I took a deep breath of cool, fall air
as the breeze blew against my face. Orange, red, yellow, and purple
trees swathed the mountainside in a palette of color. God's handiwork
called for us to stop and enjoy the view.
As I looked over the valley between the
mountains the wind blew leaves from the trees in front of my face. I
captured one and admired its brilliant color. This leaf was detached
from its life giving source. It would soon wither and fade and become
mulch on the ground as it decayed. It's purpose had been accomplished
and it was time for the tree to let go and make room for the new
growth spring would bring.
Our lives can become cluttered with
dead leaves. We hold on to old things that still look good to us
because it is familiar or has been a way of thinking for a long time.
But new growth cannot begin until the old is detached and discarded.
One of the things I have needed to change is a feeling of inadequacy. I
have been asked to fill a leadership position in a group I am a member of
and it will often require being a speaker or teacher. I have never
thought of myself as a leader, but I can't grow and become what I
want to be as long as the dead leaves of feeling unqualified stay
attached to me. I have to depend on viewing my image based on who I am in
Christ.
Even if what you are holding on to was once beautiful, like the leaves it's purpose could be now be dead. It's time for new growth. Blossoms and blooms can only appear when the dead has been discarded.
Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
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