Friday, June 12, 2009

"YOU WILL BLOOM AGAIN"

I LOVE BEAUTIFUL POTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE BRAND NEW. I LOVE

POTS WITH PATINA. BIG POTS...LITTLE POTS...BRIGHT COLORED POTS...AND NO

COLOR POTS. THE GREEN POT IN THE ABOVE PICTURE IS MY FAVORITE POT. IN OCTOBER

2008 WE SET THE MOST ADORABLE PUMPKIN IN THE POT AND I PUT FALL LEAVES AROUND

THE PUMPKIN VERSES PLANTING MUMS. (I LOVE FALL AND WHEN I DECORATE FOR HALLOWEEN

OR "HAPPY HARVEST" AS I CALL IT, I DECORATE SO EVERYTHING CAN BE LEFT UP FOR

THANKSGIVING.)

HALLOWEEN CAME AND WENT...THANKSGIVING CAME AND WENT...CHRISTMAS

CAME AND WENT....AND THE WINTER WINDS HOWLED AND THE SNOW CAME AND WENT

OVER AND OVER, SURPRISING EVERYBODY WHEN IT CAME FOR ONE FINAL HURRAH IN

APRIL.

EVERY TIME WE LEFT THE HOUSE I TOLD MY DH WE NEEDED TO THROW

THAT PUMPKIN OUT. THE PUMPKIN REMAINED, SLOWLY SLUMPING INTO MY GREEN

POT AS IF IT WAS A SNOWMAN EVER SO SLOWLY MELTING.




THIS IS ACTUALLY PICTURE NUMBER 3 AND THE PICTURE BELOW SHOULD BE PICTURE

NUMBER 2 BUT I COULD NOT GET THE PICTURES CHANGED....SO YOU GET TO SEE THE ENDING

OF THIS POST FIRST. I WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON HOW MY PUMPKIN DOES......NOW I WILL

CONTINUE THE STORY IN PICTURE NUMBER 2 BELOW.

MY HUSBAND IN MAY, FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE OUR PUMPKIN TO THE TRASH.

WHEN HE WENT TO PICK THE PUMPKIN UP THERE WERE PUMPKIN SEEDS SPROUTING

ALL OVER UNDER THE SHELL OF THE PUMPKIN. AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND

GROW AND IT HAS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ARMS REACHING OUT AND I DID NOT GET A

PICTURE TODAY BUT IT HAS BLOOMS. IT IS SUCH A PRETTY PLANT AND SUCH A

CONVERSATION STARTER...EVERYONE IS AMAZED...THAT A PUMPKIN LEFT OUT ALL

WINTER IN A POT JUST MAY PRODUCE SOME PUMPKINS.

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IT MADE ME THINK OF HOW MANY OF US ARE IN SITUATIONS THAT IT SEEMS WE

ARE DORMANT...WHETHER IT BE A LOSS OF A JOB AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE MELTING

INTO A POT WITH NO ANSWERS OR HOPE OR YOU MIGHT BE QUITE ILL AND IT

SEEMS LIKE YOUR BODY IS JUST WEARY AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU JUST WON'T

BLOOM AGAIN.........

MY DEAR FRIEND "YOU WILL BLOOM AGAIN!"

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EACH MAN WILL BE LIKE A SHELTER FROM THE WIND

AND A REFUGE FROM THE STORM,

LIKE STREAMS OF WATER IN THE DESERT

AND THE SHADOWS OF A GREAT ROCK IN A

THIRSTY LAND.

~ISAIAH 32: 2

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THE DESERT AND THE PARCHED LAND WILL BE GLAD: THE WILDERNESS

WILL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM. LIKE THE CROCUS, IT WILL BURST INTO BLOOM:

IT WILL REJOICE GREATLY AND SHOUT FOR JOY. THE GLORY OF LEBANON

WILL BE GIVEN TO IT, THE SPLENDOR OF CARMEL AND SHARON: THEY WILL

SEE THE GLORY OF THE LORD, THE SPLENDOR OF OUR GOD.

STRENGTHEN THE FEEBLE HANDS, STEADY THE KNEES THAT GIVE WAY: SAY TO

THOSE WITH FEARFUL HEARTS, "BE STRONG, DO NOT FEAR; YOUR GOD WILL COME,

HE WILL COME WITH VENGEANCE; WITH DIVINE RETRIBUTION HE WILL COME

TO SAVE YOU." THEN WILL THE EYES OF THE BLIND BE OPENED AND THE EARS OF

THE DEAF UNSTOPPED. THEN WILL THE LAME LEAP LIKE A DEER, AND THE MUTE

TONGUE SHOUT FOR JOY. WATER WILL GUSH FORTH IN THE WILDERNESS

AND STREAMS IN THE DESERT. THE BURNING SAND WILL BECOME A POOL,

THE THIRSTY GROUND BUBBLING SPRINGS. IN THE HAUNTS WHERE JACKALS

ONCE LAY, GRASS AND REEDS AND PAPYRUS WILL GROW.

~ISAIAH 35: 1-7

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TODAY AND REMEMBERING THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE

IN PRAYER:

JAMIE WHO IS SERVING IN IRAQ AND ALL OUR OTHER MILITARY MEN, WOMEN,

AND THEIR FAMILY. AMY, LEILA, ROY AND ELISABETH, SALLY, DEENA, KELLY,

LISA'S COUSIN'S 10 MONTH OLD BABY, DANNY, JONAH, JOHNATHAN, PATRICIA

SUZANNE, JAY, RICHARD, BOBBY, JEAN, SPENCER, GLORIA, MOLLY'S HUSBAND,

DONNA, CLIFFORD, XAVIER'S BROTHER AND PARENTS, SHERRY, THE PEOPLE IN

DALLAS/FORT WORTH WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORM AND FLOODING,

JOY, LADY PENNIWIGS SON, CONNOR, DORIS AND RICHARD, TAWNA AND MIKE,

THOR, KRISTEN, NOAH, TERRY, MO'S SON WHO IS A POLICE OFFICER, WES AND

CHRIS WHO ARE POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THE OTHER MEN AND WOMEN WHO

SERVE AS POLICE OFFICERS, FIREMEN AND WOMEN, MEDICS, EVERY ONE WHO

HELPS THEIR FELLOW MAN---MAY THEY WALK IN PROTECTION AS WELL AS OUR

CANINE POLICE OFFICERS.

A BRIEF PRAYER SAID FOR SOME ONE IN NEED IS "PRICELESS"

YOU ARE EACH UNIQUE AND SO SPECIAL.

YOU HAVE SEEDS OF TALENT, HEALING, AND WISDOM SPROUTING WITHIN

YOU.

BLESSINGS AND HUGS

debbie

14 comments:

  1. Debbie, What a beautiful post and typical of your caring for others in the mist of your trails.
    As I said before, you are amazing.
    Today is my Birthday, come by and have a piece of cake.

    Lots and Lots of Hugs,
    Barbara

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  2. What an amazing story of your pumpkin!! God does bring new life to old things! Can't wait to see if it does produce pumpkins! You may have started a trend...we'll all leave our pumpkins out and hope for more!

    Great scriptures! Enjoy your day!

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  3. Amazing!!! Debbie, this post is very inspirational.

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  4. Thank you for this beautiful post!! YES everybody WILL bloom again, someday. For some it might take longer than for others, but there is always a ray of sunshine behind the dark clouds ♥

    Thanks for the inspiration you give (me) to really think I too can come to full bloom again, someday :)

    Love and hugs from Marian

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  5. What a FUN story!!! We really shouldn't be surprised cause this is EXACTLY how pumpkins would reproduce in nature. The pumpkin would sit on the ground all winter, decomposing into the soil - - -and becoming 100% natural fertilizer for the seeds it contains - - - and then in the spring, those seeds would sprout!!!

    But, even though I TEACH science and KNOW that is the function of a fruit - - - I STILL would have been as surprised as you were to actually SEE it happen in my porch pot!!!!

    I LOVE it.

    You could teach a science class using your little pumpkin plants!!!

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  6. What a wonderful post, your writings are wonderful, enjoyable & very inspirational. TTFN ~ Marydon

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  7. hi there and thanks for visiting my blog. I will keep your Amy in my prayers. It sounds like she has a lot of good support. I don't have a follower button at this time but I did sign up as one of your followers and will check back often! Have a great weekend.

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  8. Such a wonderful post Debbie! I love your words today and everyday!

    Blessings - Robin

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  9. Very good post, Debbie. I dropped by to see how your dd was doing--I think of and pray for you and yours when you come to mind.

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  10. Oh Debbie I am so glad I came by here first thing this morning...as you alway uplift me with your insights..you are truly amazing woman and I am so Blessed to call you friend...May you have a great weekend...Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

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  11. Hi Debbie, That pumpkin plant is so neat who would have thought..... I like coming for a visit, you always make me smile and your so thoughtful about others. I will pray for all those on your list, hugs to the girls and have a really beautiful weekend, my thoughts are with you. : ) Hugs, Jennifer

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  12. Another beautiful blog entry!

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  13. Debbie, your comparison of your amazing pumpkin to our amazing abilities to bloom again is absolutely inspirational! Wonderful post my friend. I'm still praying for all of you. laurie

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  14. Those words are like priceless rain in the desert to me...what encouragement, dear Debbie, THANK YOU...

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