Forwarded from EverySparrow Paula T
My Yellow Leaf
I watched a yellow leaf struggle to just hang on to an empty branch as the wind blew it fiercely. It just held on for dear life. Inside myself I was cheering it on, rooting for it to just hold on.
I turned my gaze for a second and when I looked back it was gone. I ran to my window and started frantically looking for it. There it lay on the ground by a patio chair.
I felt sad. Did it just give up? Was it just too tired? Could it bear no more? I thought to myself, why am I witnessing this? Why did this little leaf even catch my attention?
Some might think I’m crazy to even be giving a leaf blowing in the wind a thought. Upon sharing what had just happened to a dear friend, she gave me a different point of view. She said, instead of thinking that it gave up or it failed, maybe it realized it had the strength to accept and let go, to trust and surrender.
Maybe it realized Who would catch its fall, could be trusted. That shook me to my core.
What am I holding onto so tightly? What stresses are tossing me too and fro? What do I need to surrender and let go of? Whom can I trust to catch me when I fall?
I am not defeated, I have the strength of God to accept the change He is calling me to. After all, I did go and retrieve my little yellow leaf. It’s bravery to know when to let go and let God will forever be my treasure.
It will serve as a reminder that God is always there to guide me. Even if He has to use a little yellow leaf to remind me.
—Cheryl Griffin
I watched a yellow leaf struggle to just hang on to an empty branch as the wind blew it fiercely. It just held on for dear life. Inside myself I was cheering it on, rooting for it to just hold on.
I turned my gaze for a second and when I looked back it was gone. I ran to my window and started frantically looking for it. There it lay on the ground by a patio chair.
I felt sad. Did it just give up? Was it just too tired? Could it bear no more? I thought to myself, why am I witnessing this? Why did this little leaf even catch my attention?
Some might think I’m crazy to even be giving a leaf blowing in the wind a thought. Upon sharing what had just happened to a dear friend, she gave me a different point of view. She said, instead of thinking that it gave up or it failed, maybe it realized it had the strength to accept and let go, to trust and surrender.
Maybe it realized Who would catch its fall, could be trusted. That shook me to my core.
What am I holding onto so tightly? What stresses are tossing me too and fro? What do I need to surrender and let go of? Whom can I trust to catch me when I fall?
I am not defeated, I have the strength of God to accept the change He is calling me to. After all, I did go and retrieve my little yellow leaf. It’s bravery to know when to let go and let God will forever be my treasure.
It will serve as a reminder that God is always there to guide me. Even if He has to use a little yellow leaf to remind me.
—Cheryl Griffin
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