2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 16, 2015
IN MEMORIAM
Lillie Mae Seals
1929-2015
Lillie Mae Seals, 86, of Cot-
tage Grove passed away Sept. 7,
2015.
She was born Jan. 10, 1929 in
Harrison, Ark. to Claud and Vir-
gie
(Young-
blood) Widner.
She graduat-
ed from Omaha
High School.
On Oct. 2,
1949 in Harri-
son, Ark., she
and Carroll D. Seals were mar-
ried.
Lillie was a homemaker and
loved spending time with her
daughters and enjoyed shopping.
She had the gift of hospitality.
Everyone was always welcome in
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her home. She was a member of a
cancer support group.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Carroll D. Seals of Cot-
tage Grove, two daughters and
their husbands, Vickie and Greg
Leathers of Roseville, Calif. and
Gayle and Mark McFarland of
Cottage Grove, four grandchil-
dren, six great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild on the
way.
Visitation was held Friday, Sept.
11 at Smith-Lund Mills Funeral
Chapel. A graveside service was
held Saturday, Sept. 12 at Walker
Cemetery north of Cottage Grove
with a reception following at the
Walker Church. Memorial contri-
butions may be made to Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer Awareness.
Arrangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Aug. 27, 2015
Sept. 6, 2015
To Sophie Foster and Daniel
York of Cottage Grove, a son.
To Maria and Marcelino
Calmo Pablo of Cottage
Grove, a daughter.
Aug. 29, 2015
Sept. 11, 2015
To Rebecca and Brennan
Black of Creswell, a son.
Aug. 30, 2015
To Gina Stockton and Dennis
Holweg of Cottage Grove, a
daughter.
To Amber Quenzer and Tyler
Hager of Creswell, a daugh-
ter.
Sept. 12, 2015
To Julie and Curt Liebrand of
Cottage Grove, a daughter.
Sept. 3, 2015
To Iona and Robert Hunt of
Cottage Grove, a son.
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Terry Stein, 75, of Molalla, Ore. Passed
away Sept. 9, 2015. He was born Dec.
24, 1939 to Perry and Marie (Lownsdale)
Stein. On Dec. 31, 1957, he and Ninette
Lindsey were married. Terry graduated
from Cottage Grove High School with the
class of 1957, served in the Navy being
honorably discharged in 1961 after serv-
ing four years, and attended Oregon State
University earning a BS degree in Civil
Engineering in 1971.
Terry worked as a draftsman, foreman and project manager in the
construction business for over 40 years.
Survivors include his wife, Ninette Stein, two children, Savannah
Harris and Heather Conley, seven grandchildren, Adam Harris, Sarah
Masterson, Ashley Harris, and Nicholas, Ryan, Kyle and Steven Conley,
four great-grandchildren, Kayden and Cole Harris and Khloe and
Lennox Conley, and a brother David Stein. He was preceded in death
by his parents.
A funeral will be held Sept. 19 at 11a.m. at the LDS Chapel in Molalla,
Ore. with burial at Molalla Pioneer Cemetery. View and post memories
and condolences on www.facebook.com/MemoriesofTerry2015.
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Is God angry?
I
grew up in an angry, un-
stable home. My father was
very angry most of the time,
and I didn’t always understand
what he was angry about. When
I accepted Christ as my Savior,
I took this experience with my
father into my relationship with
God. I believed God loved me
and forgave me of my sin, but
I still had this vague feeling
that He wasn’t pleased with me
and He was just a little bit an-
gry with me most of the time. I
lived this way for years until I
fi nally realized the truth: God is
not mad at me!
I believe many people feel like
God is mad at them. One day I
put a post on Facebook that said,
“God is not mad at you.” Within
a few hours, we literally had
thousands of positive responses
from people saying things like,
“That is exactly what I needed
to hear today.” Obviously, this is
a message we need to hear.
Getting to the root of the
problem
So where does this concept
of God come from? Maybe
it’s because of an angry parent
who was diffi cult to please. Or
maybe it’s due to the pain of re-
jection from parents or friends
who didn’t know how to give
unconditional love. Or it could
be the infl uence of church and
being pressured to follow rules
and regulations to make us ac-
ceptable to God.
We want to be good and
please God, and we may be able
to follow the rules for a while,
but when we mess up, we feel
guilty and condemned again.
Because we can’t be good
enough and do everything right
in our own effort and strength.
“But God demonstrates His own
love toward us, in that while we
were still sinners, Christ died
for us” (Romans 5:8 NKJV).
Notice this says “while we were
still sinners.”
Galatians 3:10 (AMP) says,
“All who depend on the Law
[who are seeking to be justi-
fi ed by obedience to the Law
of rituals] are under a curse and
doomed to disappointment.”
What are you depending on to
make you right with God? Are
you depending on rules and reg-
ulations that you follow or try to
keep?
Now I realize you can’t live
a healthy, productive life with-
out having some guidelines, but
this scripture is saying that we
will have serious problems if
we think our worth and value
as human beings are based on
following rules and regulations.
We are only made right with
God through the blood of Jesus.
And life is marvelous when you
know the true character of God
and who you are in Christ! That’s
when you feel good about your-
self deep down in your heart,
not because you do everything
right, but because you know
you are special to God and He
loves
you—unconditionally,
constantly, completely.
It seems too good to be true…
but it is true!
I do want to be clear about
something here: Although God
loves us unconditionally, He
does get angry at sin, wicked-
ness and evil. But He is not an
angry God. God hates sin, but
He loves sinners! He will nev-
er approve of sin in your life,
but He always loves you and
wants to work with you to make
progress in living a holy life in
Christ.
Psalm 103:8 (NKJV) says,
“The Lord is merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, and
abounding in mercy.” God is
merciful—that’s His charac-
ter. He’s gracious—that means
He’s good. And God is slow to
anger.
People who don’t know the
true character of God—who
don’t believe He is merciful,
gracious and slow to anger—can
never have a close, personal, in-
timate relationship with Him. It
grieves me to think there are so
many who live in the darkness
of constantly feeling guilty and
condemned when God is long-
ing to have relationship with
them.
The truth is God created us
to have relationship with us. He
wants to love us and take care
of us, and He wants us to love
Him. That’s where our walk
with Christ has to start.
We need to be obedient to
God and do the good works
He has for us to do, but fi rst we
need to understand and believe
He loves us. Then we can have
a relationship with Him and live
by faith in Him with the power
of the Holy Spirit in us, giving
us the ability to live the way
God is calling us to live.
I’m so grateful God opened
my eyes to the truth! He has
taught me to believe by faith
that He is pleased with me, not
because I do everything right,
but because I believe in Him
and trust Him. And this is just
as true for you as it is for me.
If you struggle with feeling
that God is disappointed in you
or angry because you don’t do
everything right, I want to en-
courage you to take hold of this
truth today and believe it: God
is not mad at you!
Joyce Meyer is a New York
Times bestselling author and
founder of Joyce Meyer Minis-
tries, Inc. She has authored 100
books, including Battlefi eld of
the Mind and God Is Not Mad
at You (Hachette).
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Thelma Isabel Drayer
October 23, 1921 –
August 2015
My Grandma, Thelma Isabel
Drayer, was born to Luther and
Unis Arnold on October 23, 1921
in Joplin, Missouri. Thelma was
greeted by her two older brothers
Tom and Joe. Thelma was a great
woman. She was dearly loved by
her husband Ray, her four children
John, Jim, George and Kristalee,
fi fteen grandchildren, forty-one
great-grandchildren and eight
great-great grandchildren as well as fi ve unoffi cially adopted Clark
kids, Dave, Billy, Peggy, Donny and Mary and their families. Although
she came from simple beginnings, Thelma knew early on that the key
to her success was an education; she worked her way through college
and had a long and successful career. Thelma’s desire for education
continued for many years. She graduated from Ashland College and
taught school when she was 21 in Central Point, Oregon. She contin-
ued taking courses and teaching. Thelma taught in Coquille, Oregon
and it was there where she was fi rst introduced to teaching Special
Education. Thelma moved to Eugene and attended the University of
Oregon; this is where she earned her Master’s in Education. Thelma
then went on to teach at Willamette High School, her students loved
her so much they called her MOM.
Throughout Thelma’s adult life she took a multitude of last
names including: Clark, Donathan, Johnson, Berg, Sheppard, Nabb
and Drayer; all of which she shared fond memories.
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