Kayleigh Anne Freeman Part 2

Kayleigh continued to grow and get stronger.

Kayleigh had more surgeries.

And She kept on going.

Then Kayleigh's family started getting ready for when she would come home.

Kayleigh weighing 3 1/2 pounds!

Look at how much she's grown!

Kayleigh Anne Freeman Part 1

A few weeks ago I read a story about a little girl who was born weighing one pound. At the end of the last post of my series I will post a link to the blog I read it on, but I wanted to share this story because it moved me. 

Her name is Kayleigh Anne Freeman. People thought that she would not live, but she did. She was premature and had several surgeries and fought hard to stay alive.

Kayleigh was born 3 months early, but she was 6 weeks behind on development, so was the size of a 22 week old baby.

She was born on June 23rd.

Then little Kayleigh finally started to grow.

And in August of 2008, she finally weighed 2 pounds.

One of the surgeries she had to get was for her eyes.

And her recovery went really well. 

Parables: The Mustard Seed And The Yeast

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough." Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world."
Mathew 13:31-34

Parables: The Weeds

Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' "'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' "'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'" Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear."
Mathew 13:24-30; 36-43