Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
We know that some of you, and us included, will be missing loved ones this holiday season.
There’ll be an empty chair at our table,
and an ache in our hearts.
We might shield others from our grief
but we can’t hide it from everyone…
We pray for our loved ones
whose presence we’ll miss
at this homecoming time…
Help us remember and tell again
the stories that knit us as one
with the ones we miss so much…
Open our hearts to joyful memories
of the love we shared
with those who’ve gone before us…
Let the bonds you forged so deep in our hearts
grow stronger yet
in remembering those who’ve left our side…
Help us trust that those we miss
have a home in your heart
and a place at your table forever
and that one day we’ll be one with them
once again…
Teach us to lean on you and on one another
for the strength we need
to walk through these difficult days…
Open our eyes and our hearts
to the healing, the warmth
and the peace of your presence…
Give us quiet moments in prayer,
with our memories and loss,
with our thoughts and tears…
Be with us to console us
and hold us in your arms
as you hold the ones we miss…
Even in our grief,
this is the day that you have made:
help us be glad in the peace you’ve promised,
the peace we pray you share
with those who’ve gone before us…
For ourselves,
and for all who find the holidays to be a difficult time.
Those of us at Ranch Raised wish you the best holiday season, even when there is an empty chair at your table. Have a great day full of peace, hope, and happiness.
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
[email protected] or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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