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We're praying hard for Carter, his parents and your family! God bless you all - and please keep wee Carter gently in His hands!

Thanks for passing the prayer along...and adding the part about the dogs. Too often we forget about them and their needs when our human friends are in need. Would you be so kind as to pass this along as well? Your additions to the prayer regarding her work as a healer and for her dogs were wonderfully put. This time may I ask that you send this message as is? Thanks!
We will continue to pray for Chelo!

Abba is indeed wonderful, loving and comforting. I come to love Him and accept His grace from a pretty worldly view. (Which is a a short way of saying I was pretty in need of the Lord but did not think I was in need of the Lord!) So who really is this "God" and "Jesus"???? As I began to seek Him, the evidence was there. God has proven Himself to be more than the Creator of this life. God is my Creator that loves me, and you, without fail...perfectly! That whole thing about Jesus dying on the cross to pay for our sins, and resurrecting to prove that the sacrifice was found worthy by God - well, it is true. And Jesus is the gateway to the Lord! For so many, many years I tried to intellectualize religion, but have learned that Jesus is the focus! What do I do with Jesus? That is really the key question. All else is icing on the cake. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. Noone comes to the father but by Me." Jesus said that. It is so true. When all the trying to "scare me out of hell" failed, His loving me to accept His grace offered through Christ drew me to Him. Which is pretty strange, b/c there actually IS a hell - and one would think fear of that would be enough to get you to focusing on the Lord. But scaring me was not the way...had sort of a defiant streak in me. I was not to be scared into anything. Anyway, back to this grace offered to us through Jesus. The best thing is - I (nor anyone for that matter) had to do nothing to earn it. Can not in fact. It is a free gift. You don't even have to understand how it works - not even a little bit! Like a gift that I would give to you to show my love, you have but to accept it to have it! The thief on the left (well, I dunno if it was on the left, but who is to say) who had done nothing worthy of note except get himself crucified, but who asked Jesus to remember Him was given the same citizenship in heaven as a lifelong servant of God. Service does not get you there. Being good, while good, will not get you there either. Jesus is the only way. Chelo, if you have never asked Jesus into Your heart, please call on Him...("Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." - Jesus said that, too.) Ask Him to forgive you ("For all have sinned and come short of the glory of the Lord"; me too - yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but it is true!) and be Your savior. It is the most exquisite love you can ever know. Perfect and unfailing it is! (more unfailing even than the love of a dog) My prayer is that you and I will one day stand in front of the Father and offer our praises to Him! There is only one true God - and that God loves you so, Chelo! Run to Him! Call on the name of Jesus the Christ - loudly or quietly - it matters not. Just that you call! Our love and prayers to you! Please do keep us posted!
Counting on His grace,
Christopher (and Jake & Harley - certified pound mutts and excavation dogs)

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Chelo
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Thank you for the lovely prayer - it brought tears to my eyes and comfort to my soul. No matter the name used - be it Father, Abba, Dios, Buddha - if God were not real, humans would not have name for Him/Her.
My nickname, "Chelo" is the nickname for the name "Consuelo", that means solace, comfort, or consolation, it is a common girl's name in Mexico (where I was born) or Spain.
It is beginning to get hot here in Texas - up into the 90's and it's only June! But we have had enough rain that everything is quite green and lush. I just wish I'd have sufficient strength to put in a garden this year.
The dogs have been very quiet and supportive, not minding the invasion of the strangers quite as much as they have in the past. They are my earth-bound angels, proving to me once again, that they are indeed God's messengers, even if they don't have physical wings or visible haloes.
I am a blessed woman, indeed.
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Chelo: not knowing your religeous persuasion, but that I am a devoted, but sorely lacking, admirer of God, I asked someone I don't even know, via a Gardening Forum, to pen a prayer for you.

He recently wrote a prayer for a poster, Kevin, who was carted off by the emt to Kalamazoo, after a heart attack. The prayer he posted, without prompting from anyone, grabbed my heart and I have thought of it for over two weeks. I was going to ask him to write a prayer for me for my comfort, but when you posted your update, my entire being swiveled to focusing on you. Here is his prayer:

"Let's go to the Father on behalf of Chelo together. Join your prayers with mine for God has said that where two or more are gathered in His name, He will be there. (Abba means "daddy" in Hebrew, I think God is OK with us calling him that.)

Father God, my Abba, thank-you that we can approach Your throne of grace and ask of You. Abba, in Your mercy and Your great wisdom, You have told me of Chelo. We are Your children running into Your open arms to ask of you on behalf of our sister Chelo, Abba. I ask that You would manifest Your presence, letting Yourself be known to her. Father, You crafted her very body and soul and You know her to the tiniest molecule of her being. Father, you know when even a single hair of her head falls. She is Your wondrous and beautiful creation, and she has spoken Your words thru her healing hands as a physician. Hold her in Your hands now, Father. Let her rest on your chest, Abba. Give her Your peace that surpasses all understanding. You have promised us that You will never leave us nor forsake us...manifest this palpably to Chelo, Abba. Whisper it to her soul, Abba. Tell her beloved doggies too, of Your comfort and presence in her life. If it would suit you, Father, we would ask that You work a miracle and a wonder in her body. Fill her with Your strength! We ask that You would give her a healing. In this, as in all things, we submit to Your perfect wisdom, Father, and if such is not in Your perfect plan...I beg that you would let Chelo fully realize Your perfect grace knowing that, as the apostle said, that having accepted Your grace, absence from this body is to be present with You for all eternity. Praise You, Father. We ask all of this in your name, most perfect and holy name. Amen.
-Christopher"
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-Barbara (human), Brumby and Titan (ACD's),
plus Parker (BC)

My eyes are overflowing with love and gratitude, even while sitting at my desk at work. This is perfect, as is God and how he writes thru you. I will post it in the Chelo sticky that was created on our cattle dog site for her daily inspirations and hugs for her from around the world. Thank you thank you thank you!
-Barbara

Sure thing. I don't really "pen" them per se. I just start talking to God and since I can type faster than I can write...and since I think about as slow as I type, I can just put down the prayer as I pray it. I am at work right now so let me do this when I get home where I can be quiet. In the meantime, prayers for Chelo!

Hi. I'm Barbara. I believe that you were the one that penned a simply beautiful prayer when we all found out that Kevin was taken to the hospital by the paramedics. If you were the one, I have been thinking of asking you to pen me a prayer. But yesterday, someone else needs it much more. Chelo: a cattle dog forum friend in Texas, a physician, who now is in hospice care for her last days. We, on the forum, are awed by her strength and "settlement" of the situation, and I don't know if she is connected with God or not. Regardless, if you would pen a short prayer for Chelo, I will PM it to her, and ask if I can share it with others in the main forum. Would you be so kind? Thanks much!

"Q: How do you annoy a liberal? A: Use Facts and Logic. "

I love it! Unfortunately they tend to twist or outright change the facts and ignore the logic.

gerry

I'll save some seeds in case you need them!

oooo baby.... mine are still under 5 feet of snow. How I long to smell chives and butter in a frying pan...
YUM ! If you want more, just separate and re-plant