a semi-tribute to our family, it is so much more than that. It is for the glory and honor of our Father God of Heaven and Earth and to every soul God uses this to reach. Without Him nothing else matters because He is THE Beginning and THE End. Everything is made through Him and NOTHING (no thing) was made without Him. (read John 1:1-4 and Isaiah 45:6-7) Continue reading