[Discoveries] 03-03-07 Have you noticed?

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

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/*"Have you noticed ... ?" 1 Kings 21:29*/

I originally wrote this on 9/12/2003, but I think it might be a good 
thought to come back to.

God is talking here to the prophet Elijah. "Have you noticed ... ?" He 
asks.

I just finished taking an hour walk in the rain. I was walking through a 
nature preserve and, predictably, it was deserted. Who would be crazy 
enough to be out in a rainstorm? But there I was, walking along, getting 
soaked, not much minding because my heart was full of wonder, noticing 
things.

I was watching the life-giving rain fall on the remnants of flowers, now 
brown with age. And I was thinking about how they would never be 
restored until the last of winter is over, and spring is born.

It seems sad, in a way, that we age -- that the strength and beauty of 
youth fades and falls away. But every year we grow richer, our lives 
filled with memories, experiences, worship. Some grow more beautiful as 
they age, like the autumn maple tree. Some just seem like a shell, brown 
and empty.

I sense that all of this is precious to God -- that none of this escapes 
His notice. And like a mother holding out her arms to receive her baby's 
first step, so also God holds out His arms to receive us into eternity.

Have you noticed ... ?

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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