Today is Monday, February 7th, 2005; Karen's Korner #476

Many of you who live in the Clarion area know that Jim and I are taking a "trip of a lifetime" for the balance of the month of February to Australia and New Zealand. Leaving from Minneapolis later today!
 
Nowadays since our son-in-law Tim built me a web site (www.karens-korner.com), I send my 'korners' through the web site. If I wanted to look for a computer terminal every day in Australia or New Zealand, I could email daily Karen's Korners from there!
 
But we have another plan! Our daughter, Jamie, has agreed to write, edit, share Karen's Korners for the rest of this month. She begins tomorrow. We hope you enjoy the shift!! Maybe we should change the title for the upcoming few days to "Jamie's Jottings"!!??
 
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In studying the book "The Purpose Driven Life", our Sunday School class is learning the importance of our family, our friends, our church family.
 
When we have problems, difficulties, temptations, it is easier for us if we share the trying times with someone (several someones!) else. Our troubles are "divided" if we share them with others.
 
We did that yesterday, when several shared some of their fears and their difficulties with which they are struggling.
 
When we have some exciting things happening to us, some joys, personal highlights, an answer to our prayers, these are the same people we have the opportunity to share with. Our high times are "mulitiplied" as we get to share with other people; and they in turn can share with us.
 
We did that yesterday, too. One family shared about a two-year-old from half way around the world and for whom many of us had been praying, who could have died due to a fall into a backyard pond, instead he got sent home from the hospital. Another young man walked back in to church after experiencing a serious reaction to some medicine. His health could have been hampered; instead he is alive and well.
 
And we shared.....together we have half the burdens; and twice the joys!

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