Blessings in Green

This past Saturday was graduation day for Greenwood High School, Class of 2011.

As I sat up in the stands of Diddle Arena waiting for the ceremony to start I kept seeing my graduate as a baby,

then a toddler,

then a real little boy,

then a teengager,

and now a young man.

  I remember kissing his brand new baby skin cheek,

then his round little boy face,

 then the face changing into a young man

and now I kiss the strong, bearded jaw of a man. . .

but in my heart I still see that little boy holding his arms up for me to pick him up.   He doesn't need me to pick him up anymore.  He picks me up! :)  And when he needs to reach out, I pray he remembers to reach for the Righteous Right Hand that is always out ready to grab. Mine and his dad's will be there too, but it's time to back away and let him fly out on his own. But  I do lift him up in prayer every day because that's just what momma's do and I will until the day I breathe my last breath. 

My blessings this week are surrounded in a sea of green. . .

#522.  a sea of green

#523.  green, square hat ~ waited 18 years for this hat

#524.  green, square, flying hats. . .

#525.  father and son

#526.  friends

  

 #527.  brotherly love

#528.  tassels with the #11



#529.  little boy in my heart, grown man before my eyes, part of my heart running outside of my body for the last 18 years



A funny little frog once said, "It's not easy being green."  I'm sure it wasn't always easy for these graduates over the last four years to earn their green coat and square cap, but they made it.  We were never promised an easy life but are offfered a Savior who will be there with us to help us through the tough times, and there to rejoice with us through the good times.  Are we there for Him?  My son is and was one night as he spoke to a friend the most important words we can speak to another...and then they prayed together.

My graduate brought this one to the Savior. . .

his words to my son at the end of this school year is blessing #530

"What can I say, the man who brought me to God, the man who baptized me. I'm just at a loss for words when I think about what you have done for me.  I'll never forget what happened.  I love you bro'."

This to me, is more important than book learning. Our eternity hangs on what is inside our hearts.

Are we helping others who need this gift?

Something to ponder on. . .

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Don't get me wrong.  Learning is very important!  Don't give up on books, reading, and learning.  But let grace, mercy, and salvation be a part of the cirriculum too.  It is the greatest life lesson we can learn.  And if you do, you will be with me in a place one day where I hear the colors are so vibrant, we cannot even imagine the beauty and brilliance of them. . .imagine the greenest green of all you have seen. . .and then ponder on how the green will be even more brilliant than we can comprehend. . . a sea of green like we've never seen before. . .and where the blessings flow endlessly.

Blessings to you dear friends!

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