Tree Stand, Rain and Relationships

This is the time of year that I start thinking about sitting in a tree stand or blind for deer hunting.  Last fall when I was outdoors in God's library these thoughts came to mind.

Sitting in a tree stand in the fall you can see all the different colors of the leaves that have changed with the new season.  Folks that have been around a few years say that the amount of rain we get before fall determines if there will be pretty fall foliage.  Without water from the rain, the leaves do not go through their color transformation.  They go from green to brown and quickly fall off the tree. Water is the life source that provides abundant color.  

Our relationship with God and our families and friends is a lot like the rain and trees.  If our relationships go through a drought they can become dull, lifeless and quickly fall away.  If we; however, will be like the rain is to the trees and spend time with those whom we want a relationship, we can have beautiful and vibrant relationships just as beautiful all the fall colored leaves on the trees that have been nourished by the rain.

This picture of my husband and our sons was taken several years ago.  Adventures in God's Library is all about building relationships.


Matthew 28:19, 20 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”