Simple Gratitude ~ Constant Creation

Greetings Dear Reader,

I was speaking with my friend Bob on Sunday.  We were discussing the beauty of the cool Autumn weather, not to pass the time but because we both appreciated the weather.  I recalled that my Grandfather always took the time to talk about the weather and point out the creation involved in it.

One of the things he taught has stuck all these years.  We were out on the first day of bow hunting season, eating a breakfast of hardboiled eggs, cold sausage patties, and pilfered pecan pie.  Perched on his favorite watching hill, we could see the valley in which we would hunt and the stream off to the east.  It was light and the sun would soon creep over the hill beyond the stream.

As I bit into the piece of pie from my Grandmother’s cupboard, my Grandfather pointed to the single shaft of light streaking upward among the tattered morning clouds.  He smiled at me kindly and said, “It looks like God is going to give us a light show before we head down to hunt.  Leave us stay and watch it.”

I was content to sit there with him as long as he wished.  I had also learned that if I said nothing he would say more.  He would tell me what he was really thinking.  He did.  Pointing at the pink and orange hues that complimented the fiery Autumn leaves he said, “Always remember when you see a pretty sunrise that the Father is making sunrise all day every day.  There is never a minute when the sun is not rising and setting and he is painting the sky for his pleasure and our instruction.”

Even in the times when I was furthest from God the sunrise and sunsets in my life have reminded me that the Father is in the business of constant creation.  The Father does this for the world and for me.  He does it for us all Dear Reader.  It is in his nature to create and his desire is to constantly recreate us into what we are meant to become.

I am thankful for the sunrises that remind me of the love of the Father and practice thanking him when their beauty presents itself.  This simple gratitude is a conscious constant reminder that he is working constantly to bring us all back to good.  We do our part by following the Son with grateful hearts.  Thank you for walking with me, Dear Reader.

Doulos – Kemper Crabb

You are my God

And I am your man

I will follow you

With the work of my hand

And the thoughts of my mind

And the love of my heart

If the world could know

If they could understand

Ah, the exquisite touch

Of the Creator's hand

Brings a blur to my eye

But makes my vision clear

Ring, rainbow ring

Encircles the throne

Fiery ring of love

Around your throne

Here is my ear

Drive through the nail

The world will know

By the ring that I wear

That I am not for sale

For you are my God

And I am your man

Ring, rainbow ring

Encircles the throne

Fiery ring of love

Around your throne

A ring to show

Just where I stand

A ring that binds my heart

Into your hand

You are my God

And I am your man

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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