This may surprise you, but I am not always as smart as I like to delude the world around me into thinking. One of the things I am sometimes not fully proficient in is the process by which evidence adds up to result. Scientists have proven that early in a teenagers life the part of the brain that becomes aware of "cause and effect" is not yet fully formed. In me it seems more a process of whether I have it turned on or not. If I am paying attention I believe it to be one of my strongest assets. However I am guilty of allowing the tedium or stress of daily life to fill up my consciousness to a level that makes me oblivious. In my part of the world that is expressed with the saying "If that had been a snake it would have bit him". I could colloquial-ize that down a bit, but I think you get my meaning.
God knows this about me. He is most of the time patient and quiet and allows me to experience the pain it ultimately causes, because he knows it will make me wiser. Wisdom comes from failure. Sometimes believing that I am wise becomes another failure for me. When I step back and watch my faltering path through life I have to smile at how much amusement and consternation I must cause him. I have kids, so at least I have a small idea of what that may be like.
Occasionally though, I will have a thought drop into my mind that is so far out of the ordinary in it's content and quality that I KNOW I am being guided. I call this method of communication, advisement from the Holy Spirit. I am far from perfect, and I know what my thoughts look like. When I get a proverbial "word from God" it shows in it's uniqueness. I had two moments like this just a few days ago on my way to work. The two thoughts were so profound I decided that I needed to trivialize them and place them on Twitter. I make light of the occurrence but really, I knew they needed to be shared. I jotted down a couple of notes to myself to remind me what to write when I got to work. The first line was GRACE and then a little further down the page I wrote Leaves and then Fertilizer. If you read my "quotes" below you will see how they prompted my memory.
"GRACE permeates the world. It is to our detriment if we do not take the time to view it's simple beauty in every thing and circumstance."
"Failures in our life, like the fiery changing leaves of Autumn, will fall to the ground only to supply the nutrient of our future success."
In these messages I believe are the thoughts I was meant to share. The real message to me were the combination of the words I saw in a totally different context when I glanced down at the page again later in the day. Obviously, God was prompting me to be kind and purposeful in my relations with others. He knew it was time to remind me to pay attention. By leading me step by step by step he revealed a message that was meant just for me... and now shared with you.
"Grace leaves fertilizer"
