Marriage
I remember growing up, when fall would come, how we would grab the rakes, and pull all the leaves that had fallen from the trees into a huge pile in the yard, and we would run and jump off the front porch right into the middle of it, sinking into a red, gold and pink world...and it was sheer joy...reminding me of our love.
Each day in our lives, we have brightly colored leaves floating down from the trees...like bits of flame gently covering the green of the yard with vivid color.... and we gather them up all in one place...golden leaves of hope, red leaves of love - oh, so many of them! Tender pink leaves of encouragement, and the multi-colored ones of delight and happiness...we run through them and hear the sounds of joy, and breathe in the fragrance of sunshine.
What pure delight it is to gather them up, pile them high...such an extravagant display of colors and shapes...and when they are gathered up...we can run and jump into them like children, laughing with joy.... knowing that the leaves will cushion us, surround us...keeping us safe inside this golden world...and through the leaves we can feel the warmth of the fall sun.... the Son.... pouring His grace down upon us.... shining on our faces.... lighting our world.... and oh, the joy we feel as we gather armfuls of color and fling them into the air, watching them fall back around us like colored confetti on our very own parade.
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As I was reading, my spirit just began to jump for joy. I could just see all those colors and the leaves gathered into big piles. I could hear the laughter and see the leaves spreading out and flying every which way as I landed in them. What a happy, childhood memory! And Christ says that we are to come to Him like children... Oh, that we could find such pleasure in small things as oft as we did as children. Thank you for the subtle reminder... and all because you've been so blessed. No wonder the Lord has blessed you so... He knew what you would do with that blessing!!!
The Creator´s beauty, love and appreciation comes through to us in many and myriad ways. You paint an eternal image of the simple joy of life painted on the mind´s eye as though they were masterpieces caught in time.
Trish, You just gave me a wonderful start to my day. I felt like I was right in the middle of a pile of colorful leaves, I felt the sun..Son.. shining down bathing me in love, joy and encouragement. Blessings, Rita
What comforting thought, to know that leaves of hope, love, encouragement, delight and happiness will be there to cushion us, whatever tomorrow holds.
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