Fallen Leaves - Finding God's Message In Everyday Events

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Fallen Leaves - Finding God's Message In Everyday Events

27 February 2010

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Posted by Grandpa Jim

Pulling into the driveway which separates my front yard from the side yard, I reluctantly looked to the the left and then to the tight. There they were, again ,with twice as many waiting for me in the backyard. The brown crispy leaves were layered on the ground as high as the snow after a winter's blizzard. They almost seemed to be laughing at me, waiting to be gathered up while ruining my weekend.

Oh! How I hated those leaves..

Suddenly, I remembered that just a few weeks back, as Vivian and I were driving home, we caught a glimpse of our home from the main road. There she was, set back from the side road nuzzled deep within the rainbowed colored trees that surrounded her. The bright colored reddish orange leaves perfectly blending with the light browns and deep yellows . A baby sleeping in her mother's arms couldn't look more content. Our house looked like a picture on an Autumn calender. How fortunate we were.

Oh! How I loved those leaves.

These were the same leaves that in the torturous heat of the summer gave me shade and protection from the fiery rays of the sun as I sat on the bench swing and read a book or watched the grandchildren playing in the pool. These same leaves were home to the variety of birds which became our singing neighbors in both spring and summer.

Oh! How thankful I was for those leaves.

And now, I thought, just because these same leaves have become old and will cause me what really is a small inconvenience, I complain and want nothing to do with them.

I can only hope I do not treat people like this.
Just a “Thought by the C.”

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Deutisa

26 July 2010 - 08:19 PM

I loved this about the leaves, I find myself in the summer wishing it were cooler and in the winter wishing it was warmer then I stop to think that I need to just find ways to enjoy each season with it's own "highs and lows" So in the winter when it is really cold I find a good book to read and curl up in a snuggly fleece and have a hot cup of tea, In the summer when it is SO hot I take time to just sit in front of a fan and relax ... and enjoy the time I can just sit. I am trying to practice the "be content in whatsoever state I am in" from the Word.

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