The leaf: born in the spring to brilliant verdant green… and a gift in the summer, giving shade at the ready and shimmers for the eyes. But the leaf finds its crown in the fall just before it gives up its life to the dust. It is then when the leaf paints the sky with brilliance and our hearts with awe. If we watch we can see the same brilliance in the autumn of our lives too.
At first glance a simple, lovely, fallen leaf takes the form of a heart Veins of life seem to cast a vague shadow of the head of Christ standing above looking down like the Shroud of Turin
Piercing eyes stare back at me asking once again "Can you not stay with me even one hour?"
Reminding me, once again why I need to keep coming back to God That I cannot do this life on my own
And, since I cannot live without my Savior even one day In faith I ask the Holy Spirit to help me
The Brilliance of Autumn
ReplyDeleteThe leaf:
born in the spring
to brilliant verdant green…
and a gift in the summer,
giving shade at the ready
and shimmers for the eyes.
But the leaf finds its crown
in the fall
just before
it gives up its life
to the dust.
It is then
when the leaf
paints the sky with brilliance
and our hearts with awe.
If we watch
we can see the same brilliance
in the autumn
of our lives
too.
Oooh. I love the message of this! Thanks for celebrating my daughter's favorite leaf with your beautiful words : )
ReplyDeletePICTURE PROMPT #3
ReplyDeleteAt first glance
a simple, lovely, fallen leaf
takes the form of a heart
Veins of life seem to
cast a vague shadow
of the head of Christ
standing above
looking down
like the Shroud of Turin
Piercing eyes
stare back at me
asking
once again
"Can you not stay with me
even one hour?"
Reminding me, once again
why I need to keep
coming back to God
That I cannot do this life
on my own
And, since I cannot live without my Savior
even one day
In faith
I ask the Holy Spirit to help me
All this from one small leaf
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