Comments on: Puzzle Pieces

By: Julie Pizzino

Julie Pizzino — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:40:49 +0000

Angie, thank you again for your vulnerability and transparency. Your words prompted me to think of Psalm 5 in The Message:

“Listen, Yahweh! Pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings, my thunder-clap cries? King-God, I need Your help. Every morning you’ll hear me at it again.
Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on Your altar and watch for fire to descend…I, your invited guest, am full of awe. I enter your house, here I am prostrate in your inner sanctum, waiting for directions to get me safely through enemy ranks…Will you welcome us with open arms when we run for cover to you? You are famous, Yahweh, for taking in God-seekers, for decking us out in delight.”

May our Yahweh take you in and deck you in delight this day.

By: Sherry Hendrix

Sherry Hendrix — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:19:57 +0000

Thank you for being transparent and allowing us to have a better understanding of what you are dealing with. Naively, I just assumed that once the treatments were over you would return to normal and all would be “honkey dorey” again. But, take heart. Looking back over the months at what you have written, you will see a miracle taking place. Like the puzzle, you are also seeing the underside of the tapestry. Right now it is a tangle of threads, but oh the beauty above! I don’t want to just brush off the toll of the pain and the assault to your outward beauty. We are women, and these things matter. I haven’t seen you in person since you were a teen, but to me you are a BEAUTIFUL woman. The woman God has made you on the inside has far greater beauty than any woman with brows and lashes!
ps. But I will pray that God would restore to you the more normal look you desire.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:41:35 +0000

Dear One,

I am fervently praying for you this morning. I pray you will be gentle with your own heart and calm the unrealistic expectations of what must be done. “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of this world will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”

I love you, dear friend. Oh how I wish I was closer to be “Martha” for you so you could have the “Mary” time you need right now to heal.

XO Moni Kaye

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:27:47 +0000

Dear Angie,

sometimes puzzle can be a welcomed challenge, other times I DO NOT enjoy them…not even one bit. We are such a “instant gratification” society, and at least from my experience, puzzles take time and commitment. Please know that we, your friends and family, are here to help you put the pieces together. Maybe we can only help put 2 pieces together….thats okay. It’s a start! I love you so much Angie. Thank you so much for reminding me time and time again that there is HOPE through times of puzzlement. Abundant Hope. In and only in Jesus Christ.