Happy Pink Saturday!

Hello & Happy Pink Saturday!
Thank you Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for hosting this fun day! I have so many pink things in my home that it was hard to choose which ones to showcase this week but I did finally settle on these three below. I took several pictures of each item and tried to choose the best ones for this post. Hope you enjoy them!

This pink birdhouse is one that I painted many years ago. These were the colours in my kitchen at the time. Since then I have redecorated, but the little birdhouse still sits above the kitchen cabinets among many others.

This pretty little angel was a birthday present one year from one of my sons. Isn't she sweet, hugging her teddy bear, and wearing her green and pink nightgown? They are nice and cuddly under the pink blanket. If you look closely, you can see pink on her wings and the pink posies in her hair.


Lastly, I would like to share with you this little bell that my hubby surprised me with many years ago. I have a small bell collection which this bell is part of. It's not pink but the posies on it are. I thought the roses would be a pretty way to help display the bell too.

Enjoy your day everyone and be sure to check out all the wonderful Pink things other bloggy friends have on Beverly's Pink Saturday. Just click on this link to visit-http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

"They Shall Rise Up With Wings As Eagles"

"Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and His understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary,
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings as eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:28-31

These are among my favourite scriptures in the Bible. These verses have helped me to keep going when I felt weak and tired. God does give me strength and any trial is mediocre in comparison to Him. He does have the whole world in His hands and nothing happens to us that He doesn't know about. His eye is on the sparrow, and His eye is on you and me!

I made this ceramic eagle back in the early nineties when I was trying to cope with Myasthenia Gravis, a form of Muscular Dystrophy. All my life I had been a very energetic young woman and all of a sudden, in the late eighties, I was hit with this disabling illness.
I had to learn how to cope with a body that no longer did what I wanted it to do. The MG robbed me of my strength and brought me to the point of weakness where I was forced to use a cane to get around. I was battered with all kinds of things; I couldn't shop, I couldn't sit or stand very long, so it kept me home from church for several years. I had to deal with my pride and all sorts of issues.
Do you remember those commercials on TV featuring the little white tornado that went through your home and left it sparkling clean? Well, I was that little tornado! And then I wasn't! It was hard on me! But during those years I spent at home, I soaked myself in the Word and in prayer. There was nothing else left for me to do. But it was during those years of being house bound, of being quiet, that I grew up in Him. He taught me much about life.
Today, I am able to walk without the cane. I am able to shop almost till I drop. *smile* And of course Hubby and I have 'both' been in ministry since then too. The Lord is good!
I am not cured because there is no cure for MG. However, I am stronger than I was when I first made my eagle. Most would look at me and never guess that I once used a cane to walk.
So what is my point you ask?
If you're going through a hard time right now, remember the eagle. He soars above the storms with wings spread wide. He is fearless and he is magnificent. He is a symbol of our God.
Our God, who is able to give you strength in your weakness and peace in the midst of your storm, whatever it may be!
Bless His name forever!