WHERE THE LEAVES DANCE

A soft breeze, a gentle sigh,

I’ll be where the leaves dance.

I’ll look up through at skies of blue

and fall within a trance.

In relaxed state, I’ll contemplate

and hear the wood thrush echoing.

His gorgeous tune releases me,

a distant place is beckoning.

How could God make these woods so fine?

All worries are asunder.

I’ll close my eyes and take it in,

this quiet place of wonder.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 14:27

WHERE THE LEAVES DANCE

Where the wind lists, 

where the Spirit resides and

where the tree yields.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John 3:5

The wind reminds us that there are prerequisites for entering Heaven. We remember that one must be born of water and of the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, that is. If everyone gained access into Heaven no matter what they did, there would have been no reason for God to send His Son to die on the cross for our sins. 

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

John 3: 6-7

It is the wind that separates the wheat grain from the chaff. It is the Holy Spirit that gives out the admittance ticket into Heaven. It is Jesus Christ, God’s Anointed, who knows the sheep from the goats and makes the separation. He who made the heart reads the heart. 

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:8

Keep praying for your loved ones to continue trusting God and His Word. Pray earnestly for the salvation of those not yet born again. Keep the vigil through these days that we are living. Let the wind remind you there is help. It is available upon asking. Ask today. Ask again.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

The leaves dancing in the wind remind us of the peace Jesus Christ gives to those who put their trust in Him. It’s the peace of knowing God’s Spirit resides in our believing hearts. Faith equals being born of the Spirit, which leads to that beautiful promise of everlasting life. I trust you know God’s promises always come true.

Therefore, since we have been made right

in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God

because of what Jesus Christ our Lord

has done for us.

Romans 5:1

The peace given only by Jesus helps us lean back in our chair and trust our Creator. When we express gratitude, we pray. When we have difficulties, prayer becomes sustenance. It’s not about what we can’t do in hardships. It’s about what we can do. Abraham, Elijah, Hannah and Esther praised God in prayer and pleaded with God. Prayer warriors lived before us. They live among us today.

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Revelation 21: 27

Don’t be thrown off course. Nothing that defiles will sneak into Heaven. No one who works abominations will be able to squeeze through a crack in the foundation of the new Jerusalem wall because there are no cracks! Like a beautiful pearl, the place Jesus is preparing for us lacks nothing. Like the rarest blue diamond, Heaven sparkles with goodness and joy. It will be a perfect pearl and a perfect diamond.

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 21:27- 22:2

Here, in Veery Glade, we were sitting around a campfire on a summer day years ago. There was no fire, only a clear sunny day at high noon. Leaning my head back against the chair, I looked up through the maple trees to the blue sky and occasional puffy clouds passing by. But I didn’t see much of them. All the leaves of the trees around me gave me a kaleidoscope view of varying green shapes. And they were dancing in the wind. I walked briskly up to the house and wrote the poem. My mother loved it and at her funeral, I read it.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.

Romans 12:10

Looking up through the leaves, rest in God’s plan for your life and grow in the attitude of Christ-honoring kindness.