ART & INSPIRATION BY KATHY BOECHER©

I tried experimenting with watercolor pencils this week. This is the result. Trees have so much to tell us about life. What starts as a tiny seed grows into majestic logs filled with years of wisdom. If only they could talk, we’d have a mountain of knowledge to enjoy.

Swirling shades of mauve, azure, mossy green and brilliant yellow,

Interlaced with contrasting purples, browns, deep crimson,

Knotted and gnarly,

Ridged, impenetrable, stoic,

Trees can hold secrets from centuries before,

They listen, but never respond,

They dance in the wind,

Breathe as each season carries them,

Die in the final one,

But rise to live again,

We become tangled,

Hardened,

Entrenched,

Tightly woven in the fabric of life,

Forgetting,

Who gave us breath,

We struggle,

We become weak,

We blame ourselves,

And others,

For the plight of every day,

We abandon the One who loves,

Without end,

Forgives,

Without end,

Turns death into life again,

He will hold us in all strife,

Carry when we no longer can walk,

Cuddle us in His massive wings,

When we ask Him to,

Ask.

THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR ANOTHER DAY!