Through out the autumn season I have been out with my trusty camera taking pictures of the beautiful leaves that have changed from the normal green color of summer time to a myriad of colors ranging from yellow, orange, and vibrant reds. The leaves have been very beautiful this time of the year here in Northern Maine where I live.
Sadly the leaves have started to fall off the trees and onto the ground. The trees now are becoming bare with all of their branches exposed. The weather will continue to become cooler as we head towards winter and more leaves will fall to the ground below.
I have often viewed the trees without their leaves as something almost unattractive. It just makes the landscape look rather dead when the trees have no leaves on them. Who wants to see a bunch of trees without leaves. No one hops on a tour bus and drive for hours to go, "branch peeping". People do hop on tour buses believe it or not to go, "leaf peeping". People drive from all over to look at the beautiful colors of the leaves and there are many who take pictures of them. I have taken many pictures of the wonderful colorful leaves throughout the fall and now they are almost gone from the trees.
The other day I went out side and took more pictures of trees and what was left for leaves. I looked at the trees more closely. I saw their branches stretched out with no leaves on them. The more I looked the more in awe I was for something struck me deep within my heart. The trees were stretching their branches upwards as if they were reaching for something or out to someone.
The more I looked at all of the trees with their branches reaching up Heavenward the more I wanted to lift my hands up and worship my God and my Creator. Something stirred up within myself and it was my need to worship the Lord.
It is almost like the Lord made trees to point their branches Heavenward to remind us that He is the One we should be worshipping. God is worthy of all of our praise and worship. We should lift up our hands in worship to Him for He is our God and Maker. There is none other like Him. There is only One true living God.
The Lord gives us the beauty of His Creation to remind us of His loving care and His tender mercies. God is Awesome and worthy of our devotion to Him. He is worthy of our praise and our worship.
There is none of us that is worthy of God's love of His mercy. We are saved by placing our faith in the finished work that Jesus accomplished on the Cross when He bled and died for our sins.
When we look at all that the Lord has made and the beauty of it may it remind us how great our God is. The God who created everything seen and unseen loves us with a great and unconditional love. He is mighty and all powerful. He is full of mercy and rich in grace. God sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to die on an old rugged cross for our sins. God raised Jesus from the dead and one day He will return. Those who place their faith in Jesus Christ and what He accomplished on the Cross for each of us will be saved. I am thankful Jesus saved a sinful man as me by His grace. That makes my want to lift my hands in praise to Him and thank Him for what He has done for me.
Lord, Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the beauty of Your creation.
Thank You for Your amazing love and amazing grace.
I lift my hands in worship and I humble my heart.
Thank You for Your Holy Word.
Lead us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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