Sunday, June 6, 2010

WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE HATCHING OF A CHICKEN EGG

XOXOXO...AMY...XOXOXO
ALWAYS  IN  OUR  HEARTS





I  APOLOGIZE  TO  MY  FOLLOWERS  HERE  ON

"THERE'S  AN  ANGEL  ON  MY  FRONT  PORCH!"  FOR

NOT  BEING  AROUND  VERY  MUCH.

PLEASE  REMEMBER  I  ALSO  HAVE  ANOTHER  BLOG

CALLED

"SIMPLY  DEBBIE."

IF  I  HAVE  NOT  BLOGGED  HERE  JUST  POP

IN  OVER  AT

"SIMPLY  DEBBIE"

AND  SAY  HI.

YOU  CAN  GET  THERE  FROM  CLICKING  ON

MY  PROFILE.




I  DON'T  KNOW  IF  YOU  ALL  KNOW  BUT  MY

PROFILE  PICTURE  IS  VERY  IMPORTANT  TO  ME.

IT  IS  AN  ART  PROJECT  THAT  AMY  MADE  FOR

ME.  IT  HANGS  OUTSIDE  OUR  OFFICE  DOOR.

WHEN  I  STARTED  THIS  BLOG,  I  KNEW 

IMMEDIATELY  IT  WOULD  BE  MY  PROFILE

PICTURE.  EVERY  TIME  I  COME  TO  MY  BLOG

THERE  IS  THE  PICTURE  OF  WHAT  AMY

LOVED  MOST  AND  WHEN  SHE  WAS  THE  VERY

HAPPIEST:  CREATING  ART!!!



WHAT  WE  LEARN  FROM  THE  HATCHING  OF

A  CHICKEN  EGG!!!!




WE  ARE  GOING  THROUGH  A  TRIAL  THAT 

HAS  US  CONFINED.  WE  ARE  STRESSED,

WE  ARE  SICK,  WE  HAVE  TO  FOLLOW  DRS.

ORDERS,  WE  ARE  IN  MOURNING  OVER  THE

PASSING  OF  A  LOVED  ONE,  A  DIVORCE.  ALL  JUST

EXAMPLES  OF  A  TRIAL  THAT  HAS  US  BOUND

UP  TIGHT.  WE  CAN'T  MOVE.  WE  FEEL  LIKE  WE

CAN'T  BREATHE  AND  EVEN  HOPELESS.

WE  FEEL  NUMB.  WE  ARE  NOT  QUOTING

SCRIPTURE  AS  OFTEN.  WE  MAY  EVEN  BE 

MAD  AT  GOD  AND  NOT  WANT  TO  TALK  TO  HIM

OR  ABOUT  HIM. WE  CRY  AND  YELL  AND

WANT  OUT  OF  THE  SITUATION.


NOW  IN  THIS  PICTURE  WE  SEE  THERE  IS  A

TINY  BREAK  THROUGH  AND  WE  CAN  SEE

SOME  LIGHT.  WE  THINK  IT  WOULD  BE

BENEFICIAL  TO  LISTEN  TO  OUR  CHRISTIAN

MUSIC  BUT  NOT  READ  THE  BIBLE  YET  AS

THE  TRIAL  IS  REALLY  STILL  GOING  ON  AND

WE  STILL  CAN'T  MOVE.  WE  SEE  THAT  EVERY-

ONE  ELSE  HAS  A  GOOD  LIFE...THEY  HAVE  NO 

TRIALS...WE  YELL,  "WHY  IS  IT  ALWAYS  ME

THAT  HAS  THESE  PROBLEMS.  I  AM  A  GOOD

PERSON!"

OUR  FRIENDS  WANT  TO  GRAB  HOLD  OF  OUR

SHELL  AND  CRACK  IT  OPEN  AND  LET  US  OUT.

IF  A  CHICKEN  WAS  RIPPED  FROM  HIS  SHELL

AT  THIS  TIME,  HE  WOULD  NOT  LIVE.

BIRTH/TRIALS  ARE  A  PROCESS  WE  MUST

GO  THROUGH  IN  ORDER  TO  LIVE  AND  LIVE

SUCCESSFULLY  AS  JESUS  WANTS  US  TO.




WE HAVE  STRETCHED  AND  STRETCHED,

"NO  WEAPON  FORMED  AGAINST  ME  WILL

PROSPER,"...STRETCH  SOME  MORE, "I  CAN

DO  ALL  THINGS  THROUGH  CHRIST  WHO

STRENGTHENS  ME,"  "I CAN  WALK  THROUGH

THE  FIRE  AND  NOT  GET  BURNED...I  CAN  GO

THROUGH  DEEP  WATERS  AND  NOT  DROWN,"

BECAUSE "little  i"  RELEASED  MY  FAITH  AND

"BIG  I"  DREW  CLOSE  TO  GOD,  WHERE  HE  WANTS

US /ME TO  BE.  IT  IS  A  PROCESS  WHERE  THERE

ARE  NO  SHORTCUTS.  WE  JUST  HAVE  TO  GO

THROUGH  IT. 



THIS  IS  MY  COMFORT  IN  MY  AFFLICTION,

FOR  YOUR  WORD  HAS  GIVEN  ME  LIFE.

~PSALM  119:50



SO  WE  MAY  BOLDLY  SAY:

"THE  LORD  IS  MY  HELPER;

I  WILL  NOT  FEAR;

WHAT  CAN  MAN  DO  TO  ME?"

~HEBREWS  13:6



BE  ANXIOUS  FOR  NOTHING;  BUT  IN  EVERY-

THING  BY  PRAYER  AND  SUPPLICATION,  WITH

THANKSGIVING,  LET  YOUR  REQUESTS  BE  MADE

KNOWN  TO  GOD;

AND  THE  PEACE  OF  GOD,  WHICH  SURPASSES

ALL  UNDERSTANDING,  WILL  GUARD  YOUR  HEARTS 

AND  MINDS  THROUGH  CHRIST  JESUS.

I  CAN  DO  ALL  THINGS  THROUGH  CHRIST

WHO  STRENGTHENS  ME.

~PHILIPPIANS  4:6-7, 13



PRAISE  REPORTS

LEILA-CONTINUES  CHEMOTHERAPY  AND
THE  TUMOR  CONTINUES  TO  SHRINK...PRAISE
YOU  JESUS

ANASTASIA-CONTINUES  TO  BE  IN  REMISSION
PRAISE  YOU  JESUS

MEGAN-MY  DIL  WAS  T BONED  IN  HER  CAR
SATURDAY  NIGHT  BY  AN  18  YEAR  OLD  WHO
WAS  SPEEDING  AND  RAN  A  STOP  SIGN.  IT
TOTALED  HER  CAR  BUT  SHE  ONLY  RECEIVED
A  HALF  DOLLAR  SIZE  BRUISE  ON  HER
RIGHT  KNEE.  THEY  COULD  NOT  BELIEVE
SHE  AND  HER  16  YEAR  OLD  PASSENGER  CAME
OUT OF  THE  WRECK  ALIVE.  PRAISE  YOU
JESUS...RICHIE'S  SISTER  AMY  AND  HIS  WIFE
MEGAN  WERE/ARE  THE  LOVES  OF  HIS  LIFE.
PRAISE  YOUR  HOLY  NAME  FATHER  GOD
THE  SIXTEEN  YEAR  OLD  RECEIVED  A
SWOLLEN  LIP,  WHEN  THE  AIR  BAG  DEPLOYED


PRAYER  REQUESTS

ELISABETH  AND  ROY-ROY  HAVING  SERIOUS
CHEMO  THIS  WEEK

GYPSY  LULU  PASSED  ON  TO  HEAVEN-
PLEASE  PRAY  FOR  HER  FAMILY  AND
CLOSEST  FRIENDS

DENISE-HAS  ALS

THE  GULF-THE  OIL  BE  CLEANED  UP;
THE  FISHERMEN  BE  RESTORED  TO  THEIR
JOB, THE FIGHTING  STOP, THE  BEACHES
ARE  CLEANED,  THE  MARSHLANDS AND
ANIMALS  BE  RESTORED, JOBS  NEEDED

JANN

KATHERINELLEN-HER  BIL  DIED  AND  SHE
HAS  BEEN  HELPING  FAMILY

NELLIE

CYNTHIA-HUSBAND  JIM  DIED

BERNIE-WHO  SO  GRACIOUSLY  THINKS
ABOUT  EVERYONE  BUT  HERSELF

MARY  CLAIRE-CANCER

SHERRY-COUNTRY  WINGS

SHEILA

LISA-RARE  CANCER

RENEE-UTERINE  CANCER

DENNIS-COLON  CANCER

RON-COLON CANCER

HANNAH

DOUG-CANCER

CEEKAY-CHEMOTHERAPY

LADY  KATHERINE

JOHN-DIALYSIS

MONTE-DIALYSIS

HOLLY  AND  CASS

WILL

CLYTIE

TERESA-ONLY  DAUGHTER  DIED

SHAUNA

ARCHEE

JACKIE

GINNY  AND  CLARENCE-HE  BROKE  HIS  HIP

TRE

TORRE

STACEY

BEKAH

DORIS  AND  RICHARD

TAWNA-HAD  SURGERY  ON  KNEE

KRISTIE

CAROLE

BETTY'S  SON

GLORIA

TOM

TED-STILL  HAVING  CHEST  PAIN

RM

SWEET  ANNIE

BARBARA

GINA

TERESA  GUNN

JAMIE

SALLY

SHARON  ANN

BILL  M

SHEILA'S HOUSE  TO  SELL

RICHIE  AND  MEGAN'S  HOUSE  TO  SELL

PATRICIA

JEAN

PAM

COLLETE G-CANCER

ALL  THOSE  WHO  ARE  IN  THE  MILITARY
AND  THEIR  FAMILIES

ALL  THOSE  UNEMPLOYED  NEEDING  JOBS

ALL  THOSE  WHO  ARE  MOURNING  THE
DEATH  OF  A  LOVED  ONE



DO  NOT  LOOK  AT  THIS  PRAYER  LIST  AS

DEPRESSING  BUT  A  CHANCE  TO  PRAY 

FOR  SOMEONE  IN  NEED.  YOU  ARE  ALWAYS

BLESSED  WHEN  YOU  PRAY  FOR  SOMEONE.

I  PERSONALLY  KNOW  HOW  A  PERSON  CAN

BE  IN  SO  MUCH  PAIN,  YOU  CANNOT  PRAY.

I  KNOW  I  WOULD  NOT  HAVE  MADE  IT  THIS

FAR  WITHOUT  YOUR  PRAYERS  WHEN  AMY

DIED  AND  HER  SOUL  WENT  TO  HEAVEN.



THANK  YOU  FOR  JOINING  ME

TODAY.  THE  POST  WAS  LONG  BUT  I  HAVEN'T

POSTED  SINCE  MAY  19,  2010.

IT  MEANS  SO  MUCH  TO  ME  WHEN  YOU

VISIT  AND  I  AM  TRYING  TO  VISIT  EACH

OF  YOU  MORE.

YOU  ARE  SO  APPRECIATED.
ANGEL  HUGS


ALL  THE  PHOTOGRAPHS  I  USED  OF  THE  CHICKEN  EGGS  WERE
FOUND  ON  THE  INTERNET  UNDER  FREE  IMAGES.  IF  THEY  ARE  YOURS
AND  YOU  WANT  THEM  REMOVED,  PLEASE  LET  ME  KNOW  AND  I  WILL  PROMPTLY
REMOVE  THEM.

12 comments:

  1. It truly is a miracle that they walked away from that t-boning. I think your prayers for my son protected him recently, he made a mistake driving and was also t-boned. My car is ruined but the important thing is he and his passenger were only shaken up, not hurt. And without airbags, that poor old car is "stripped" and didn't have the door airbags. But you have prayed relentlessly for him and put a bubble of protection over him. Thank you Debbie, you may have been paralyzed for a time with grief and agony, but you have never stopped since praying for others and reaching out literally worldwide with your posts and prayers.

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  2. I ♥ your all-caps posts! I feel good everytime I read a new one~
    You are GOLDEN to reach out to all of us and ask for prayers for us! I appreciate it so much, as I know others on your Prayer request list do. Thank you so much for taking the time~
    We see the Oncologist again on Tuesday. I will post after that.
    Have a beautiful week Debbie~
    ♥,Lilly

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  3. Oh Debbie you are so sweet, I love how you pray for all of us and we all need prayers. Know that I am keeping you and your family in my prayers always......so thankful that there were no serious injuries from the car accident, God is good......:-) Hugs

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  4. I love your posts - I love the chicken egg story too - especially "THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS". Wow.

    Thank you for being a prayer warrior. Even going through your own grief, you still reach out to others. Only through God could you do this, He shines out from you like a beacon.

    God bless your day --

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  5. Love the chicken story. Glad to hear there were no real serious injuries in the car accident. Thanks for visiting. The Koi pond is at a credit union.
    Hope you are enjoying your week.

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  6. Debbie you are in a holding pattern - everyone needs their own amount of time to deal with things. Just keep your heart open.

    Your prayers for everyone is a great ministry - and you are not alone in your pain - although I know it feels that way.

    Love, sandie

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  7. Beautiful and warm post !
    Have a good weekend ♥RINI♥ the Netherlands

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  8. I love the chicken hatching pictures and "poem". You are a wonderful example and inspiration in the extent to which you are willing to share your hurt and the way you have dealt with it. Prayers for you, Debbie, that overflow cornucopias!

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  9. Glad that my hula post brought some good memories of your daughter. May God continue to supply his grace and strength in your life.

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  10. Debbie ~ Thank you so much for the sweet comments on my blog and sharing your some of your story with me. I read and re-read it with tears running down my cheeks... You have an amazing gift and ministry through your blog!! I admire you for using it to glorify God!! I love that you put "As for me and my blog, we will serve the Lord." :) I pray that you will find healing through all of the prayers and encouragement you give to others and I pray that it will return to you 1000 fold!!
    God bless you sweet friend!!!
    I am putting you on my prayer list as well :)
    ((BIG HUGS))
    Michella

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  11. You have a beautiful post !
    lots to learn for me .
    ♥RINI♥

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  12. Good morning Debbie, I am so thankful my company is still sleeping and I had time to read your entire wonderful, thoughtful post. We lost a precious niece to a badly handled surgery many years ago. She was 27 with three small children. I so understand your struggle with acceptance of such sad losses, especially Amy who wanted so badly to live. Our Lord and TIME is the only healer.

    Thank you for your sweet comment about my PS post. I am blessed to have wonderful children and grands. They will be going home today after a wonderful week of fun and loving moments. Oh, and a ton of COOKING AND BAKING. HA!

    Blessings to you today and always,
    Jeanne

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