Autumn: Treasures In Color!

God has painted with his vibrant paintbrush...

breathtaking little scenes all around us.

So that even fall is full of saturated color...especially at dusk.

It's all around us, above us...

Even in its dying days, He provides color in the vegetation on the ground and sets its brilliance off with His artistry in the skies above us.

He came up with periwinkle skies, deeply purpled grapes, burnished golden leaves...even finishing it all off so well as to see to the details of tiny tendrils on the grapevine.

He saw to it that we'd have the texture of the thistle plant, and yet we can close our hands over the smooth, cold skin of a happy orange pumpkin.

Every area of His earth and each time of the day has something unique and special...

All these little treasures He places around for us to find, like all the finely curled ruffles and on a lowly flowering cabbage plant...they're just so intricate you know that He had lots of fun making them, knowing we'd enjoy looking, and then I think He probably hoped we'd look up to Him with full hearts and whisper just a simple thank you...

"...Thank you, God!"

Earth's Treasure

Mamie Ozburn Odum

When shall man learn earth's treasures

Are not gold, silver, or myrrh,

Or "things" that clutter up the home

Or worldly passions stir?

When shall men find earth's treasures--

Etched in the heart of a rose,

Soft cool rain, evening's breezes,

Or a baby's repose,

A golden sun sinking to rest,

Shade from a spreading tree,

A mellow-throated mockingbird's song

Thrilling, glad and free?

Here man shall find earth's treasures--

In quiet familiar lanes,

Gold white light in early night

Outlining the window panes,

Childish voices free from care,

Sweet rest in the evening's gloam,

'Tis here treasures are waiting--

Carved deep in heart and home.