tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post5251071288778596697..comments2023-12-28T01:17:33.953-08:00Comments on bits and pieces....: Speaking of heroes...http://bitsandpieces-sonja.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09254831447887637714noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-36070748497872983952014-09-21T18:33:20.641-07:002014-09-21T18:33:20.641-07:00Love your legacy, Sonja. It makes me think about t...Love your legacy, Sonja. It makes me think about the words I write/will write about my own parents. Honestly, are there enough words? It also makes me think about the words I'm writing into the lives of my children. I hope I'm as supportive of my husband's ministry as your mom was. He deserves the very best. Hope you are well. This is a busy season right now, and I don't get around the blog world as much as I would like. Just know that I keep you all close in my heart.elaine @ peace for the journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675745465728814736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-15728836610720758602014-09-04T18:10:03.752-07:002014-09-04T18:10:03.752-07:00She makes me think of another ministry wife & ...She makes me think of another ministry wife & mother, Ruth Graham. I love the core of strength your mother had; and how hearth & home was so important to her. I see a lot of her in you, too. I'm thinking your own children will rise up and called you equally blessed, my friend.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />KathleenKathleen https://www.blogger.com/profile/05245926913888212148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-36645624603135391102014-08-28T03:57:57.753-07:002014-08-28T03:57:57.753-07:00You are one of those "special ones" too!...You are one of those "special ones" too! I knew it from the first tine I visited your blog, and was convinced of it, with all the many visits I was blessed to make. Now, I know why. What a wonderful tribute to your mother! It spoke to me this morning, and it inspired me to keep pressing on, and to keep trusting in the One who makes it all possible. So happy that you blog!Just a little something from Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07436711032386582707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-34414095360876126982014-08-25T08:34:08.531-07:002014-08-25T08:34:08.531-07:00Thank you!! What a beautiful writing and so convic...Thank you!! What a beautiful writing and so convicting. Janettessage.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262598732466380229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-50046751187675582482014-08-23T19:23:24.091-07:002014-08-23T19:23:24.091-07:00Dear Sonja,
I have written about the Norwegian Chi...Dear Sonja,<br />I have written about the Norwegian China missionary, very much influenced by American "Free Church" giants about a hundred years ago. Her name is Maria Monsen and I hope you'd like to learn to know her. She was my grandmother's guide. She died in 1934, but my Dad told it. She has been my inspiration fro more than 40 years. <br />Here's a link:http://travelingscarf.blogspot.no/Felisol https://www.blogger.com/profile/12240191154632603841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-34027288584790622014-08-22T05:49:30.036-07:002014-08-22T05:49:30.036-07:00I'm glad I didn't miss this one. You look ...I'm glad I didn't miss this one. You look so much like your mother, and she was beautiful. What a gorgeous smile. <br /><br />I loved how you wrote of her on the home front and how she was down to earth and grounded. Amazing the vast difference between "grounded" and "worldly", huh?<br /><br />I have long believed that the most critical earthly choice for a man called of God is the help mate (or is it "help meet" in the Bible?) he chooses. Hers is one of the most difficult jobs on earth because her family is in the bullseye of the Enemy. <br /><br />What a blessing to your dad that he chose wisely. <br /><br />Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05671482394424988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-42907112953059751022014-08-19T17:48:15.708-07:002014-08-19T17:48:15.708-07:00Dear Sonja,
Your parents were both blessed to have...<br />Dear Sonja,<br />Your parents were both blessed to have each other, supporting, taking respnsability both for the family and for big fold of unsaved.<br />I have been allowed to know quite few ministers' famlies, and I'd say your father was generous for his time to let your mother thrive, work and blossom the way she did.<br />Too any ministers have wanted Marthas as wives, and that has been a-not-so-Christian-sight.<br />When two strong people fulfill their commitments, it's a true work of and for God. A wonderful experience.<br />Even if my parents were only ordinary people, thay did respect and support each other similarly to yours.<br />I am forever grateful for that, and I hope their excample somehow has rubbed over on us.<br />even if it is selfish to miss them, I do. I know my Dad longed to go home the last years of his life, but even so he stood by and never gave up, always wanting to protect my mother. Now they are united, not in the flesh, but in the spirit.I can feel their joy, and it makes all a bit easier.<br />It would have been worse if we did not miss them, wouldn't it?<br />Felisol https://www.blogger.com/profile/12240191154632603841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-49420410816862601112014-08-19T17:15:07.471-07:002014-08-19T17:15:07.471-07:00How very lovely, Sonja. So lovely. Your mother a...How very lovely, Sonja. So lovely. Your mother and father sound so wonderful - I look forward to meeting them in Heaven someday!<br /><br />I have been missing my dad lately, sometimes having trouble realizing that he's really gone (from this earth anyway). But, the great blessing is that I still have my mom, and her tremendous faith, as a constant companion and friend.<br /><br />I'm grateful.<br /><br />GOD BLESS!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840994989201507494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-28033381785657050512014-08-19T08:29:04.255-07:002014-08-19T08:29:04.255-07:00Sonja,
Love this: "Her life gave deep meanin...Sonja,<br /><br />Love this: "Her life gave deep meaning to the phrase "little is much when God is in it"."<br /><br />God always knows what He's doing. I like to say, when it's God, it's good! The relationship between your parents, I viewed within my Grandparents. While I did not see that modeled at home, I saw strong love for God and Christ-centered integrity and love for family when I was with Grandma and Grandpa. Their example shaped the marriage that Peter and I have 24 years and counting.<br /><br />Bless you for sharing your Mother. I don't often slip in to visit but when I do, I am always blessed. Praying for you and thinking of you always at a close distance.<br /><br />With love,<br />LisaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881843030397481489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-23990081318364053872014-08-19T08:16:26.899-07:002014-08-19T08:16:26.899-07:00So lovely just like YOU!!! You are all of the thin...So lovely just like YOU!!! You are all of the things that you said about your Mom. I am so blessed to have got to meet you in this life. :) I love that photo. Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-58251434275509189172014-08-18T14:00:40.316-07:002014-08-18T14:00:40.316-07:00Your mother was so lovely, like you. Seems her lif...Your mother was so lovely, like you. Seems her life was a great deal like Ruth Graham's. I always enjoy your stories about life with your sweet family.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888547092318964711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-57608853688300206162014-08-18T05:44:37.388-07:002014-08-18T05:44:37.388-07:00I loved reading about your wonderful mother What a...I loved reading about your wonderful mother What a gift she was to your dad and to all of you. And it sounds like all the women she came around as well. I agree with Vee, you should write a book! Enjoy your week!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836655708421528876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-75552817671214227692014-08-17T17:23:37.844-07:002014-08-17T17:23:37.844-07:00What a beautiful tribute! You could write a book o...What a beautiful tribute! You could write a book of specifics that would be very helpful to young wives and mothers and homemakers and helpmeets. I'm sure that she had some wonderful points to teach. Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-88344650337318793412014-08-17T14:41:00.867-07:002014-08-17T14:41:00.867-07:00Oh Sonja, what a wonderful woman your mother was! ...Oh Sonja, what a wonderful woman your mother was! And I'm sure you are just like her. As I was reading your post, I was reminded of Ruth and Billy Graham. I love when you write about your upbringing and the lessons you learned. <br /><br />Love you,<br />DebbieDebbie Petrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235978883396499354noreply@blogger.com