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BRIGHT NEW LEAF
Lonely and afraid, the Little Leaf clings to the tree as the bitter wind tries with all its strength to tear it away from the stem to which it hangs so desperately. Below, the ground has started to whiten with newly fallen snow, but still the leaf clutches tightly, protesting in a still, small voice, rejecting the pleas of those who had descended before, to let go and join them.
Determined to remain there all through the winter and be there when spring came, the leaf hung on, even though it was afraid of the loneliness. It had watched as the birds had flown away and as, one by one, all other leaves had lost their hold and had drifted to the ground to turn an ugly brown, and then be swept away and sometimes burned. And so it hung there out of reach of everyone.
People jeered at it and pointed, and some threw stones to tear it loose from its hold on the tree, but soon gave up and went away.
Then one day, when God was not to busy, He saw the little leaf, smiled at its determination, but was sad because He knew that at least it would have to let go and be lost forever. So He whispered on the voice of the wind, and told it that, if it let go, He would catch it and take it home with Him, and promised that if it believed in Him, it would live forever and be born again in the spring, a lovely, new, shining leaf.
And the little leaf answered, "I believe you God, and I have waited for you to come. I knew you would for you have told us so". And with a great wrench, it tore itself loose from the branch and fell slowly towards the ground. Then a gentle breeze came and picked it up and placed it in God's hand, and He took it home as He had promised. It rested there until spring, along with others of kinds.
In the morning of the new day, there, shining on the tree, a bright new leaf appeared and on the breath of the wind came the echo of His promise, "and whosoever believeth in Me, should not perish, but have everlasting life...........
In Memory of Dorthea Jackson
Author Unknown
(Submitted by Richard)
Lonely and afraid, the Little Leaf clings to the tree as the bitter wind tries with all its strength to tear it away from the stem to which it hangs so desperately. Below, the ground has started to whiten with newly fallen snow, but still the leaf clutches tightly, protesting in a still, small voice, rejecting the pleas of those who had descended before, to let go and join them.
Determined to remain there all through the winter and be there when spring came, the leaf hung on, even though it was afraid of the loneliness. It had watched as the birds had flown away and as, one by one, all other leaves had lost their hold and had drifted to the ground to turn an ugly brown, and then be swept away and sometimes burned. And so it hung there out of reach of everyone.
People jeered at it and pointed, and some threw stones to tear it loose from its hold on the tree, but soon gave up and went away.
Then one day, when God was not to busy, He saw the little leaf, smiled at its determination, but was sad because He knew that at least it would have to let go and be lost forever. So He whispered on the voice of the wind, and told it that, if it let go, He would catch it and take it home with Him, and promised that if it believed in Him, it would live forever and be born again in the spring, a lovely, new, shining leaf.
And the little leaf answered, "I believe you God, and I have waited for you to come. I knew you would for you have told us so". And with a great wrench, it tore itself loose from the branch and fell slowly towards the ground. Then a gentle breeze came and picked it up and placed it in God's hand, and He took it home as He had promised. It rested there until spring, along with others of kinds.
In the morning of the new day, there, shining on the tree, a bright new leaf appeared and on the breath of the wind came the echo of His promise, "and whosoever believeth in Me, should not perish, but have everlasting life...........
In Memory of Dorthea Jackson
Author Unknown
(Submitted by Richard)
