Caught my attention~~~~A Painting in The Sky

 

As I worked early in the morning something caught my attention. It was the paint job of the sky God had painted for me. I couldn't pass it by, my work could wait, I had the time to stop and appreciate. As I went outside to get closer to this great painting in the sky it was awesome to see.

 

The beauty of God is all around us and it would do us well to pay attention and stop long enough to appreciate it when we see it. Our hearts need to be opened up to receive such blessings as we intentionally go looking for God wherever we are.

 

Being a collector of black and white holstein cows I can spot a black and white cow anywhere. Even my family has gotten to where they can as well. Those cows just seem to jump out at us wherever we go. We need to be a collector of God's beauty and before we know it, it will be jumping out at us as we spot it everywhere we go.

 

Praise the Lord for today's painting in the sky and the artist behind it all, God our Creator. God not only created and designed the colors I was seeing but He created and designed me as well and that is something we need to look upon as one of the beauty's of God. We don't need to be the prettiest girl or the most handsome boy in town, what God sees as beauty is the soul within us, the person we are and can be if we would only allow God to paint the colors of His beauty in us. The colors of virtue, responsible, patience, loving, caring, humble, strong, merciful, upbeat, and the list goes on and on.

 

I love Jesus by Anthony

One day as I was coming out of my bathroom a note taped on the door of my spare bedroom caught my attention. “How long as that been there?” was my first reaction. After getting that curiosity out of the way I read what it had to say.

 

In the handwriting of my seven-year-old grandson was the misspelled words of, “I love Jusus fare moch,” signed Anthony. Just as I knew what he was trying to say, God also knew that Anthony had to say. He knows that Anthony does love Jesus very much. What a treasure it was to see and read this expression of Anthony’s love for Jesus.

 

It would do us all well to take the time to express our own love for Jesus. It doesn’t matter if it’s a misspelled love note on a door or thru the actions we take and the choices we make we need to let God know.

 

Just like everyone likes to hear the words I love you from their love ones God like to hear them from us. “Oh they know I love them. Oh God knows I love Him I don’t need to say it.” Yes you do need to say it. Not only for those hearing it but for the one saying it as well. For some reason it just makes a big difference to hear out loud what you have in your heart, to express not hide. To proclaim, not be silent.

 

God leaves his random notes of I love you to us and we need to do the same for Him.

Good job Anthony. Jesus loves you too. 

Picture DEES #43 Caught in the Act of Love

Caught in the Act

In a previous picture DEE #41 I talked about getting “caught.” That was about how we often get ourselves “caught” or tangled up in things by the choices we make. Today’s picture DEE is about getting caught in the act of love.

In this video some of my grandkids and me got caught in the act of love singing Happy Birthday to my mom who turned 78, “Oh I mean 55, mom.” Behind the curtain no one knew what to expect when we came in front of our audience. As the crowd of five people laughed at our silliness I could see the sparkle in my mom’s eye as she laughed.


There are some things in life that are worth getting caught doing and the act of love is one of them. What a treasure it is to see a young child put on a floor show for their parents while someone nearby smiles. To see that hand full of flowers freshly picked from the flowerbed while someone near by smiles. The pretend tea parties, the dare devil bike tricks thru the mud while someone nearby smiles. Refrigerator artwork, made up creations, playhouses made under the dining room table while someone near by smiles.


Jesus was one who was caught in the act of love many times. Even His death was a symbol of His love for us. Never be afraid to get caught in the act of love. It’s a treasure for those you love and an act worth committing.

Happy Birthday Mom, I love you!


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