Toy's Haven

Good morning, Friends

There is an old story that goes something like this….    A man, who’s life is full of burden, falls to his knees and cries out to God, “Please God, I cannot bear this cross you’ve given me!”.   Over and over again the man cries out.  Finally, the Lord comes to him and takes him to heaven.   He takes the man’s cross and the man is relieved.   He tells the man that he can pick a new cross to bear, so he takes him to an extremely large room filled with crosses.  There are crosses 20 feet high, there are crosses 30 feet high, there are heavily burdened crosses and then there stands a rather average sized cross in the corner.   “I’ll take that cross”, says the man.   The Lord smiles at him and says, “That, my son, is the cross you came in with.”

What’s this all about?   Well, yesterday afternoon, my husband came to me an nonchalantly advised me that he will be laid off between Thanksgiving and Christmas.   Immediately, my anxiety started flaring up and I was chewing my lip.   By evening, my blood pressure was so high, I was doing deep breathing exercises to calm myself.   I knew I was going to lose sleep.

Not long after that, I signed on to Splitcoaststampers and found today’s Limited Supply Challenge thread.   Silvia put out a challenge to make a Christmas card for a young boy named Noah.   My heart skipped a beat as I read Noah’s story.   I have a Noah.   I am so blessed that my Noah is strong and healthy.   Noah Biorkman is not.   Noah B was diagnosed with cancer when he was 3 yrs old.   He is now 5, and his precious little life is coming to an end.   The only thing Noah wants is Christmas cards.   I wish I could give him more.   More time.   More hugs.   More Christmases.   But, what I can give him is my prayers and a Christmas card.

You can read Noah’s story HERE.

This is for you, Noah.

So now that my cross seems so tiny in compared to Noah’s, I pray.   I pray for all of those who’s cross is bigger than mine.

Here are my deets:

Stamps:  Hambo Stamps exclusive digi Toy Soldier

Colors: GP White, True Thyme, Real Red, dp

Ink: Copics

Accessories: ribbon, jute, circle punches, dimensionals, candy dots

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Thanks so much for stopping by today.   May your cross be easy to bear and your blessing abundant.

~~ Holly ~~