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Do You Need Help Caring for a Loved One?
10/Murrells Inlet Messenger/May 2011 Opinion: diamonds, Bible and people are all considered flawless? By Nicole Labrie I just saw a picture of an 84.37 carat diamond. Unbelievable. The cost is even more astonishing –$16.2 million. Wait, I will be right back...got to go get the checkbook. In the original Greek, the word diamond means “unbreakable.” Unbreakable means not easily broken or able to stand rough usage. Put a pin in that definition and hold on to it. There are some diamonds that are considered “flawless.” From what I read, one in seven million diamonds are considered flawless. What I found even more interesting is that this brilliant gem forms from something very ordinary: carbon. Since I am no Dmitri Mendeleev (you know the famous chemist credited with developing the first periodic table of the elements), I will cautiously explain carbon, a chemical element whose original meaning translates “coal.” Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the earth’s crust and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass. In the human body, it is the second most abundant element by mass. Scientifically speaking, it is the basis for all known life. We could not exist without carbon. Carbon is very stable and takes high temperatures to react. Diamonds form from high temperatures. Coal to diamonds? It just doesn’t seem possible. To take something so dark, void of any beauty, and form it into a brilliance like no other on earth. God knew what He was doing when He created us. He knew what elements we would need Do You Need Help Caring for a Loved One? to sustain our lives. Can you imagine a transformation like this? Going from dark and void to a fiery brilliance that penetrates the hearts of men? Can you imagine someone so in love with you that they consider you “flawless”? Yeah, me neither, but I decided that I would imagine and hopefully see through His eyes the love that Christ has for us. Religion teaches us to consider ourselves unworthy of His love. That we shouldn’t consider ourselves “flawless” but filled with imperfections, sin, mistakes, darkness, and a lot of other negative interchangeable words. Relationship (with Christ) teaches us that we are unworthy of His love, but by His grace we are saved. It’s that simple. Grace saved us. Grace accepts us. Grace sees us flawless. Grace sends us the fiery brilliance of the Holy Spirit to live within us. Grace loves. Paul said it best in 1 Corinthians 15:9-10: “For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am and His grace to me was not without effect.” Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have the freedom that Paul had? To be able to say, “I am what I am,” to accept God’s grace and His love for us and to see ourselves as “flawless.” To be the one in seven million that knows that we are only flawless because of His grace? Paul also stated that His grace was not without effect. God’s grace changed him. He became the fiery brilliance that God desired for Him to be. Paul was a leader. He wasn’t filled with self doubt; he was filled with faith. Once he was saved, and he was saved in a radical way, he lived for Christ. He lived to preach and teach, and he wanted the whole world to know about Jesus. Maybe, just maybe, if Paul could do it, if he could go through what he did and still be faithful to the One who called him, then maybe we could rekindle the fire within us? Could we possibly say one day, “I am what I am,” and be comfortable with that statement? Think about it. The Word of God, aka the Bible, is also considered “flawless.” Yup, says so in 2 Samuel 22:31. “As for God, His way is perfect, the Lord’s word is flawless.” The Bible is the best selling book of all time. This is absolute confirmation that God’s Word is truth and power. Hebrews 4:12 sums it up: “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” God took ordinary men, stone, chisels, pen and paper, and formed the Bible. He used Holy Spirit inspired, ordinary and imperfect men, with ordinary and imperfect lives, like you and me. And, he called the Bible flawless! The images that we see today on TV, in magazines, in school and at work, try and create for us our self image. If you don’t like your nose, get a new one. If you don’t like your body, get surgery. If you don’t wear this brand, you’re not cool. Continued on page 13 May 2011/Murrells Inlet Messenger/11 Attorney Jay Anderson understands the importance of community Murrells Inlet attorney Jay Anderson understands the importance of community. While an undergraduate at the University of South Carolina studying psychology, Anderson was introduced to renowned psychologist Samuel Sarason’s definition of “sense of community,” a definition he likes. “The feeling members have of belonging,” Anderson said, “a feeling that members matter to one another and the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to be together.” Anderson said that lawyers are not generally believed when they say they want to help people, but he has “always tried to assist those in need. We’ve all needed help at one time or another -and no matter the size of the personal dilemma you face, when it happens to you, it is a very personal and painful matter. That’s why I wanted to have my practice right here in the inlet - to help my fellow community members with those matters.” Born and raised into a large family, Anderson grew up in Greenville and attended Bob Jones Academy and University, where his mother and siblings had all attended. In his junior year, he transferred to USC in Columbia, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1986 and a J.D. in 1989. He said he was immediately hired by the much revered South Carolina family law attorney, the late Harvey L. Golden. After many years of focusing on family law issues, Anderson said, he opened his own office in lated and informed decisions.” Anderson lives in Murrells Inlet with his wife, Jocelyn. They have two daughters: Jillian, a 2006 graduate of the College of Charleston; and Bianca, a 2008 graduate of the University of Georgia. Anderson Law, LLC is a general civil litigation practice, located at 4447 Hwy. 17 Business. 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One thing he does know is that the boy who was convicted of murder proved to be incredibly unstable, with a history of bizarre acts. Lawsuit and book The Egglestons eventually filed a lawsuit against the school, where it was alleged “The Kindred” met, settled through court ordered mediation for $150,000, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Of great consolation to Wayne, he said, is the knowledge that his son gave his life to Jesus Chris shortly before his life was taken. One way Wayne grieved the murder of Chris in 1997, was to write a book, “My Grieving Soul,” published in 2002 by Infinity Publishing.com. In it, he recounts the details mentioned in this story. He also relates his frustration with a detective who wrote Chris off as a runaway from day one. Wayne said if not for the persistence of hundreds of his military colleagues at Ft. Bragg, who combed the woods for days, Chris would never have been found. An anonymous caller, and another female student, tipped them off about the woods. During the excruciating first days of the tragedy, the entire Fort Bragg and Fayetteville, N.C., community wrapped its arms around Angie and Wayne, holding and supporting the devastated couple with acts of kindness that continue even to this day. Somehow, Wayne said, they survived the initial shock, the investigations and the trials. “Without our faith and the overwhelming support of family, friends and strangers, we would not have survived,” Wayne said. What helped them more than anything, Angie said, was a grief support group that met once a month, Compassionate Friends. Two years after Chris’s death, Angie and Wayne retired from the Air Force and moved to Murrells Inlet, where they later opened a business, Waynes View Photography, which is now located off Bypass 17. They had been working out of their home for years but felt it was time to expand. They opened the doors to an office and photo showroom last month. Wayne and Angie meet Angie and Wayne met in the military at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. Several friends told Wayne they were talking with this woman from South Carolina who they could not understand because of her accent. Having graduated from high school in Georgia, Wayne was jokingly asked to translate for them. He did. “And the rest is history,” Wayne said. Wayne served in the U.S. Air Force as a firefighter, emergency medical technician and as a control and command specialist, first for the Military AirLife Command and then for the Joint Special Operations Command at Ft. Bragg, N.C. Little by little, time helped lift the fog of despair lodged deeply in the Egglestons’ souls, but Wayne said he will never forgive Myers and Tyson. He knows some may think is it not Christian of him to think this way, he said, but he is being honest with others and himself. Wayne can’t forgive “The bottom line,” Wayne said, “is I can’t forgive them, because I cannot get the image of the way they left my son out of my mind. The more I think about this, the more I feel that, I cannot forgive them, because that would be forgiving them for something they did to my son, not to me. “Do I seethe with hatred and loathing, and seek revenge? No. I choose to miss my son, and focus on his sweet memory.” He said there is some consolation with Tyson’s sentence, which he felt was way too lenient, in that “she will have to answer to a higher court and a higher authority someday. One of the vilest things and most wicked acts a person can commit in the eyes of God is to harm a child. The ones responsible for his brutal murder will have to answer to God one day, and that is enough for me.” Finally rounding a bend in their lifelong journey through grief, Angie and Wayne eventually began to talk about finding ways to step outside their grief, show their appreciation to the military community, and keep the memory of their son alive. Gradually, a grand idea took shape, CREDIT CARD/DEBT/BAD CREDIT HAVE NO FEAR - HELP IS HERE! REDUCE YOUR CREDIT CARD/ UNSECURED DEBT TO 40% AND CUT YOUR PAYMENTS IN HALF OR MORE! ($10,000 TO $100,000 IN UNSECURED DEBT QUALIFIES) FIX BAD CREDIT AND SAVE MONEY BY HAVING BETTER BUYING POWER! (FEES VARY BASED ON NEEDS) IN ADDITION: RECEIVE VALUABLE RESEARCHED INFORMATION ON HOW TO SAVE THOUSANDS ON YOUR ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES! 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With the exception of the rings and dress, everything will be provided, including the wedding ceremony, a reception with all the trimmings, luxury beachfront resort accommodations for the wedding party, and a three-night honeymoon stay. Operation Happily Ever After will also raise awareness and funds to help support the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a nonprofit organization which assists military members and their families. The Operation Happily Ever After logo aptly symbolizes their project goals: a military dog tag on a metal chain intertwined with a pair of wedding rings, one bearing the discreet engraved initials of their beloved son Chris. Further information and support To learn more about Operation Happily Ever After, visit www.operationhappilyeverafter.org To learn more about the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, visit www.fallenheroesfund.org To learn more about the Waccamaw Chapter of Compassionate Friends, serving the Myrtle Beach and Georgetown areas, visit www. compassionatefriendsmb.com. Compassionate Friends is a nonprofit, self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. Its purpose is to support and aid parents in the positive resolution of the grief experienced from the death of a child, and to foster physical and emotional health of bereaved parents and siblings. To order Wayne’s book, visit www.buybooksontheweb.com Flawless...continued from page 10 It’s all lies. God sees you in a totally different way. He sees the fearfully and wonderfully made person that He created. God knows our weaknesses and strengths. He knows that we have imperfections, but sees us flawless because of His Son, Jesus Christ, and the sacrifice He made for us on the Cross. Go take a look-see at yourself. Tell yourself, “I am what I am,” and leave the rest of the formation process from coal to diamonds to God. Don’t focus on the “diamond in the rough,” focus on the calling that God has for you. Focus on preaching the gospel. Gospel means good news. Now ain’t this some good news? To know that we have been made new, we have been made whole, we are unbreakable, and we have been made flawless. Ply...continued from page 1 They married in 1987, and Ply started his work with the Navy, including serving as chairman of the ophthalmology department at the Naval Hospital in Charleston. “I liked Charleston, but it was time to start my own practice,” Ply Dr. Jonathan Ply said. Kate’s sister and husband lived in the Myrtle Beach area so the Plys decided to move to Murrells Inlet. The Plys have four children: Andrew, who went to UNC and is going on to dental school; Dana, an ICU nurse in Charleston; Brianna, a Clemson honors student; and Christopher, a fifth-grader at St. Michael’s Catholic school. The Plys are members of St. Michael’s Catholic Church. A Google search led Ply to a Catholic Church in Oklahoma City that had a mission he wanted to serve with, called SEE (Surgical Eye Expeditions). After getting certified through SEE to work in another country, Ply and his daughter, Dana, went on a mission trip to Peru a few years ago and stayed a week. They were accompanied by two other doctors and nine nurses, as well as helpers like Dana, who prepped people for their cataract operations. Ply said he may go on another mission trip in the near future with his son. Dana has already been on another mission trip to Africa. For right now, his mission is to help people see. Broken Hearts Mended - Families Brought Together Faith Strengthened - Decisions for Christ !! 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OUR LAW FIRM IS A DEBT RELIEF AGENCY. WE HELP PEOPLE FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY RELIEF UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. Located in Murrells Inlet, near the Marsh Walk May 2011/Murrells Inlet Messenger/15 Have news or ads? Call 344-3197 or email to: [email protected] My Sister’s Books Visit Our Pawleys Island Store: We sell and trade paperbacks and audio books. 13057 Ocean Highway 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Mon-Sat • 843.235.9618 Visit our Online Store: To purchase NEW books, movies & music. www.MySistersBooks.com 16/Murrells Inlet Messenger/May 2011 Georgetown Memorial Hospital System calendar of events (Many of these classes can be registered for online at www.georgetownhospitalsystem.org The Wachesaw Conference Center, mentioned for many of these classes, is located at 4367 Riverwood Drive, Suite 160, Murrells Inlet, across from Waccamaw Community Hospital.) May 5 & 19: OBESITY SURGERY SEMINAR. (Lap Band / Gastric Bypass). Wachesaw Conference Center, at 5 p.m. To register, 545-8850. May 5: OBESITY SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP. (Lap Band / Gastric Bypass). Wachesaw Conference Center, 6:30 p.m. Register at 545-8850. May 6: RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE-MURRELLS INLET. Waccamaw Community Hospital, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 652-1144 for information. May 7: PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS MURRELLS INLET. Waccamaw Community Hospital, 1st floor classroom, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $50 Fee; pre-registration required. Call 520-8490. May 9: CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. Education Center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. Call 520-8062. OB TOUR- MURRELLS INLET. Tour of Labor & Delivery, Postpartum Unit and Nursery at Waccamaw Community Hospital, 6 p.m. Pre-registration required. Call 520-8490. May 10: HEARTSAVER BLS-CPR-GEORGETOWN. For daycare workers and people interested in learning CPR, not intended for healthcare professionals. Education Center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. $30 fee; pre- registration required. Call 520-8490. May 11 & 25: ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP-MURRELLS INLET. 10 a.m., Belin Church, Murrells Inlet. Information, 651-9711. STROKE SUPPORT GROUP. Waccamaw Community Hospital, 4th floor dining room, 3:30 p.m. Call 652-1875 for information. May 11: I CAN COPE EDUCATION SERIES. Waccamaw Community Hospital, 5:30 p.m.– 7:30 p.m. Program for people facing cancer. Free; pre-registration required. Call 652-1640. May 12: PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP. 7 p.m. Timber Lake Baptist Church on Rt.707. Information, 650-8756. May 13: REGIONAL HEALTH SCREENINGS - SOCASTEE. Forestbrook Baptist Church 7:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., 2051 Forestbrook Rd. Registration packets for lab work available at front desks of Georgetown and Waccamaw hospitals. Packets available on site the day of event. May 16, 18, 23 & 25: FRESH START SMOKING CESSATION FOUR NIGHT SERIES – GEORGETOWN. Education Center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. Pre-registration required. Call 520-8490. May 17: CAR SEAT SAFETY CLASS – MURRELLS INLET. Wachesaw Conference Center, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Offers instruction to parents and infant caregivers on general safety guidelines for car seats. Free; pre-registration required. Call 520-8490. May 18: PHYSICIAN LECTURE - “Current Treatment Options For Arthritis of The Hip And Knee.” Michael N. Bohan, MD, Carolina Ortho- paedic Specialists, gives a free lecture at noon. HealthPoint Center for Health & Fitness, Pawleys Island. Lunch provided. Call 520-7842 to reserve a seat. AMPUTEE SUPPORT GROUP. Waccamaw Community Hospital, 4th floor dining room, 3:30 p.m. Information, 652-1875. May 19: LUNG RANGERS PULMONARY SUPPORT GROUP. Cardiac Rehab classroom, Georgetown Memorial Hospital, 1 p.m. Support to individuals and families affected by lung disease and respiratory problems. Information, 5277419. GREAT EXPECTATIONS – GEORGETOWN. For moms-to-be in the early stages of pregnancy, Education Center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital campus, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Free; preregistration required, call 520-8490. May 21: SIBLING PREPARATION CLASS - MURRELLS INLET. Waccamaw Community Hospital, 1st floor classroom, 9 a.m.10:30 a.m. Pre-registration required; call 5208490. PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS – GEORGETOWN. Education Center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $50 fee; pre-registration required. Call 520-8490. BREASTFEEDING CLASS - MURRELLS INLET. Taught by a Certified Lactation Consultant, Waccamaw Community Hospital, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. Free; pre-registration required. Call 520-8490. YOUNG STROKE INCORPORATED EXPO 2011.Wachesaw Conference Center, Murrells Inlet, 1:30 p.m. Features a variety of educational and leisure activities. Pre-registration required. Call 843.655.2835 or visit www. youngstroke.org. Let’s Honor Our Moms, Dads And Grads! Christian Counseling Clinic Two additional locations to serve you: *Fill In The Silhouette With The Face Of Your Special Someone* In GEORGETOWN at 4049 Highmarket Street in the Friendfield Pres. 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