As I stood and looked at a grove of
maple trees. My eyes were drawn to one tree that already changed Red, the rest were still green. Within in me a whisper came. Just as the
trees change and are transformed, each one in its own time and pace, you and my people are changed. Meaning we are each on our own journey different elements
and experiences change us all in different ways. As we walk through life and feel overwhelmed we ask "When God when will change or answer to prayer come?" No answer at the time. We must wait. Just as the trees
must wait, they wait for the weather to change them, we wait for God to bring
new color and shed light to change us, to guide us, to give us wisdom for everyday living.We can’t
rush it just as the trees can’t rush the process. Sometimes we think we can rush
it but if we force things that is when we get overwhelmed and in our own strength
we try to control things. It is in His
strength that we are truly transformed, delivered and changed. Our job is to acknowledge that God is with us and wait on Him.
Can
you rest with God?
God
is:
The
hope
The
love
The
peace
The
presence.
Here
is another question: What would you rather do?
Continue
to fight for a job, a position, a title a….can you name what you are waiting
for…trying to figure out, fighting for or
Just
wait, wait like the trees wait (Peace, calm, beauty and tranquility)? Wait for the door to open and then we walk
through it. Walk through it, God with
you!
Overwhelmed
with God’s beauty or overwhelmed with life?
Just
know God with you.
Look
at the trees. Understand that if we wait it will be beautiful.
It
starts with prayer and time spent being still reflecting on God with you.
“The
virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel.”
(Which means God with us).
I
know we are thinking Fall.
But
we can also be thinking Christmas. The Christmas message, God with us.
Enjoy
the Fall weather. Find time to sit and look out at the trees. When you look at the trees remember this message.
They
are beautiful. You are beautiful. Rest.
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