I sit and I talk to God
I ask him how he sees me
And he pours out to me freely
For example
there was a day
I laid back
On a swing
Looking up into the trees
I said Lord! Sweet Papa!
How do you see me?
Like a breath of wind
And a rush of excitement
He opened my eyes
And began to enlighten me
He said so soft
And with confidence
“This tree you see
Is like you, to Me
It’s built on a foundation
Rooted in Me
It’s beautiful
And grand
And like no others that you will ever see”
With wonder and a questioning heart I longed to know more
And before I could even ask
He said “can I break this down for you
Because I have barely cracked the door”
With a tear and a nod
His heart pours into me
“Each branch you see
Is a defining moment that you lived
And every single twig
Hold the weight of your choices
Good or bad
Every single green leaf
Is a moment that you have lived,
A prayer that you have prayed
Or a person that you effect
These thousands of beautiful leafs
Mark the moments you remember
And the ones that are forgotten
As a whole you are strong
A remarkable creation
But your still soft enough
To stay in constant motion
To smile and dance in the breeze
To catch the raindrops when they come
without losing your composure”
With a stunned and awed demeanor
In a gentle voice I softly cried
Your joyful explanation Lord
Was more than I deserve
He said “shall I go on then dear
Because I tell you THERE IS MORE
You see I know every leaf you have lost
I know every blossom that has bloomed
I am proud to say that I watch you
I know every part of you
Every piece of bark
You have grown
Trying to protect yourself
Every single branch that fell
In the storms of your life
I know every grain of sand
That ever rested against your roots
I know the sound of every rustle you have ever made
Your focused on your past my love
The way that you have grown
And while your trapped looking back
At the seasons that have gone
I know every leaf and every thing of you
For every season that’s to come
In your life you will go through seasons where you are full of life
With leafs and blossoms everywhere
Then you will go through seasons of rest
Where others may think your dead
Then you will bloom again and again
And you will keep growing
Greater and more beautiful
Until the end”
Now there, on that swing
I was undone
I didn’t think that I meant that much to anyone
He left me knowing that he wasn’t even through
He stopped to let me process
And thank goodness that He did
I am so glad I was aloud to choose Him for my Life
I would never know I was important if I never did.