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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:38:36 GMT

Remembering Beverly on her birthday today. We love you and we miss you and will see you soon when we finally make it home.

Greg, we love you too and think of and pray for you and the whole family every day.

Jennifer

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:08:46 GMT

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Happy Birthday, Beverly

We all miss you so much. I know you are now enjoying your reward for everything you did here. We rejoice in knowing that we will see you again sooner than we can know. But until then, I will never stop telling the story of everything God did for me, through you. Everything I am, everything I have is all because you loved me. I wish I had thanked you more while I could.

Beverly Daffron (with me)
Born into this world April 15, 1961
Born into Heaven September 14, 2007

Celebrate Christmas

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:09:40 GMT

Friday, December 21, 2007
Dear Friends this written by Jennifer Bev.'s niece.

There is a Reason--A Tribute to Beverly

This year there are a few less presents under our tree. There is one less card on display. There will be one less phone call on Christmas morning. This year Beverly celebrates Christmas with the One we celebrate. Even after over three months, it is still not real to me.

And as hard as it will be for me without her this Christmas, I cannot even imagine the grief that will be felt by Greg, Catherine, Adam, Jonathan, Caleb, Joshua, and Isaac when they get up on Christmas morning and she's not there. I'm almost thankful that I won't be there--I don't know if my heart could handle the sorrow. Greg, Catherine, if you are reading this, I love you all. I am praying for you especially at Christmastime.

My mind goes back to the many Christmases past when Catherine and I would wake up on Christmas morning and wait at the top of the stairs for the ok to run down and dump out our stockings and impatiently listen to the Christmas story before we all gathered around the tree to open presents. Beverly loved giving gifts. My heart was always touched by her gifts because they were always so tailored to me. She knew me so well and knew just what to get me. My favorites were the ones I had secretly wanted and would dream about without knowing she noticed. When I would open something so me, it would almost make me cry to know I was loved so much. To be so noticed, so studied, so known, was the most meaningful gift she could have given me.

But the best gifts of all...she gave me true life. She gave me a home. She gave me an education. She gave me a sure foundation in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. She gave me love when no one else would. When everyone else saw the baby of teenage parents destined to repeat the past, she saw a beautiful life with a hope and a future. She loved me from the beginning and I will love her forever.

Even if my father and mother should desert me, you will take care of me. Ps. 27:10

May you all have a great Christmas
Love the Daffron's

Up Date from March 20, 2006

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:29:27 GMT

My Dear Wife Beverly wrote concerning herself and others on this date.
She wrote about a dear friend and her son Westin Dietz only 20 months old at the time, and was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of cancer of the nervous system, and has a large tumor in his abdomen.
Well the boy's and I visited Bev's grave site and church in Big Stone Gap where Bev. was raised, last week Nov. 18, 2007 a day before our wedding anniversary. And I saw Julie Dietz and I asked about Westin she said he is in remission Praise The Lord ! I know this is an answer to many prayers, God does care and heal.And Bev. would say " TO GOD BE THE GLORY"!!
This is one of Bev's favorite songs ever, " Where There is Faith" By : 4-Him
I believe in faithfulness
I believe in giving to myself for someone else
I believe in peace and love
I believe in honesty and trust but it's not enough
For all that I believe may never change the way it is
Unless I believe Jesus Christ lives

(chorus)
Where there is faith
There is a calling, keep walking
You're not alone in this world
Where there is faith
There is a peace like a child sleeping
Hope everlasting in He who is able to
Bear every Burden, to heal every hurt in my heart
It is a wonderful, powerful place
Where there is faith

There's a man across the sea
Never heard the sound of freedom ring
Only in his dreams
There's a lady dressed in black
In a motorcade of cadillacs
Daddy's not coming back
Our hearts begin to fall
And our stability grows weak
But Jesus meets our needs if only we believe

( chorus )

Love in Christ,
Greg and Beverly

Wife and Mother

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:17:13 GMT

I do feel that I know at least one purpose in my life- to be the wife and mother to my children that God intended. I love my life and do not feel purposeless (even though I feel frustrated at times ). I feel I have to trust God one day at a time to reveal other purposes. I would love to have some type of ministry with women, even a small Bible Study. I would love this interaction, plus have a yearning to impact some of the wisdom God has given me to other women.
From Bev's Heart to You
Greg

Purpose

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:49:53 GMT

As the years have gone by, I have accepted more and more that God made me with a purpose. Everything about the way I am put together is because of His design. I still struggle at times with a desire to have had a different family life.
But I know that God had His purpose in that too. I want my focus to be on God, not me.
Love Bev.
This is a little note from Bev.
Greg

It's not about me

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:40:16 GMT

In order to understand the purpose that I am here, I don't need to look at me. My focus needs to be on God- who He is, what He has said, His Character. My purpose in life will not come from me finding my talents, goals, likes, dislikes etc. My purpose will come when I get my eyes off myself and on God. I need to know God personally through Jesus Christ, I need to know His Word, and God's purpose will come about not just for me, but for others around me. I must make a choice to focus on God, not on me.
From Beverly's notes
If Bev. has E-mailed you or blessed you ,please send a copy to gregbev88@verizon.net
Thank You Greg

Big Stone Womens Retreat Buffalo Mountain

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:22:21 GMT

Dear Friends, this is a letter Bev. wrote last year that I came across in her papers.
Dear Lord.
   Oh, what a privilege it is to be here.I know that you have ordained my being here and for that I am so grateful .
   When I used to come to these retreats and write these letters it never occurred to me that I might not be here when the next retreat came around. Now, I have a much better knowledge that my life is truly in your hands.I believe I will be alive and well when March 2007 rolls around, and that you have shown me that you are healing me.I also believe that my life will be for your glory. Lord , I feel that you have ministry for my future, for the future of our family. I believe that my healing will trigger others to look and see what you can do.
   It is so wonderful to be here with these ladies. They are salt and light meat and potatoes, to my life. Each one is so very dear to me. It is as if no time has passed; I look at them and feel complete kinship. They represent my home to me and that home means more to me now than ever before.
   The Lord spoke to me while the ladies were praying for me. 1st Kings 18: 41-45 the Lord told Elijah that it would rain. Six times he sent out his servants to check the sky, and six times the servant came back with the report that there was no sigh of rain. Six times the report went against what God had spoken. But on the 7th time the servant saw a small cloud, as small as a man's hand , glimmer of the Word coming about. And indeed, the rain did come, a heavy rain , just as the Lord had spoken. I cannot look to reports in the natural to determine what God is going to do. I must believe the Word of God .
    Boots told me that I have a supernatural gift of faith. I believe that to be true.
                          In God's service and for His glory!
                          Beverly
This is just a glimpse of the heart of my dear wife , and the love she has for her dear friends.
love Greg Gal. 2:20
As I am writing this , Isaac is sing" Jesus never fails" in the back ground, a song Bev. and Beth Endean sang together on 07/10/1994 at East Stone.
.

Memorial Service for Beverly Daffron

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:51:28 GMT

The Summit Church is having a Memorial Service at the Cole Mill Road campus at 11:00 A.M. on Monday 24,2007. Durham N.C. for Beverly Daffron.
All are welcome to attend and share there relationship with Bev.,she had many friends in this area that she loved.
Many ladies were close to bev. from the bible study and chemo therapy ; please tell how she touched your life.
She loved and is loved
Greg and children

My Beloved

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:59:29 GMT

My beloved , I miss you very much.
Shed many tears, but I know you are Praising the Lord healed and dancing before Him .
Bev. wrote this to me and I would like to share it with you, our friends.
To My Greg! From Bev.
I thank God that He has given you to me,
How very much you've helped me see;
The real meaning of the word devotion,
It's more than just a deep emotion.

You've loved me deep through thick and thin,
No matter what situation we've been in,
I want you always to know in your heart,
While God has us on earth we'll never part.
For a short while the miles may be between us,
But, it will be a time for us to trust;
In God because He never fails,
In Jesus Christ, who bore the nails.

She fought the good fight---2 Timothy 4:7
The success of a race is determined not only by how well you begin but also by how well you end.
That describes Bev. to me.
In Hebrews 6: 9-12 Please read
Verse 10 states: For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.
Verse 11 : And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,
Verse 12: that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

My wife will be dearly missed ,but not forgotten.
I love you Bev.
your beloved husband