tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post5354990284557969486..comments2023-05-19T04:46:54.536-07:00Comments on Beautiful rubbish:: On touching squirrels and the mystery of rebirthAmber Cadenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-79221007471771252242015-06-03T11:17:37.590-07:002015-06-03T11:17:37.590-07:00Oh, this precious little baby and tender and beaut...Oh, this precious little baby and tender and beautiful you. Just because your words leave me speechless doesn't mean I don't want to try to tell you how they move and affect me. I cannot tell you how many times I've thought about resurrection and spoken to others about resurrection -- about the dying to life -- over these last months. I hadn't realized until coming back to this now how your words infiltrated my being, infused me with sorrow and hope that hold hands. Isn't that just what life with God does to us? And life with friends like you...well, it keeps changing me, keeps making me better, reaching for all of life. I am so grateful for you, love. I love you.Ashley Larkinhttp://ashleymlarkin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-66828472749715688602015-05-18T20:38:47.334-07:002015-05-18T20:38:47.334-07:00I'm undone, friend, over and over, by the ways...I'm undone, friend, over and over, by the ways you see me, help carry my heart and walk with me through my days. I love you.Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-35284334383353402492015-05-18T20:37:37.277-07:002015-05-18T20:37:37.277-07:00Beautiful words, Sharon. And a beautiful hope. Tha...Beautiful words, Sharon. And a beautiful hope. Thank you for sharing with me. And thank you for getting with me how there is no such thing as just a squirrel - or "just a any living thing" - in the kingdom of God. Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-45156253053089689322015-05-18T20:35:55.022-07:002015-05-18T20:35:55.022-07:00Lolly, after reading a bit of your story over at y...Lolly, after reading a bit of your story over at your blog, I think I might understand - even just a little - how this wrecked you. Thank you for being here and seeing the beauty in this story with me. Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-87134698103938753262015-05-18T20:34:36.186-07:002015-05-18T20:34:36.186-07:00She definitely touched my life, and for whatever r...She definitely touched my life, and for whatever reason, seems a Godsend to me. Thanks so much for caring with me, Mom. Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-23820380919369134362015-05-18T20:33:32.408-07:002015-05-18T20:33:32.408-07:00Thank you, friend. Me, too. xoxoThank you, friend. Me, too. xoxoAmber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-85806874671215241662015-05-17T15:04:58.045-07:002015-05-17T15:04:58.045-07:00Amber... oh sister. I just love you. This is incre...Amber... oh sister. I just love you. This is incredibly, breathtakingly well-written. And powerful. So, so powerful. Thank you for the ways you inspire me to take a second glance, to notice more, to see differently, to love deeper. Asking Jesus to hold your heart in its aching, treasured friend.Dana Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895102496294629425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-46823346862698157042015-05-17T09:52:40.402-07:002015-05-17T09:52:40.402-07:00My heart broke while reading this. Poor baby. An...My heart broke while reading this. Poor baby. And the thing that makes me hurt the most is knowing that animals do not deserve to die. It was all our fault. Sometimes the enemy of my soul uses that fact as a hammer of guilt that batters me over and over again. I think I would lose all hope if I didn't remember the Cross, and the empty tomb. The Resurrection is the phoenix glimmer that arises in my soul and pulls me out of the ashes of despair. Because of The Resurrection I strive to look up and dare to believe in a future resurrection when all this *mess* will be made right.<br /><br />I love these verses from Lamentations 3:<br /><br />"I will never forget this awful time,<br /> as I grieve over my loss.<br />Yet I still dare to hope<br /> when I remember this:<br />The faithful love of the Lord never ends!<br /> His mercies never cease.<br />Great is his faithfulness;<br /> his mercies begin afresh each morning.<br />I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;<br /> therefore, I will hope in him!”<br /><br />In God's Kingdom, there is no such thing as "just a squirrel" - no such thing as any life minimized. And because of that, God will resurrect His perfection once again.<br /><br />GOD BLESS.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840994989201507494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-46421075066576306872015-05-17T06:51:20.507-07:002015-05-17T06:51:20.507-07:00I'm speechless and I'm wrecked. I started ...I'm speechless and I'm wrecked. I started crying at the first paragraph and was full out bawling by the time I finished. It took me 3 tries to get all the way through this. Beautiful, and tender.Lollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409070375081565996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-60199795382578556242015-05-16T23:48:21.203-07:002015-05-16T23:48:21.203-07:00Oh my sweet girl!! I'm so so sorry. What a pre...Oh my sweet girl!! I'm so so sorry. What a precious little life that touched yours so briefly and yet so deeply and profoundly. I'm so thankful God brought this squirrel to you. You were the one with the huge heart of love. JONNAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692328897527256991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-56232125457505342632015-05-16T22:32:52.395-07:002015-05-16T22:32:52.395-07:00I am so sorry! For the loss of this precious and t...I am so sorry! For the loss of this precious and tender life. Karmen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06808722278501574962noreply@blogger.com