Little Bit

The following email was sent to me by a fourteen year old who has been a blessing in my life. She and her entire family helped me a few weeks ago at a conference in Chicago where I was speaking. I was very blessed by their servant spirit and professional manner in which they represented Lamplighter. The letter that you are about to read was written in light of my dad who is in critical condition. We are praying and hoping. Esther’s letter, revives our hope just a little more…

Dear Mr. Hamby,

I want to tell you a story, it may seem strange, but it really did happen.

When I was about eight, my family hatched some chickens that a farmer gave us from eggs. We had so much fun with those chickens, feeding them, playing with them, watching them grow, we had named them all. But one day my little sister, who was about three or four, was holding the smallest one, Little Bit, and squeezed him too hard, it broke his neck...that chicken died, he was really dead, I mean it. We all started crying hysterically, which brought Mom running. She took the chicken in her hand and prayed for it, I don't remember much of what she said, but it was something like this, "Lord, you gave me these chickens and I did not take care of them, now this little one is dead. Would you forgive me and raise this little chicken back up?" Even before she finished praying, that chicken picked his little head up and started squirming. It was dead, but God brought it to life.

This morning I was reading Psalm 92 and I came across verses 12-15 and thought of you all. "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; to shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him."

God bless you Mr. Hamby we're praying for you.

Esther

Dear Esther, you made me cry…thank you very much…your letter was very meaningful to me…very precious...very beautiful…thank you…please keep praying…my dad is still not doing very well, but I still have hope….

God bless you my friend,

Mr. Hamby