Throughout the fall, I've been enjoying the ash tree outside the window near our home office. It has slowly changed from green to a brilliant yellow. One morning following an evening of rain and wind, I looked outside and saw that the wind had knocked all the leaves off of the pretty ash tree. I was a little disappointed until I looked past the empty branches. I was pleasantly surprised to see a beautiful red and orange maple tree directly behind the now bare ash tree.
If the wind had not blown all those pretty yellow leaves off of the ash tree, I might have never even known that the maple behind it was so beautiful. I think it is the same way in our life, too. We think we are so happy in a situation and are devastated when things change. But it is important not to keep focusing on what isn't anymore. God will keep giving us beautiful things in our lives, even if isn't what we were hoping for or expecting. If fact, it might even be better!
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