2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 25, 2016
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IN MEMORIAM
Connor Royce Fitch
1997-2016
The secret to putting your
enemy in his place
I
saiah 54:17 gives us a won-
derful promise from God. It
says, “’No weapon that is formed
against you will succeed; and
every tongue that rises against
you in judgment you will con-
demn. This [peace, righteous-
ness, security, and triumph over
opposition] is the heritage of the
servants of the Lord, and this is
their vindication from Me,’ says
the Lord” (AMP).
No one likes to be judged or
criticized by others, and this
verse clearly says “every tongue
that rises against you in judg-
ment you will condemn.” The
question is, how do we show
those who judge and criticize
us unjustly that they are wrong?
Do we defend ourselves? Do we
get mad at them and say equally
bad things about them, trying to
get back at them? No, none of
that works and it’s not what this
scripture is talking about.
Jesus is our ultimate ex-
ample of how we should live,
and the Bible says in 1 Peter
2:23 (NLT), “He did not re-
taliate when he was insulted,
nor threaten revenge when he
suffered. He left his case in
the hands of God, who always
judges fairly.” When someone
comes against us, we’re often
tempted to defend ourselves and
say something like, “You’re not
going to talk to me like that!”
Or “If you think you’re going to
treat me that way, then I’m go-
ing to do this to you!”
But the way we show those
who judge and criticize us that
they are wrong is by behaving
in a godly way instead of letting
what the enemy – the devil – did
through them cause us to act the
same way.
It’s spiritual
warfare
As believers in Jesus Christ,
we are in a war, but it’s not a war
against human beings. Ephe-
sians 6:12 (AMP) says, “We
are not fi ghting against fl esh-
and-blood enemies, but against
evil rulers and authorities of the
unseen world, against mighty
powers in this dark world, and
against evil spirits in the heav-
enly places.”
I realize that talking about the
devil is unpleasant, and many
people don’t want to do it. I at-
tended church for years and,
although I knew the devil was
real, I didn’t understand that he
could be a real problem in my
life.
The truth is that all of the evil
in this world – all of the bad
things that happen – the source
of it all is our enemy, the devil.
It’s so important for us to really
get this if we want to effectively
fi ght and get victory in the spiri-
tual warfare we face.
The way it
works…
Sometimes we take a verse,
like Isaiah 54:17, and focus on
the part that we like or want to
do and expect to reap the ben-
efi ts of the whole thing. For
example, we like saying, “No
weapon formed against me will
prosper, and everyone who says
wrong things about me will be
proven wrong!” But we need
to take the rest of the verse to
heart to. It says, “This [peace,
righteousness, security, triumph
over opposition] is the heri-
tage of the servants of the Lord
[those in whom the ideal Servant
of the Lord is reproduced]…”
(AMPC).
The heritage we have in
Christ – His peace, righteous-
ness, security and triumph over
opposition – is experienced by
those who follow the example
of “the ideal Servant of the
Lord,” which is Jesus Christ.
This means that true faith in
Christ produces a lifestyle that
represents His heart…His char-
acter and His behavior.
When you have a real rela-
tionship with Jesus, His Spirit
lives in you and He changes
you little by little, from glory to
glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). The
exciting thing is, you cannot be
born again and never change
because Christ is living in you
and you won’t be comfortable
with an ungodly lifestyle as you
grow closer to Him.
The best
retaliation
So, practically speaking, what
does it mean to act like Jesus in
these situations? The fi rst thing
we need to do when someone
comes against us is pray for
them. They need to have an un-
derstanding of how dangerous is
it to treat others this way. Mat-
thew 7:2 (NLT) says, “You will
be treated as you treat others.
The standard you use in judg-
ing is the standard by which you
will be judged.”
We need to keep our eyes on
Jesus and trust Him to give us
the wisdom and strength to do
what He would do. Remember
the greatest commandment God
gives us: “’Love the Lord your
God with all your heart, all your
soul, all your strength, and all
your mind.’ And, ‘Love your
neighbor as yourself’” (Luke
10:27 NLT).
I want to encourage you to
be a wholehearted believer in
Christ who lives for Him in ev-
ery area of your life! Make the
decision to be serious about
your commitment to Him and
pray, “Lord, I give you every
part of my life – there’s noth-
ing that is closed off to You. Do
what You want to do in me and
make me everything You’ve cre-
ated me to be.”
Loving God with all of your
heart, soul, mind and strength is
the secret to certain victory in
spiritual warfare. In Christ, no
weapon that’s formed against
you will prosper!
Joyce Meyer is a New York
Times bestselling author and
founder of Joyce Meyer Minis-
tries, Inc.
Grant Gording, BC-HIS
Jenna Buetow
Board Certifi ed in
Hearing Instrument Sciences
Hearing Consultant
Connor Royce Fitch, 18, of
Cottage Grove, Oregon passed
away May 16, 2016.
He was born Nov. 11, 1997
in Eugene,
Oregon to
Roy Fitch,
Jr. and Tami
Hadley.
Connor
received
his
GED
through
Kennedy
High School.
He was the youngest employ-
ee at Tesla Motor Company in
Fremont, Calif. as an Automo-
tive Craftsman. He returned
home to Cottage Grove to be
with his family while still being
employed with Tesla, but was
recently employed with Emer-
ald Forest Products.
Connor loved cars, driving,
working on them, muddin’,
modifying and building them
and was a master car swapper.
He had a true gift and passion
for cars.
Connor is survived by his
mother, Tami Hadley, father,
Roy Fitch Jr., grandparents,
Cherri and Ron Chapman,
great-grandfather, Paul Vigliot-
ti, and three sisters, Cheyenne
McLean, Dominique McLean
and Angeline Larsen.
A funeral will be held at 1
p.m. on Wednesday, May 25,
2016 at Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
neral Chapel with visitation
prior to the service at 10 a.m. on
May 25. Burial will follow at
Fir Grove Cemetery in Cottage
Grove. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to GoFund-
Me at https://www.gofundme.
com/24pwqp8. Arrangements
under the care of Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel, Cottage
Grove.
Betty L. Hanson
1932-2016
Betty L. Hanson, 83, of Cot-
tage Grove, Oregon passed
away May 3, 2016.
She was born June 3, 1932 in
Vernonia, Oregon to Herbert and
Vivian (Bonnick) Counts. Betty
graduated from Vernonia High
School.
On Jan. 5,
1952 in Ver-
nonia, she
and Donald
M. Hanson
were mar-
ried.
She was an accountant and
bookkeeper for the electron-
ics industry and worked in
insurance. Betty had a craft
business that was home-based.
She enjoyed riding her horse,
camping and cooking. She
loved her grandchildren dearly.
Betty was a member of the Cal-
vary Baptist Church. She won a
Blue Ribbon at the Oregon State
Fair for her Hereford showing.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Donald Hanson, three
sons, Craig (Jocelyn) Hanson
of the Philippines, Neil (Ona
Blue) Hanson of Lopez Island,
Wash., and Jeff Hanson of Port-
land, Ore., and a daughter Crys-
tal (John) Wood of White City,
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Ore.
A memorial was held on
Saturday, May 21, at the Cal-
vary Baptist Church in Cottage
Grove. Arrangements under the
care of Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
neral Chapel, Cottage Grove.
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Janet “Jeanette”
Marie Edmiston
1938-2016
Janet “Jeanette” Marie Ed-
miston, 77, of Cottage Grove
passed away May 16, 2016.
She was born Aug. 5, 1938 in
Plainfield,
Conn.
to
Clovis Os-
car Beauso-
leil and Ma-
rie Paulle
Bernier.
She grad-
uated from
high school
and worked
for Qwest
as a telephone technician in the
telecommunications fi eld. She
enjoyed working with comput-
ers and was a member of the
Communications Workers of
America.
On Nov. 9, 1978 in Phoenix,
Arizona, she and Larry Edmis-
ton were married.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Larry, a son, Bruce Wood-
ward of Oceanside, Calif., and a
sister, Jackie Dubois of Brook-
lyn, Conn.
She was preceded in death by
a daughter, Kim Harvey.
Cremation took place May 19
under the care of Andreasons’s
Cremation and Burial Service,
Springfi eld.
Death Notice
Norbert "Bert" Wayne Fort-
ner of Cottage Grove died on
May 22.
He was 69. No service is
planned. Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
neral Chapel is sin charge of ar-
rangements.
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