Family COMMUNion

Green for the life that I breathe each day, another chance the newness of the things I still experience for the first time the envy of the joys I hope for seemingly fulfilled in others easily, with so little effort Grey for the sky this time of year that reminds me, at a glance; I'd never appreciate the sun if it always chose to shine the steely resolve that's made me strong in struggle and receptive to the benefit of hurt Red Reminds me that without His given mercy I could not do this anymore. Love is not something one can always see but it is my divine joyous mandate to make it so Wounds that bleed will most certainly heal and healing always brings restoration Orange For the sun's rise and set, a glimpse of heaven's open door The cleansing properties of a painful fire that pulls the dross from the gold The fresh and sweet scent of hope and its sweetness brings invigoration Brown Death is imminent but never eternal. We ALL shall live again. I am

"But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”" Genesis 11:5 Have you ever needed someone, anyone to believe in you? Have you ever felt frustrated with the "naysayers"? Have they ever squashed your dream before you could even try? Or even after you tried? Did you give up? I know how you feel. It's happened to me so many times. It held me back for so long and I dare say I've held some back in life (to my shame) myself. I love the story of the Tower of Babel because it's about faith. It's not about our faith in God. It's about His faith in us. We forget sometimes that God believes in us. He knows things about us that we've forgotte

"But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”" Genesis 11:5 Have you ever needed someone, anyone to believe in you? Have you ever felt frustrated with the "naysayers"? Have they ever squashed your dream before you could even try? Or even after you tried? Did you give up? I know how you feel. It's happened to me so many times. It held me back for so long and I dare say I've held some back in life (to my shame) myself. I love the story of the Tower of Babel because it's about faith. It's not about our faith in God. It's about His faith in us. We forget sometimes that God believes in us. He knows things about us that we've forgotte