LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE

"...its leaf also shall not fade or wither..." Ps.1:3c

"...but its leaf shall be green..." Jer.17:8c.

Lovely things.  Green things.  Fields, trees, leaves.  LIFE.  Such is those things we see that flourish in the summer sun~~corn rows, new mown grass, unearthed sod, fruit-filled pear trees.

Little things.  A tiny gray moth resting on a sunflower leaf posing for his picture.  Did you notice?  Delicate traces of orange tipping its wings.  No fear at all that I might snatch it from its perch and place it on an insect display underglass.  Without concern it smiles at me.

A blade of green grass.  A collection grown to be harvested.  Deep cuts severing the sod, rolling it in gigantic bales.  Lying in hot Oklahoma sun, watching others as they're rolled and readied for pickup.  Where will this grass go?  Where will it grow?  Another part of town?  Across state lines?  Here, it has fulfilled its purpose on Route 7 just off I-44.  Here it was planted in red soil.  Spring and summer rain bathed it.  Sunshine beckoned it to life.  Man takes it to another place, perhaps some home where children play croquet. Eventually it shall wither and be no more.

Tiny things.  Baby pecans, popping out on sprawling limbs.  Each smaller than an appleseed.  They grow.  They gather life abundantly, to be harvested, to fall to earth and die to become life again. 

Clusters of pears cling stubbornly to branches overladen with fruit.  Some give up their growth to summer winds and drop prematurely to the ground.  Others rest quietly, waiting for the fullness of their time to be separated from their life-giving source.

Life...it is all around us.  God's perpetual flow of life declares His goodness, His bounty, His provision.  Yet none can compare.  No; none to the fullness we have in Jesus His son.

"For it was in Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen..." Col.1:16

Man, the crowning glory of God's creation.

"For it also pleased [the Father] that all divine fullness (the sum total of all divine perfection, powers and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently." Col.1:19 (Amplified)

How blessed is man to be born into this world of God's grace and love.  How blessed we are to have the assurance of a permanent dwelling place in Him~~ Jesus Christ our Lord.  How sweet the assurance that though we are born to new life in Him, we are not like the leaf, the blade of grass, the nut, nor pears.  Such sweet relief to know our future is secured in His almighty hand for all eternity.

What could matter more?  selahV

[copyrighted, SelahV Today, 2007]

    

Comments

[BrittLeigh]

Aww, that was so beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing that. It was so sweet to read while cuddling my newborn birthday present in my arms :D. So precious!