The Lord revealed to me in a vision (in March 2001) His desire to have a line of jewelry made that would glorify His beauty and would bring out His Word as it is worn in public places. This is exactly how it was!! I had just moved to Lima, NY on Dec. 1, 2000 to work with a singles ministry called Mobilized to Serve founded by Rev. Michael Cavanaugh. I ha
d gotten to know Pastor Mike through attending many MTS function through the prior years. This door opened at the perfect time in my life and I was thrilled to be in New York. A friend of mine from Hagerstown, MD had come up to Lima to visit her son and we all were going to meet at a restaurant after we attended church services. After church I ran home to change clothes before meeting them for lunch. I grabbed a pin to put on my sweater that was 3 cats in tri-gold. One was silver, one was gold and one was copper. I've always loved tri-gold. As I put it on and got into the car, I told the Lord I wish that I had a piece of jewelry to wear that would speak of Him. Three cats don't really say much about the wearer!! As I drove down the road the Lord revealed this vision to me. I saw instead of the 3 cats in tri-gold, there were 3 crosses in tri-gold. The Lord started revealing His purpose in this to me. He wanted jewelry designed and based on scripture. He revealed that these pieces worn in public would have the same impact as scripture being read in public. I realized He was showing me something very powerful. He then told me to call these designs Jewelry by Rosasharn. Rosasharn is a derivative of the name 'Rose of Sharon'. I had seen this on a document my son had given me that gave the history of the name Sharon (which is my name ~ I was named for Jesus, the Blessed Rose of Sharon). Rose of Sharon is one of the many names of Jesus. God IS awesome! Well, I spoke out loud to my precious Papa God and said "You've been setting me up for this for years, Lord. How can I ever understand how awesome You are and how You have a plan that twists and turns in so many different ways and yet you get me to Point A every time. It's too much for my human mind to comprehend." I was so excited. What better name for artistic creations than Hadarah "An Ornament that Reflects the Beauty of God"!! Much like the Lord did back in 1982, seeing the vision and then bringing it into fruition doesn't happen overnight. I've been taking all kinds of jewelry classes these past 12 years. There have been many stops and starts in this process. Life got in the way several times where I laid the jewelry down altogether. However, the Holy Spirit would prompt me and on I'd go again. It's been a fun and harrowing journey. I love so much being creative and always creating new things. I've tried to keep this short and to the point but I'm one of those women who loves details!! I hope to write up a much longer testimony of the incredible things God has done in my life but this is the story of how Jewelry by Rosasharn got started and is in existence today. God bless you,
Sharon (Sherry) Grove
