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A Rose in the Shed

11/14/2017

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Have you ever been told that you are "Too heavenly minded you're no earthly good." ? I have. Well, maybe that I see things prophetically that are just ordinary things. I saw a television show that told how many unusual things we see are sent to us from God to give us a message.

When I was a young woman of one 18 month old boy, I was working in the yard. I opened the garden shed in our yard to get out a rake or something of the sort. In the shed, I saw something I have never been able to forget. It was a long stem with a rose on it. It was amazing. 

The thing that made it striking was that the stem was pale, pale green and almost transparent. The rose was also a strange color. Outside the shed was the rest of the rosebush. It was thriving with dark green foliage and vivid red blooms. 

I knew that God was warning me in this vivid/pale object lesson. The warning was to not hide in the 'shed'. What do I mean by this? I have this 'treasure in an earthen vessel'. This means that when I accepted Jesus into my heart, He came in to make residence in me, the earthen vessel. I am not to just live for myself and my joy. I am to share the beauty of God. 

For years I loved sharing God and loving on people. Little by little my health failed. I pulled back from people and became a 'home body' who rarely left my house. I didn't suffer from
Agoraphobia, I just hurt too much to leave much. If I did leave, I had much more pain to endure when I returned home. (I do have a great story of restored health on my Facebook page, Elaine Littau author.)
In staying home, I began to write books and did convey the message of God's love through them. Then, two years ago, my third sister passed away. I allowed the sorrow to overtake me. I got sicker and sicker. I kept my focus on myself. I didn't share the love of God. I became the pale rose. 

I am happy to say that the Lord has renewed my health and I am learning to love on people again. Because of the deep valley I went through I am able to hear what people tell me when they share about their suffering. Maybe now I can be God's hand extended to them and ecourage them, pray with them, and help them find hope and health. 

I am not the pale rose anymore. 

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    Elaine & her Husband, Terry, raised their three sons in "Almostaranch" Texas where they now enjoy spoiling their grandchildren. Many enjoy listening to her humorous take on life. Even the simplest activity takes on a life of its own when Elaine is involved in the telling of it. 

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