Comments on: The Hen Protects Her Chicks – An Unusual Symbol of God’s Love – Lectio Divina https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:27:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2822 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:27:33 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2822 Thank you for stopping by today and leaving a comment Elizabeth. Blessings to you too

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2821 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:26:57 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2821 When my pastor used the hen as a symbol for Christ a few years ago, I just couldn’t get it out of my mind. Yet when I learned how much a hen will protect her chicks even to the point of death, I was overwhelmed by His love. Thanks for commenting, Laura.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2820 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:25:30 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2820 Thanks Courtney.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2819 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:24:52 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2819 Yes we forget we are the chicks,don’t we? thanks for stopping by today Lisa

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2818 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:24:16 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2818 I certainly agree. We don’t or can’t fully grasp the magnitude of God’s love for us. Amazing isn’t it?

]]> By: Elizabeth Hernandez https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2817 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:49:37 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2817 Love the way you helped paint the already beautiful description the Lord had painted you helped enhanced and made it more clear thank you.
Blessings

]]> By: Laura Boggess https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2816 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:22:01 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2816 Isn’t this an amazing picture, Jean? Sometimes, I just imagine the wings covering me…such rest that thought gives. How He provides and protects. Lovely thoughts, my friend.

]]> By: Courtney Buxton https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2815 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:31:35 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2815 This goes to the maternal and paternal instinct, doesn’t it? And we are the chicks in this one, not the hens. Great post.

]]> By: Lisa notes... https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2814 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:02:10 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2814 “I live as Your chick, Your
child. You live as my Savior.”

Thanks for this perspective, Jean. Sometimes I forget I’m to live as the chick, not another chicken….

]]> By: Hugmomma https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2813 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:54:36 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2813 Lovely spring imagery. If only we understood how He really loves us. Nice post.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2812 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:36:34 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2812 My former pastor preached on this image awhile ago and it always remained with me as a powerful image of Christ. Before that if you would have told me to imagine Him like a chicken I would have thought you were crazy but this verse brings that symbol alive, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2811 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:35:09 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2811 Hi Mia, glad you stopped by today. Our Pappa certainly does loves us. I have always found this image of HIm powerful. Blessings on your week ahead.

]]> By: colwrite https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2810 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:21:35 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2810 I had not pictured that before. Really a wonderful symbol of God’s love. Thank you!

]]> By: Mia https://healthyspirituality.org/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2809 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:01:08 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/2013/02/24/the-hen-protects-her-chicks-an-unusual-symbol-of-gods-love-lectio-divina/#comment-2809 Hi dearest Jean
This has always been a picture of the most tender, protective love. Just the way our Pappa loves us. Your correlation between the wings stretched out and our Lord’s arms on the cross is incredibly strong!
Much love
Mia

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