Recently I decided to go out like I usually do to check on all my animals and all of my tilapia and catfish. All of a sudden I saw my beautiful fish floating dead on the top of the water in my 150 gallon water  tank. My heart sank! I noticed that the pump wasn’t working . As I got closer , I noticed that it actually had been knocked off of its placement in the tank . I’m sure that the fish must have bumped it. There were so many dead fish. I couldn’t believe it! I loved these fish. We had become friends. They help me grow my vegetables in my aquaponics systems. Everyday I would feed them and they would eat out of my hand . I tried to tell myself that they were just fish and to get over it. But I couldn’t get over it. I felt responsible and I loved them.I began to scoop them out into a bucket. There were so many of them. I knew that if there are dead fish in a pond it causes ammonia to rise and it will begin to kill all of the fish. I was certain that there were no survivors . I fixed the water pump so it could provide oxygen even though  I couldn’t see through the green water to check for survivors . At least the pump would keep the water from becoming stagnant until I could find a way to drain it. Several days later , I was feeling really sad about losing all of the fish. I went outside again to check on my animals and felt “ prompted” to use my fish net to scoop into that same green pond. So I did. I couldn’t believe it!  There were live fish in there ! A lot of them ! They were smaller than the ones that had died and there were also a lot of babies in there too! I quickly transferred them into another pond with clean water and set up a new water pump. As I transferred the live fish I could hear in my heart “ I am with you, I hear you . I am a God of life and love and life will continue on ,  and there will be so many new beginnings for you , just wait for it . Keep on living and reaching for your goals “. 

 This situation with my fish was used to give me a message today of love and to  really remind me that I am not alone . I am so thankful that I listened to the “prompting” to scoop out the fish. If I hadn’t followed my “ gut feeling” , I would have missed finding the fish alive  and most importantly I would have missed an amazing blessing! I am so thankful.