Color

The color takes my breath away! This artist has impeccable taste… and He loves color. I’ve never seen so many shades of green. It seems everywhere I look a see more green.

The fields are covered with green as the miles whiz by on the grasslands of Montana and Idaho. Even Nevada is greener than I ever remember seeing it. But it’s as I leave the flat lands and head up the mountain passes to that lake I’ve always seen on the movies – the lake of the celebrities - that the green begins to really overwhelm me - the multitudes of greens that seem to cry out with their vibrancy of life.

We follow the narrow highway to the top of the lookout and then stop to gaze at the crystal clear waters of the lake. Even this part of the lake has joined the chorus of green as it sparkles with the likeness of emeralds. Sheer beauty. Sparkling green – a cleanness about it – yet bursting with sounds like songs of praise.

I am so I took the long road and came to this spot. I hate to leave. Yet I know the Creator took delight when He formed this place.

My journey continues for my goal is the ocean. I want to see the blue – but to get there all I see is green.

That magical highway in California (you know, the 101) winds me through more palates of green. The trees seem like they want to hug me. They surround me with a sense of life. They too shout Praise to the Creator! I am simply amazed at how many vibrant and vivacious shades of green there are. Each green so energetic, so brilliant.

I can’t help myself. I have to stop the car and simple sit still. I need to be refreshed with the pulsating of the forest. I breath deeply. I smell the greenness. I can almost hear it bursting with life as it grows today. I join the song as the choir of creation sings Glory Hallelujah.

I try to record the animation of this spot – but my man made camera can’t begin to capture the beauty of the green of creation. The video will never record the song of praise as the earth declares the glory of the Lord.

But it’s recorded in my heart and my memory and I know I just need to stop and sit still long enough to bring me back to this spot, to this time. And when I do, I will once again be refreshed and renewed. That’s why the artist, The Creator, used the shades of green to make this place. Yes, He made for his glory, but I’m so thankful that He shared with me. I think it’s a glimpse of what heaven will be like - full of life and bursting with color.

Father, I thank you for giving me eyes to see the beauty around me. Thank you for bringing me to this place – where everything sings Your praise. Teach me to Be Still and Know that You are God. I lift up my voice to sing Your Praise.