I needed more reminding. God knew I did. I was checking my email and there was a forwarded message. I don't always take the time to read them, in fact I often just delete them, but this one was from my beloved Aunt Mary Lou and so I went ahead and opened it. I had just finished writing a personal blog entry for my counselor to read. My ending sentence was, "I fear I have more questions than answers." This is the message that God sent me through my Aunt.
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STORY OF THE WEEK: THE HUMAN TOUCH
STORY OF THE WEEK.
...The Whale... If you read a front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her.
They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as she was thanking them.
Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you.
And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude. I pass this on to you, my friends, in the same spirit.
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God is sending me email reminders that His love is always there even in the seemingly mundane.
Currently I am tangled up in my past, stuck tight, weighed down, feeling as though I might drown, but God is sending me those who can help to cut away the cords that bind. Yes, I am tangled and heavy laden, but once I am free, just watch me spin.
Amen
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