I’m reflecting on a life changing event that I will NEVER forget. An answer to a prayer. While riding down an elevator, at the Marriott Hotel, in Southern California at 11:00 PM on May 4, 1994. I ask God for, while riding down that elevator a simple prayer “Lord let her be pretty” that was because I had never met this person I was going to meet. You see, I had only spoke to her a few times over the phone, and I never thought to ask her what she looked liked, I only knew her name, and she seemed like a really nice person who loved The Lord. As I exited the elevator that night I had no idea how my life was about to change forever. God so blessed me that night because I met the most beautiful, drop dead gorgeous woman I had ever seen. As I walked toward her and call out her name “Hello, Sharon?”, she paused, looked at me and said “Yes”, my hand reaching out to shake hers, I replied “I’m John”, she said “Hello John, let’s go.” After getting into her car to go get pie and coffee (at Denny’s) she ask me 1 question- “So John how did you become a Christian?”, after 3 plus hours of talking about that (me doing most of the talking and her listening), we left for the ride back to the Hotel where I was staying for a christian mens retreat called Promise Keepers. Before getting out of the car I turned to her and asked if she would pray with me. Joining hands we did just that, we prayed for each other, thankful that we met, for our families, blessing, and safe travel for me to fly back to the Bay Area. Getting out of the car saying goodbye, I thought WOW!, what a wonderful, amazing, spirt-filled, beautiful woman. Little did I know I would get the privilege of spending the next 21+ years of my life with the Love of my life, because God answered my prayer that one night in 1994. We married 2 years 8 months later on January 1st 1997 and were wonderful, happily, in Christ married for 18 years 9 months 27 days 7 hours 16 minutes. After she fought an almost 3 year battle with a horrible cancer, passing into the eternal life, light and comfort of our Heavenly Father, Lord and Savor Jesus Christ on Wednesday night October 28th at 7:16 PM. Sadly tonight, in my tears and crying heart, I am missing her so much. I’m wanting everyone to know how thankful I am and will always be for all the prayers, love and support over these past years, and recent weeks that my family and friends have shown and provided to me, Sharon and our family.
