The story behind Harvest Mice

It all started with this cutie :)💖💖💖

It so happened that after so many years without animals the Lord gave me Belise through my patner.💖

There was a reason I didn't have pets, even though I wanted to. The reason was that as a child, when I became attached to an animal, except the hamster that had died of a cold, my mother got rid of it. We had two guinea pigs that I loved, I played with them every day and I slept with one of them (don't worry, I fell asleep and woke up in the same position). I liked them so much that when a neighbor left his guinea pig with us for the holidays, I was so delighted to see how the sweet little animal quickly felt safe. One night the Lord gave me a dream where my mother was giving our guinea pigs to a man, on his plate and I woke up as he was about to take my sweetie with his fork. I went down the stairs and I discovered that day that my mother gave them away. I remember we used to sing a song at school called "Montagne verdi" (it means Green mountains) of Marcella Bella. The song talks about her bunny who has gone, her love for it and she who, crying, speaks to God. I cried a lot, that song touched me deeply.

I am explaining you this because Harvest Mice has a deeper meaning to what eyes can see for me.

We had parakeets and I loved them, they were very intelligent and it was fun to see the strategies they found to eat the little flowers I gave them.😊💖 But one day my mother set them free without announcing it in order to have space for new birds... 😅

I kinda learned that the animals I loved would leave me.

When I went living with my otosan and eomma, we had a a sweet cat but it was returned shortly after. He would put himself on my stomach at night and I didn't understand why, over the years I then understood that he felt the tension I had (I often had an upset stomach due to fear) and therefore he wanted to bring comfort.💖 A little angel.💖💖

Then we had another cat, Mimi😊💖 who was only three months old and who we then watched grow.🥰💖💖💖

Years passed and one day when I went to visit my parents, eager to see her and cuddle her, I discovered that she had disappeared. Three years have passed since her disappearance but even if we suffer about it there is a small voice in all of us. My brother still dream about her, our eomma too and I saw her on vision coming back home. It never happened before so let's see if is the Lord speaking to us through dreams and vision to give us hope.💪💖 Back to Belise, when my love asked me help with her, I brought the request to the Lord. Asking Him if it was good for me and to give her a long life. A few weeks passed and I began to have peace in accepting a new friend. At first I didn't understand if she felt affection, but then we started to understand each other. When she made me feel her teeth gently, she wanted to warn me that she preferred to be at peace. It was so nice to come back home and to find a tiny friend welcoming you!🥰💖💖💖 I was really afraid that she would die and when I left the house I was afraid for her. I prayed to the Father to give her a long life almost daily. In vision I was oppressed by demonic figures but I didn't realize it was about this fear. When I was afraid, beside praying to the Lord, I slept close to her. Because of this stress I often got sick, the whole month of February I had a cold, in fact when I coughed I had a bit of stomach pain after a month. I slept next to her cage, hearing her go on the wheel reassured me, and she was fine. A few months passed, I had been in good health for a while but Belise fell ill with pneumonia. It was terrible. I really saw her suffer and she didn't want to be touched but unfortunately to give her her medicine we had to hold her still and give her a few drops to drink. She suffered for two weeks, I really had hope that she would survive, two weeks is a long time for a sick little hamster. I came home one day and... I found her there, immobile. She died at just 6 months of age. I cried for hours looking at her lifeless little body.

I couldn't understand why the Lord had allowed this situation. He knew my request, why did he allow it?

Then I discovered, reading about hamsters, that if they feel safe, they sleep in plain sight, like she did. This gave me comfort and a sweet pain, because it means that she felt comfortable with me, that she felt safe.💖 I love the Lord💖I was looking for an explanation and I cannot tell you I found one, but I realized the Lord has brought me healing about it, about them. One day I felt led to repeat an online class of Theresa Dedmon's Creative Academy ( Theresa Dedmon's Create Academy ). It's an art course where you can find healing with God.

Sketches from that lesson:

Translation from italian: Jesus fixes the sink. It wasn't my fault, it happened and it was fixed.

Revelation 4:1-7 The Throne in Heaven

After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Animals are mentioneted in the Throne of Heaven.💖

Italian: Wheat (which is a metaphor for provision or something good).

From that day, the Lord blessed me with more visions about Him with Belise :) Even recently, when I was upset about something, He showed me Jesus holding Belise and giving her to me in the vision, which gave me great comfort in that moment and gratitude towards the Lord. There is eternal life and He is the God of the living.

Mark 12:26-27

Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!

He uses "I am" not "I was". 💪:)💖 In conclusion, after all this I went with my partner to the Arth Goldau zoo where I fell in love with these cute little harvest mice because they remind me a little of my Belise. For me, the creation of this drawing was like illustrating an image of the sky where the mice, or any other animal, is at peace and playing in Heaven. Just as the Lord showed me in vision while giving me hope and comfort that He is the God of the living.💖😊💖💖💖

Original artwork: Harvest Mice | Shining Promise

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Thank you for reading!💖May God give you hope and comfort in every area of your life!🙏