Alive with Color

All aflutter,

My heart pounds as my pulse races!

What is this sensation that I am feeling?

Is it pure adrenaline?

Is it just dumb caffeine?

Or is it genuine excitement?

Oh yes, this feeling of excitement

Keeps building inside

Til I think I will flutter and fly

Even as the hawks or eagles high in the sky



Alive,

Surrounded by green living trees

I breathe in deeply

The scent of tantalizing goodness

Oh, it’s the aroma of earthy trees

It is the smell of living substance

Of living plants and flowers blooming,

Shooting up from beneath the dirt

And I smell the approaching rain

Even though there is nary a cloud in the sky


Awakened,

Oh, something has changed!

The wind is blowing out the old

New things are just about to spring

Yes! Let there be singing!

Let there be much rejoicing once again!

For what was lost

Has now been found

The frost is over for spring has arrived in full color

Even as tomorrow comes, look up, I say, look up to the sky!



May 21, 2010 by Betsy Graton

note: It truly feels as if a shift has taken place, and this is a completely new season we have entered. Everything is new and fresh, clean and bright today. Let us go forth boldly, without fear, for the Lord is near. Jesus is coming soon. He will not be long in coming. Come, Lord Jesus, come! We long for you!