My naked tree....

My naked tree......

Last week the trees were green, this week, colorful reds, oranges, yellows....

Day before yesterday my trees had leaves.  Yesterday, as I walked, I noticed that one of my trees had dropped all of it leaves in a neat pile on the ground.   It reminded me of an old cartoon of Garfield, when Jon said "shed" to Garfield and the next picture was a pile of hair and a naked Garfield...or "the born loser" waiting under a tree holding his rake standing in a huge pile of leaves that the tree had dumped on him.

All the other trees still have leaves on them, losing them a few at a time ...I grabbed the yard debris container, scooped up the leaves and voila, one tree done,  just like that....

Sometimes events go quickly, but it seems like growth takes time....lots of time....one leaf at a time....before the transformation really shows...as we shed those leaves and stand naked for all to see....the dying to self......the winter before the spring...the resurrection and new growth....

ADam and Eve covered up their nakedness with clothing as I try to cover up my "flaws"...even though God sees all, knows all, .... I have to bare it all ....shed the leaves of sin,  falling to the ground...He rakes them up, throws them away...and covers me with His white robe of righteousness...forgetting the dead leaves, He see his splendor, not the nakedness...He is faithful...forgiving....all knowing, all powerful....the forgiveness takes an instant....the change is everlasting...

Thank you for daily reminders of Yourself....seasons.....fruitfulness .....forgiveness....

Psalm 102:25-27
Living Bible (TLB)
25 In ages past you laid the foundations of the earth and made the heavens with your hands! 26 They shall perish, but you go on forever. They will grow old like worn-out clothing, and you will change them like a man putting on a new shirt and throwing away the old one! 27 But you yourself never grow old. You are forever, and your years never end.

Psalm 1:3
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.

Ecclesiastes 3:1
[ A Time for Everything ] There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

Jeremiah 5:24
They do not say to themselves, ‘Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’

Deuteronomy 11:14
then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil.

Joel 2:23
Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.