P.S.
Yesterday I saw the most beautiful rainbow, it appeared over the water, the sky was a deep shade of grey that the colors seemed to pop. It seemed like it went one forever and then a second rainbow appeared just over top the first. The colors on this one more pronounced than the first. I am sure there was the tertiary rainbow around the sun but of course looking into the sun would only serve to momentarily blind: but I knew it was there. I stared at the rainbow for a while and dreamt that maybe there was a pot of gold at the end. I saw myself doing on this treasure hunt, looking for a leprechaun who was protecting his gold. I laughed as I slipped from this day dream and the rainbow started to fade. As it faded, the colors still rich for the sun shone ever brighter against the now darkened sky. Quickly, it was gone and the sky dismal. So I just went about my day.
Why am I telling you this? Because the rainbow reminded me of you, it had such rich color, such beauty, my eye was drawn to it as your charismatic personality draws people to you.
The reds, for there were several, reminded me of your loving, caring nature; the way you see someone hurt, struggling or in need and you just stop to help. It was like your heart was right there, present among the bow, for often times you wear your heart upon your sleeve; well at least I know your heart. Your heart is something special, it sees the world for what it is, not what people project it to be. You know the truth of this world, and live the love of your heart, you are special.
Orange, this was a bright and happy color, it reflected the joy of your soul for I feel your soul leap with joy. I can always tell when joy has completely saturated your heart, for you have this glow about you, it makes me smile. This glow, staring at me in this magnificent rainbow, too, made me smile for I see it more readily on your face and that warms my heart that you know joy, that you have set aside happiness for joy. The contingencies of happiness make it dependent upon tangible externals while joy cannot be extinguished for even if it burns ever so low, it still burns for the heart is set upon joy, joy of a reality greater than humankind.
The yellow, brilliant in color, so brilliant that it looked as though it were three dimensional, popping right out of the rainbow, attempting to become its own bow. I saw this and laughed for I immediately thought of you and the way you interact with others. You are not afraid to love your faith, actually you let it shine; this is commendable. Faith your guide, faith your purpose, and your life a reflection of this purpose for you have become your faith. Let know have contempt for your youth loo but be an example for believers. (1 Timothy 4:11). Your youth is in your faith, may it forever be youthful, ever be bright, ever shining like the stars that you may bring home those whose cannot see, those who have become old and calloused in their faith. Your faith is bright, your faith a beacon for those to come home to the Father. Fear not this gift of faith; rather, embrace it, use it, it is the most powerful tool you have other than love. Shine, jump from the sky, bow outward like the rainbow and continue to live this life in faith.
The green was a lime green, it reminded me of your playful side. I chuckled for I remembered the many times you would just sit no laugh. Continue to laugh, continue to smile for I know your smile comes from within. Dependent upon this world you are not for you have accepted your worth, you have accepted love, true love, deep love, love not of this world. It consumes you that your soul rests. Though deluged with problematic happenstances, you remain stable for you are grounded in truth, in trust, both of which go beyond the status of tangible reality. Your soul uplifted and you make light of that which could send others running for home. You know your home, it moves with you, you home is with God and so your lighthearted personality makes you a commodity, people flock to you for reprieve. Take them in, make them smile help them to smile from within.
When I say the deep, rich hue of the blue, I knew I was looking at a reflection of you. Its richness, it warmth, it drew me over closer that my soul settled, it was almost like I was weightless. There is strength in your personality, strength in the way you carry yourself and interact with others; you exude confidence of the spirit. This confidence, I know you are saying, "Confidence, me? You are crazy!", but I say confidence, yes you for your confidence is of the spirit. Your confidence is brought to life in your eyes,these the gateway to your soul, your beautiful soul. It, too, shines and lives a dimension of its own. Drawn to this strength, people walk with you ever confident that you will protect them, that you will be their safety. And you know what? You have never let them down for their safety is of the Father who works through you. Continue to be this safe haven that the Father may heal those in need.
The final color of this rainbow was a startling violet. It almost shimmered and glistened in the sun. Content to be the last, yet bold, color of the rainbow, this violet stirred in me a sense of peace, a sense of a settled soul. Your pure heart is but a reflection of the inner peace you have accepted by accepting God's promise of unconditional love. The richness of this color seemed to strengthen as the other colors faded into the grey sky. I knew then, this was peace for peace allows you to live your faith, live the love you have come to be for peace your retreat to God.
As the rainbow disappeared into the sky my thoughts were brought directly to you, you are the rainbow willing to shine, willing to be dissected by onlookers who live among a harsh, grey world. Criticized you will be but your faith will carry you in these times of persecution, these times of difficult reflection perpetrated by the notions of reality. You know reality, the reality of life is not contingent upon the physically rather only the spiritual, the connect with God. You, my child, have accepted this connection and strive to keep this connection. This unconditional connection will electrify the soul that you may be energized in your faith, brilliant in your love, and place in the peace of Christ. Remember this as there were three rainbows that day, you are not alone in this world. Three rainbows, three persons of the Trinity. The Father, His promise, your heart, spoken each moment...Hear these words, live these words and the beauty of you, the beauty of this rainbow will forever grow more rich, more saturated in the gifts of the Father. The Son has shown you the way to peace, He has shown you how to interact with others, He is the perfect example of what life is about. Always connected to the Father, Christ walked the earth as love, you become this love for you are love and have accepted this love. Now, you are called to be this love for others that it may be contagious. Finally, the tertiary rainbow, the one the name eye cannot see, this is the Spirit for though you cannot see the Spirit you know it is always with you, ever present and as beauteous as the rainbows on plain site. Fear not your next step for the. Spirit is alive within you and your strength more magnanimous than before.
This is you, the beauty of this rainbow, the brilliance of its colors, all you for you have grown ever brilliant in love, my love. You have accepted your worth, accepted the truth of your world and though I dwell in this world, I am not of this world. You heart has recognized me and I you. You, my child, are my most beauteous rainbow. I want you to cover this grey, dismal world in the colors of you, the colors of love, peace, joy, and faith. Then others, too, will become rainbows and the heaviness of this world will be lifted just as the rain lifts over the peaceful Sound. I see and acknowledge your beauty, please acknowledge this is you for my celebration of you brings Me great joy. You, my child, make me smile. I am proud of the person you have become, I am proud of the things you will do, I am proud of you, my dear child.
I love you-
God
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