I Saw God Today

I was listening to this song "I Saw God Today", and it dawned on me, I did see God today. Everywhere I looked actually, though I didn't think of it that way at the time. Sitting here reflecting, I realize that I did. It was a beautiful day today, warm, the sun was shining, a little windy, well okay, a lot windy but it still felt good. It feels good knowing that Spring is almost here. Spring and Fall are my favorite times of the year. Now back to my subject.
I saw God the first time this morning when my daughter brought my 8 month old grandson over, when I went to take him out of his car seat and he started kicking his legs and grinning his little toothless grin at me. His blue eyes shining. He is such a joy. He is truly a gift from God as are all my grandchildren. Each time I see them I see the wonder of God because He made each one of them, each one of them different, and each one of them has a gift from Him that they are too young to realize right now. By the way this is only 6 of our eleven :)

The second time I saw God was when we walked outside and I saw that I have flowers coming up everywhere in my flower bed, the jonquils have even bloomed. They are beautiful and tilted ever so slightly towards Heaven as if they see Him too. They are surrounded by bluebonnets. There are sprouts everywhere and soon my yard will be filled with beautiful tulips, red and yellow, pink naked ladies, marigolds, irises and canna lillies.

The third thing I noticed was the little pink buds coming out on the trees. I wish when the leaves came out those pretty pink buds could stay also but I know those are the promise that the trees are going to leaf soon and be beautiful and green.

The fourth time was the sun, shining so bright, breaking through the clouds. Hard to believe it's so far away and still harder when you realize that God just breathed it into being! What an awesome God we serve. This reminds me of a blog my husband did on the wonder of God. How He has such an eye for beauty and how he gave us so much to appreciate and awe over.
Men have tried for centuries to duplicate those colors and they come close but they are never quite the same.
The fifth time was the sweetest little lady I encountered today, I handed her the daily paper and she smiled at me, said thank you and God bless you. Then she said, "isn't it a great day to be alive?" I think I have to agree with her. Her smile lit up her entire face and she made me happy just having seen her today. (This isn't her or course, I didn't have my camera along or I would have asked to take her picture.)


The sixth and seventh things and most certainly not the least or last, was a red bird and a squirrel. Another promise that spring is just around the corner because we rarely if ever see red birds here in winter, although we do occasionally see the squirrels come out to dig up some of their stored up treasure. Which reminded me of Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
I did see God today, many more times than what I've listed and it shames me that I don't notice Him everyday in the little things as well as the big. I had to thank Him for all these gifts, how could I not? For me He turned a ho-hum day into a day of promise. When I might have been sad He showed me promise. Promise in my little grandson and all my grandchildren. Promise in the flowers that are blooming, promise in the sun that rose this morning, the sweet smile of a stranger, the beautiful red and easy flight of the red bird, the chattering of the grey squirrel and even the wind that can at least for a little while blow our troubles away if we would only let it. Take time to see God, seek His face. He knows you are there and He's just waiting for you to acknowledge Him. He sees you.
Have you seen God today?

Seasons Come and Seasons Go

Many people my age (let's just say older than dirt lol) will remember a time when the changing of seasons was predictable and easy to distinguish without looking at a calendar or being told. The beginning of fall, the leaves would start changing colors, the green of the grass would start gradually fading into brown, the weeds would finally start dying and most usually (here in Oklahoma anyway) it would get dry. As fall progressed the temperatures would drop and the weather would start getting colder. Next, winter would start setting in, predictions of snow flurries, snow storms, sleet and ice would be given and sometimes it happened, sometimes not, but it still stayed cold, you could still tell it was winter. Then winter would start easing out, the temperatures would increase a little, the wind usually would pick up some. Old timers had a couple of sayings that you don't hear much anymore: 1) If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb (meaning if the winds were high and blew a lot at the beginning of March, it would calm down and be pretty at the end of March and into April, and 2) April showers bring May flowers. You could count on the weather doing what it was supposed to do when it was supposed to do it with few exceptions. Who of us oldsters don't remember the "dog days of summer"? When summer came in the temperatures were tolerable until mid-late July usually through early August when they would climb up into the 90's rarely above 100. Then as August began going out and September, Labor Day rolled in the temperatures would start getting tolerable again. Warm days and cool nights but still not to cool.
In this day and time, it's hard to know when seasons come and when they go. As they say, the times they are a changing. It can be 23 degrees one day in November and 80 the next. It can stay warm enough for a week or two so that the buds on the trees are fooled into popping out and then without warning freeze and kill them. It's getting to the point that you can't tell what season it is and neither can the flowers, trees and grass!

Many people are watching what's going on in the world today and those that know even a little about the Bible believe they see the signs of the end drawing near and they would be correct. However, its not just now coming about. It's been coming for a while. God made sure the prophets wrote about it in the Bible and laced it with plenty of warnings so people would have plenty of time. The way the seasons run together is just one of those signs.
Everywhere you look and everything you see and read right now says, "change is coming", heralding the appointing of the new President. Those of us that have read "the Book" know that change has already been coming. Seasons are changing, things are changing. This world as we know it is changing but the change is towards the 2nd heralding, the 2nd coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 :
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

So for those who think change is coming, look again, change has been coming. This time Jesus is coming back to stay.

Seasons come and seasons go and things do change, but the Word of God never changes. Be ready.