Two weeks out…

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6-3-2024

Sitting in my car just before 8:00 am, in front of my dentist office. While I wait for the doors to be unlocked so I can arrive for my appointment, I’m contemplating all the necessary preparations for our upcoming journey through Turkey and Greece.

I’ve put over $700 in my separate savings, with a goal of having $1,000 cash, in small bills, ($20’s) to bring with me on the trip.

I have purchased some new but selected almost all the clothes I’ll bring on the trip. I’ve contemplated how to present several identification documents for my personal security and how I will carry them.

~~~ Now it is 7 months past our return home from our trip, and still the images are fresh in my mind. The excitement of our life is an ongoing wave of joy and calm. Each new journey is well planned, and each family member considered. My sweet bride is always right beside me, beside our family, always looking for new experiences to grow and witness that joy of life revealed in “Us” as a family. She is selfless and pure in thought, a peaceful calm in the face of the raging sea of life before us, knowing, believing, trusting God will protect us and provide us with a safe path forward each day.

🕊️ Thank you Father, for my lovely bride. May your Spirit continue to bless her daily! May you bless her with wisdom and the comforting words to give each family which comes through the doors of her work, to prepare and providing a memorable and well planned memorial experience. May I always appreciate her and make her feel loved and cared for. May your Spirit continue to guide my steps and fulfill the list of duties expected of me. May I learn to act in unison with our family goals and each well planned activity. It’s a celebration each time she returns home from a days work. We are so blessed with hearing Amy’s voice, as she sings in the band at church each Sunday. Always cheerful, always so positive. What a wonderful life we have together. Thank you Lord!, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️

The Ark Placed in the Tabernacle

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1 Chronicles 16:1-36

So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before GJeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made musJeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; 6 Benaiah and Jahazielites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; 6 Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.

12-29-2024 “Let Your Light Shine”, My Faith Journey

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Thank you for this day oh Lord!

Thank you for my Life!

Thank you for my sweet bride, Amy and our beautiful baby girl, Selah!

Thank you for so many blessings you have rained upon us! Having a new safe place to dwell and grow as a family. A place to call our own, a new home. All that we are and all we possess, we believe are blessings from you Lord! Our life is filled with promise, always positive, always true, always seeking new opportunities to let our light shine. May your Holy Spirit guide us this day oh Lord, in all we say and do, and may your angels guard over us and keep us safe, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

(NKJV) “For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing, imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

Father God, I lift up my hands before you in praise! May the words of my heart, which I share, and my actions this day, be acceptable in your eyes and bring glory to your holy name.

Lord, as I rise my head from my pillow in the morning, throughout the day, and until I lay it down to rest each evening, may the meditations of my heart and my every action which follows, be on a path of truth and righteousness. I pray, every word I speak with others be in good conscience and my actions pure. Help me oh Lord, I pray, not to stray from my journey of faith, willingness to sacrifice and yielding to your guiding Spirit. Help me Lord to crawl before walking, walk before running, and only run when it’s with confidence I run in alignment with your blessing and good counsel. Help me to see your Spirit move in the hearts of others, and give me wisdom where using my talents and resources. May they never be wasted or used in selfish conceit. May I work assertively, yet in humility and be humble before my brothers and strangers alike. Above all, Lord may your light shine in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

6-30-2024 ‘Back of the Bus’

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🕊️✨Homeward bound, we’re laying around the Denver Airport, many of the members of our Greece pilgrimage group, still hanging together. It’s almost a comfort, simply because we’ve gone through so much together, these last two weeks.

We sat together or in close proximity, doing what we do. Regardless if it’s a meal or walk around our hotel or heading to a new historical destination to explore, we did it all together. Now it’s the drudgery of wading through airport security lines, and then looking for a comfortable place to sit or lay around near our gate.

It was a pleasant time with this group, simply because it’s like we are all family and we watch each other’s back, especially listening to the chitchat about our day, or the meal, or almost anything, like how sick we all feel.

Catching a bug about a week ago, I thought I was the only one besides Pastor Jim. Now it appears all or most of us 39 members have it. We all were able to joke about how sick we feel and silly recommended cures or things to try to make each other feel better.

When our group was together on the tour bus, it’s interesting how we all at first, selected the seat to sit, and everyone continued using the same seat, site by site and day by day, when we stopped at various locations, in returning to the bus, everyone sat in the same seat each person originally selected.

Amy and my seats were in the back of the bus. Amy sat on the seat on the left side of the isle, and I sat on the right, however we were in the same row across from each other.🕊️✨

🕊️✨On the tour bus, because we sat at the ‘Back of the Bus’, Amy and I were able to see everyone. So if someone spoke out loud to the group, we could see all their reactions. It was a fun time, riding at ‘the back of the bus’ together.

In order to pass the time, between locations, which were miles apart, we had guessing games where each person spoke loudly to the group.

I will never forget our trip to Greece, nor the pleasure of the company of beautiful souls as we travelled together.🕊️✨

9-19-2024 Meditations and readings

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Today, in my readings, I came across some encouragement via scripture…

Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.🕊️~~~ Matthew 5:14-16 ~~~

I ask myself, “Do I conform to ideals of right human conduct?” “Do I have a responsible relationship toward the laws of the natural world.”

For me, No one knows the mind of other people. There exists some level of uncertainty until words are spoken, which reveals the heart of another man/woman or witnessing acts of kindness and care towards others.

What is sacred to one may be profane to another. I hope I remember this and teach myself daily to respect others’ values on life, regardless if it is in line with my thinking or my ideals of right human conduct or how I follow what I believe to be in sync with what I believe to be, the laws of the natural world.

What I follow daily is the drive and determination to shine my light, which may be seen by others as acts of love and kindness. That’s my prayer for today!🕊️😎❤️

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7-27-2024 prayers for this day.

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Father, God, supplier of all our needs, you are the one and only answer for what we need. As we experience our physical bodies age and become weak, we pray for healing and grasp onto whatever we receive to maintain us for another day.
Help us as we face the physical challenges, give us your wisdom and patience to wait upon you and not be shackled to the demands of the world around us.
Help us oh Lord, Father, as your children, we still need you to guide our way through the dark.
See our hearts Father and judge our motives. Forgive us where we lack the vision to see the answers in front of us.
Guide us with your Holy Spirit and grace. Give us your Peace and grant us oh Lord, the courage to see another day through, in Jesus’ name, Amen!🕊️

7-14-2024 The Way of Love

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Lord I pray this day, I may show love to all those around me, from my family and friends whom I worship with in church today, to the stranger I come across while driving, out shopping, or in passing on the street. Fill my heart, mind, and spirit with your love Lord, in Jesus’ name Amen!

The Way of Love – 1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Remembering Mom – Evelyn Evageorgina Lopez-Corsini

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Video by Francine Orr – LA Times

As I am growing older and thinking about my life and what I can and can’t do because of my heart condition, and various other physical limitations, I think about our mother and the video Francine crafted, to visually and audibly share mom’s last days.

I miss Mom and I thank the Lord for the time we shared memories together, good and bad. Family was the key for Mom. Nothing is more important than Family! That’s my take-away which Mom gave me, in addition to so many other important life learned lessons. “Family”

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Celebrating Selah’s Baptismal BDay

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Today is almost over and my thoughts are with my family and how we celebrated Selah’s Baptismal birthday. We sat around the dinner table as usual with each of our plates of food in front of us, with one exception, Selah’s Baptismal candle was setup in front of her just out of her reach. Before we prayed to bless our food, Amy lit the candle and spoke softly to Selah, telling her that the candle represented the light of Jesus and Selah repeated it. What a blessing to be able to participate in this celebration. We blessed our food and as we ate we shared with Selah how her godmother’s mother Judy had sent Mommy a message with words of blessing in memory of that special day and her well wishes for Selah and our family.

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It’s a New Beginning

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11-28-2023

Just under a week ago I posted I will begin posting regularly. My motivation to share online is due in part, to my continued personal conviction and also the kind words of encouragement from NJE, a close friend, to share my stories.

I have put off posting on my blog, as a regularly scheduled endeavor, until I felt I had all the pieces I needed, now firmly in place.

This is not a complete list but to provide a window in my world, I now have my new awesome MacBook Pro laptop, a new 4 TB external drive with a crazy fast transfer rate required for transferring videos directly from my drone, I’ve been refreshing my use of Adobe software, I.e. Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premier, and having my local and cloud data storage infrastructure, my recording format I.e. Apple ProRes for all my visual story formats regardless if in text, photos, and videos.

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My primary consideration in my writings is to include in each message or story, some spiritual underlying quality or feel, but not in a judging or condescending way.

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My personal goal is for my “Legacy writings” or stories, to be an encouraging message to my family, friends and the public, with a loving kindness, one which will be remembered and retold or visited many years after I am gone.

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Father God, I’m sitting at my desk, lift my hands and heart to you this day, my thoughts and prayers for your Holy Spirit to guide me in each message posted, so as to be a blessing, with a clarity of conscience. I pray each day be a strong foundation on which I plan to build on for each consecutive post. My life is in your hands Lord. I pray you mold me and make me to be an instrument you may use to shine your light and love, in Jesus’ name Amen!

My “Webholyman” Blog

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In the next days / weeks ahead, I am preparing to launch my “Webholyman Blog”.

The purpose: Primarily, to share thoughts in a story format, to include short video clips and images of my past / present life experiences, current surroundings, and lastly, to obtain feedback from viewers, and provide some “Notes from the Producer”.

Leadership Accountability

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In 2022, reviewing the recent events in the US and the key issues we are facing, to include the effects on our culture as well as society and cultures around the world, what we say and do is in direct correlation to how the world reacts in their own countries.

I believe, having had a very controversial former president made to be accountable for his role in causing an insurrection in our country, making false statements and trying to manipulate the laws to suit his attempt to be re-elected, is a demonstration to the other “democratic” countries of leadership accountability and following the legal process over rebellion works and yet allowing citizens to verbalize their opinions freely either way, this is evidence of our free society.

We must continue to pursue these processes which work, remembering how our actions and words make a difference to others around the world, especially to those countries which are still following the older traditions which hinder their culture and society from real growth. This includes education for all citizens, women’s rights, human rights, freedom of religion, preservation of the environment and how to maintain a careful balance for all societal complexities. That leadership accountability includes our President speaking to the UN encouraging the support of any endeavor people and groups from around the world which fight for freedom in their culture and stand in protest. We must stand with them, not forgetting it was very much a struggle for our own independence, many years ago.

In our prayers we ask the Lord to help us to hear the cries of the oppressed!

Summer Camp 2022

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This year Amy and I decided to sign up Selah for a Christian summer camp, “Camp Lutherhaven”.

Because I was focused on her safety and it was her first time, I decided to also sign myself up to be a camp “Resource Staff”.

I shot still images, video from my GoPro and new DJI FPV drone.

I shared just about all of my digital media originals with the camp social media director for helping promote the camp.

The following video here is a compilations of a lot of video data, and shortened in order to give a glimpse of the events and activities at the camp.

This video should be designated as “unlisted” so it circulates only via link to my family to share in our family’s life experiences.

Blessings…

3-19-2021 Prayer Request

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Father God,

I come before you today with our members’ diligence and ministry to their families, friends and neighbors.

I pray you Holy Spirit minister wisdom, healing, comfort and strength to the individuals they minister to and care for.

Bless these your children I stand with today, asking for prayer and the ones needing healing, Diane L, Jane R, and Wally, in Jesus’ name, Amen, Hallelujah!

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12-19-2020 3:00 am

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Thank you Jesus!
Every day, when I wake, the first thing I have on my lips, “Thank you Lord!”
As I raise my tired body I speak to it’s members saying, “OK time to check in.”
My wrists, elbows, knees, neck and lower back all crying out in pain. In my mind It’s just another day, so I reach for my glasses, I need to focus. Another day to spend with my precious family and make a difference.

It’s a new day and a new beginning. Yesterday is gone, I pray for forgiveness, a renewed spirit, and the strength to reach my new day’s purpose. I put on my reminder, a cross upon my chest to bare. Then the symbols upon my wrist which keep me close to loved ones gone and those alive in front of me.

Father God I lift my hands in worship, your glory I see all around me. You are my home, my rock, my every breath. I look there next to where I laid my head, the love of my life which you gave me, a reminder. Lord you restore me each time I fall, you hear my every prayer, you feel each teardrop fall, you hear every beat of my heart and the flow of life within me, it’s you, the reason I’m refreshed anew today, Hallelujah!

I check on our little one, our little blessing. I watch a moment to see her breathe, I lay my hand on her head each day, I claim her for you Lord, to be that blessing to all around her. I ask you to charge your angels surrounding her to keep her safe.
I thank you for this life and being present to watch her grow.
As I lift my hands to you I too feel every tear drop fall, every breath she takes, I see the life inside her which flows, Hallelujah! I praise you Lord!

We have so great an opportunity to see with your eyes and ears, and breath. Our hands, showing kindness, your love, repeating the journey, spreading the Joy, a wonderful life, being a parent.
Thank you Lord for giving me eyes to see, the legs to walk, each new experience to share, your Spirit guiding us along the way.

There is no pain that can take away my joy, nor redirect my love, you help me live in reflection, your Spirit is upon me, a shadow of my actions cast upon the wall next to me. Help me take each step on the path you’ve laid out for me, a blessing to others, in Jesus’ name I pray, Amen! Hallelujah!

Prayer for a mind of service

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It’s a serious choice to consider when my service is required helping others around me. For some it is easy and yet for others it is a struggle. I have seen God work in my life many times, and just when I needed it most. So as I witness and experience this time of struggle happening all around me, with all ages of people suffering, I feel God’s Spirit directing my spirit to serve, without judgement, where it is needed or required of me. In my case it is with my family here at home. It is as a teacher to my daughter, a helper to my sweet bride and our aging mother’s care.

“…To a graceless neck the yoke of Christ is intolerable, but to the saved sinner it is easy and light. We may judge ourselves by this: do we love that yoke, or do we wish to cast it off? Psalms 2:3”

For me this day, I pray, Lord help me to serve those in need around me. I pray your Spirit guide my steps, with a willing heart, for service and your Loving care. Teach me to be selfless and remind me of the many blessings I already receive from you daily. In Jesus’ name, Amen!

3-30-20 Morning prayers…

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Good morning to you my loved ones,
I’m up early thanking the Lord for my family and friends, and all those I hold dear.
I’m praying for them which are on my heart.
“Father God, I come to your heavenly table of grace, asking for your ear. I hear a heavenly music playing 🎶 and I see all those who have gone before me dancing and lifting their voices with one accord, praising in worship, their creator!”
“Today I lift up all those on my heart and lay my burden for them at the foot of your holy throne.
May your Holy Spirit be swift and sure, claim these children of your refuge and your love.
Bless them and keep them this day. My love for them holds strong and that love casts a light of confidence in my walk, knowing my God and Savior, is also my friend who hears and acts upon my cries for those upon my ♥️.

Thank you for hearing me my Lord, in Jesus’ name, Amen.”

3-25-20 My Daily Meditations

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In my meditation a few days ago, the words I read carried on for much longer and remain a part of my daily thoughts. In the text I read was the following:

“…To a graceless neck the yoke of Christ is intolerable, but to the saved sinner it is easy and light. We may judge ourselves by this: do we love that yoke, or do we wish to cast it off? Psalms 2:3″

I carry this daily struggle with me and that question, “Do I love the yoke or do I wish to cast it off.”

The struggle would not be so hard if I were just a child living in my parents home following their rules and their doctrine of faith. I am an adult living on my own, with a family, and free from the bonds of anyone holding me back from the decisions I make. It is so easy to wander off the path of faith, justifying reasons for doing so.

The one focus I find which removes my struggle and helps me to stay on the path is in my daily prayer, “Lord, I want to make a conscious decision to follow you but I can’t do it alone. I need your Spirit to fill my heart with love for all that is holy and good and pure and acceptable in your eyes. Give me the strength to follow you to the truth in my daily decisions, answering that question and reaffirming, “I love the yoke!”
I am nothing without you, lonely, hurting, confused and wandering aimlessly. I died to myself that day so long ago, when you met me in my jail cell, you took away my pain, dried my tears and filled me with so much joy, I was forgiven and a new creature, walking in the light, filled with your Holy Spirit. Thank you for helping me to remember and continue with my day afresh, free from the struggle and focused, filled with purpose and love. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

A 2019 Christmas Message

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A Christmas greetings to all our family and friends, from Tomas, Amy and Selah Corsini

It’s been a little while for some
To others it’s been a long while
No matter the length of time
Our love for each of you stirs in our hearts and our memories

Time and distance may keep us apart
But ‘Love’ has no boundaries of time or circumstance
We are celebrating the little life which came into this world so long ago
He opened a doorway for us all to enter into the heavenly realm

We have been given such a great gift, a path filled with purpose and freedom
The Christ child freed us from darkness and gave us His Word as a bridge to the light
His Spirit remains with us and is in us, guiding us to Himself and that light, daily
We Praise God for each of you as your life has somehow played a role in our journey to the light

Sharing the Love and Praise for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Feeling this Christmas season an opportunity to bring us close
A reminder of His sacrifice which binds us in Love seeing through eyes of faith and everlasting forgiveness and peace
No one has given more to so many who took so much away
His Grace, Love and forgiveness brings us that exceeding Joy

Blessings to you this day.

We want to share the following video of memories to remember with us.

There are so many joys and sorrows in life
Each has been for a purpose, an edification of our faith, hope and love
We miss our loved ones who are gone, and our heart aches, but we rejoice with you who remain.

We Praise God this day for our family and friends
and those of you we are yet to know in some way
May your journey be filled with Grace Love and Joy
May the Lord Bless each one of you and fill you with the Spirit, the “Teacher” of our soul

Tomas, Amy and Selah

 

 

“Words” spoken/written…life and love shared

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In my retirement I have made little effort to spend time journaling, which at best, is the only way to extrude my sentiment and charm as my loved ones know it. I want readers of my words to know, I believe, not all of it comes from shared experience or sentiment. I have been inspired by the Spirit within me to message out the deeper meaning behind my learned experiences, and how I believe there has always been a presence with me, one of greater care or concern for my life than I myself deemed necessary. One of my greatest champions of the oratory mastery of words and sentiment is Charles Spurgeon. In beginning my deeper journey into writing I have fancied his writings about the Word of God, and its interpretation, to be the closest to my faithful study, bereft the effort he put in its defining. Needless to say, because of this fact, I begin with a quote below from his writings on the book of Psalms, volume I.

“It is written* must of necessity apply to words, for only words are written. Those words which the Holy Spirit teaches are, however, by no means to be regarded as mere words, for besides their office of conserving the inner meaning, as the shell preserves the mystic germ within the egg, they are themselves spirit and life…”

In recent days and facing some health concerns, I realized it’s time, I needed to begin writing while the opportunity allows and before that window of time passes and I become too complacent with the life I’ve lived and lack the effort required. My life is so full of activity, although having a little one to care for, at my age, has in no way diminished my capacity to write, despite the energy it takes to “keep up.” My heart is so full and my spirit alive, with thought and purpose, my sweet bride Amy and daughter Selah have had so great an impact on my life journey, no doubt this journal will include them much of the time. Because of my age (63) it is for them that I write, to provide a look back, a place filled with memorable times and experiences. My mother was very forthcoming with her life journey and walks in the past, however, it is my father who was the classic ‘closed book’ and his thoughts to date remain a mystery. It is for that reason I choose to find the time and effort to provide a legacy for my loved ones. I thank my Lord Jesus Christ for my life, being surrounded by His Spirit and comfort, and my family I love beside me, which make my journaling possible.

Blessings to my readers…

~webholyman

July 3rd 2019 Remembering Judah

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One year since he left our world, I thought there may be time to reach him, but the reality is Judah is better now and in peace with the Lord and a much greater family to share new memories. I miss him.

Prayers for Braden…

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Father God,

Our lives are moving so fast with so much of life before us to attend to.

As I pause to honor you and praise your glory, I see there is a boy who is suffering.

Please lift him up into your arms this day and heal him from his disease.

I pray your Spirit be with his family and comfort them.

May your strength in them see him through this time and build their bond of family along the way. May your love and grace be upon them in every way.

Help me once again to share the burden of this child’s suffering and not be given over to complacency and a mediocre response, because I know it could be our daughter suffering and our family looking to you for answers and healing.

Today I join Braden Haskell and his family in his struggle for life and wellness.

Show me how to pray and how to serve you this day. Fill my heart with the compassion and love for others who need a kind word and gentile touch. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

~webholyman

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day – Remembering the ones we lose…

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In 1988, President Ronald Reagan designated the month of October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. However, PAILRD was first observed much later. In 2002, it was held by 20 states. Since 2006, it has been proclaimed annually by all 50 states, with 8 states adopting permanent proclamation.

(https://www.awarenessdays.com/us/awareness-days-calendar/pregnancy-and-infant-loss-remembrance-day-2018/)

On October 16, 2009 we lost our son Tommy at birth. He was alive six (6) hours earlier and his death left us with heavy hearts mourning his passing. Had it not been for a loving church family, I am not sure we would have recovered with such strength as we did.

Every year we take a day or weekend off for a long drive to a remote quiet place where we can remember our son Tommy and celebrate his life, however short. Our life commitment is to remember him. This year we will take a drive to a remote lake in Northern Idaho.

In remembering the ones we lose, we honor their life and in their passing celebrate the time we spent together.

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Memorial Video – Remembering Judah

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I keep telling myself, as each week passes it will get easier, but that’s just a lie!

Every day that passes I feel the pain. My mind plays back the video of my little boy from birth, and the thousands of moments as images of his life, racing through my mind.

I didn’t stop to record those images on paper or digitally, but they are burned in my mind. Every day I see new ones to remind me of his life as he grew up, so many of the things we did together. Then I remember so many things I missed.

On my visits with Judah as an adult suffering with his daemons, at times our visits were normal encouraging moments, however, most were spent listening to him babbling about things that made no sense at all. I am searching for both, a way to honor Judah, and healing from the pain of his loss.

Time is not my friend. I’m afraid it will never stop the hurt. I don’t want to stop my powerful recall of the pleasant memories of him, but the more recent struggles leading to his passing are equally powerful and ever present memories, I am torn between them.

I pray God, for your mercy and strength, to guide my mind and heal my painful memories and help me to use them for good and to help others like Judah who are still here suffering. Guide me oh Lord!

Below is the video I played at his memorial. I am still slowly working on producing a video of the service held on Friday, August 3rd, 2018. It was exactly one month following his death. I want to thank all those who came to pay their respect and share the love they experienced with Judah. It meant a lot to you but even more to me, his father. I also thank Pastor Thomas Kidd and Pastor Mark, for sharing their kind words and providing spiritual strength.

More to share in the coming days…but for now just remembering!

 

 

 

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Obituary for my son Judah

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Judah Corsini – January 7, 1986 – July 3, 2018

Judah was born at home in Tacoma, WA, delivered by a midwife and his father, and was a sweet boy with a good spirit. So sweet and caring that he quickly earned the nickname of “Sugarman.”

At age 15, Judah came to live with his father and step-mother, at which point his education finally took hold in a public high school.

Judah proved his potential to excel, eventually finding his own way through being admitted to Western Washington University. He was extremely self-driven with high intelligence and had many life goals. Along with his self-drive for a good education, Judah was also trained in several construction trades by his father, in which, Judah had mastered painting and landscaping. “God blessed the work of his hands”, his father stated, and is proud of his accomplishments.

When Judah was a few semesters from completing his BA, he began to suffer from mental illness and drug abuse. Even amid Judah’s condition, his friends will tell you he was a loving, caring and a fun person to be around.

Judah was preceded in death by his little brother “Tommy” in 2009, Grandpa Len (Amy’s father) in 2010, and Grandma Evy in 2013. He is survived by many other family members: his parents G. Tomas Sr. and Amy Corsini, Grandma Jan, his biological mother Laurieann, and five other siblings from mixed families: Danielle Corsini, Julia Corsini-Ortiz, Malachi Corsini, Sharayah Rose Beattie, and Selah Corsini; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

My son Judah suffered from mental illness and brokenness of spirit and a tormented mind. We believe he is in a better place, and both his mind and spirit are finally at peace. A celebration of life will be held on August 3, 2018, 10:00 a.m., at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 3030 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004.

Chocolate Champagne Gala 2018

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On 4/21/18 I attended the Lutheran Community Service North West Fundraiser, to capture images and video. I am including a link to some images. My goal is to produce a video short story of the event and what it supports.
https://corsiniproductions.smugmug.com/Videography/Chocolate-Champagne-Gala/
The C&C Gala is a benefit for the Sexual Assault & Family Trauma (SAFeT) Response Center, a vital program of Lutheran Community Services Northwest. The SAFeT Response Center serves individuals and families affected by sexual assault, child sexual abuse, homicide, crimes and other traumatic, life-altering events. SAFeT provides: a 24/7 Sexual Assault and Crime Victims Crisis Line, Clinical Services, Victim Advocacy and Support Services, Anti-Human Trafficking awareness and advocacy work, and Education and Prevention Services.

Morning Prayer March 5, 2018

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My prayer for the day…
Thank you Lord for another day to be a friend and husband to my sweet bride! I ask a special blessing on Amy today, that she might know your presence and feel your Spirit’s comfort in her daily journey. Thank you for her and our Selah, my cup is full of blessings.

Although you are ever present with me and you are my shelter, I pray for a home my family can call our own, invite family, friends and strangers to visit.

I pray you bless me with the eyes to see the needs around me and to hear your voice leading me.

Thank you Lord for my job and the ability to pay our bills. I ask for an increase in the work and opportunity to tell others’ stories in digital media, my passion.

Thank you for the opportunities around me to educate myself and grow in knowledge.
Help me to use what I learn to help my family, my friends and all those I meet.

Lord, guide me with your Spirit, I pray. Let your light in me lead those in darkness, to a way out of confusion.
Increase my faith Lord and please forgive me when I doubt.
Let my heart and conscience bear witness of my desire, to bring honor and glory to your name….in all that I do and say…..in all I do and say…..to bring honor and glory to your name. Help these words to echo in my mind, my spirit, and as I breathe the air you give.

Help me to walk with your full armor encompassed around me, my family and all those in my life.
I pray for mercy and comfort for all those who are hurting this day, the hungry, sick, the lonely, those who are in prison, those who are dying and those who are afraid.
Thank you Jesus, for my life! In Jesus’ name Amen.

~webholyman