She got it for a gift when she was born. She grew attached to it like nothing else when she was about 1 year old and if you knew Miracle at all you probably saw this special puppy blanket attached to her.
My mother's heart has been pierced a few times lately at bedtime as Miracle and I have been praying and she quietly chimes in with a sadness to her voice and says, "and pray that Jesus finds my puppy". I'm pretty sure that the puppy blanket was thrown away when Miracle and daddy took out the garbages...
The one thing that I will probably always regret about this situation is the fact that I never completely rummaged through the garbage to be sure it wasn't in there...so it goes on missing and we are sad.
Here a few more pictures of Miracle and her puppy blanket.
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| It was with her when she played... |
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| It was with her when she was hospitalized... |
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| It went with her to daycare for naptime... |
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| She brought it in the car... |
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| She used it to hide... |
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| It was with her when she slept with her mom and dad... |
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| She brought it to Church... So, I've been feeling materialist. How could I be so sad over a blanket? I'm sad because I wanted her to have her puppy blanket forever, just like I have my baby blanket ... But when I continue to think about it, I'm most bothered because Miracle had security in her puppy blanket and there was only one puppy blanket like this...it cannot be replaced with a new one... Really when I reflect on the pictures of what this puppy blanket was to her, I realized that Jesus can be all that her puppy blanket was to her and more. I may not be able to give her back her puppy blanket, but I can teach her about Jesus and live my life as an example of how Jesus changes my life and the lives of others. If there is anything that she carries with her forever, I hope and pray that it is Jesus Christ her Savior and Lord. Jesus Christ ... he walks with me and talks with me and He tells me I am his own. Truly. He is my security. The best of all is that Jesus can't go missing. I know I can't physically hold Jesus like Miracle held and carried her puppy but Jesus does hold me and my life and fills me with a security of peace that passes understanding, and an ecstatic joy that wells up inside of me. So what is it that you are holding on to that is replacing Jesus Christ in your life? That was the question that came into my head when I literally was talking to the Lord about how dramatic and ridiculous I felt about the deep sadness over this missing puppy blanket. Oh how I just love how Almighty God can use all things for the good of those who love Him. So the Lord is reminding me more about who He is and wants to become in my life. So, it led me to study once again who Jesus is and can be in my life. So here's the start of the list... JESUS IS *The Son of Man *Bread of Life *Light of the World *Hiding Place *The resurrection and the life *The way, the truth, and the life *The vine *The Alpha & Omega *Lord God *The Almighty *The First and the Last *Creator *Faithful & True *The King of Kings *The Lord of Lords AND THE BEST NAME AND DESCRIPTION FOR JESUS TO REPLACE MIRACLE'S PUPPY BLANKET ....drum roll please.... JESUS IS *THE LION AND THE LAMB Revalation 5:5-6,9,12-13 (paraphrase mine) "Do not weep! See, the Lion has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll...victory in the battle of this life is His. He wins every spiritual battle, every attack that the enemy will pursue upon our earthly lives. 6 Then I saw the Lamb, looking as if he had been slain, standing at the center of the throne...yes, he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and he did not go missing...He's alive and worthy. 9 So we sing a new song: "You (Jesus) are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God. 12 In a loud voice we will sing: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and priase!" 13 Then every creature in heaven and on earth will be singing: "To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever! AMEN. And that, my friends is so much greater than any puppy blanket could be. That is security eternally! |
I love this post Liz, just read it again! You speak so much truth. Thanks for sharing what the Lord is doing and did, and will do with me! -Bro
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