Rejoice in the “signs of life” around you. You walk in the door and see shoes, coats and backpacks …you walk in family room and see books, papers and toys ….you go in the kitchen and see dishes and food strewn around…. beautiful signs that people are “living.” The abundant life is filled with these “signs.”
SIGNS OF LIFE
No one will answer any phone call
Swimming in milk dumped on the floor
Coats and shoes bursting out the door
Laundry piled high upon the bed
Paint bucket spilling on top your head
Mud tracks across a bright, clean floor
Open a door…hear music roar
Glass window broken by thrown baseball
Wrestling children end up in a brawl
Rubbing the butter all over your face
Stepping in honey all over the place
Applesauce flung up on the walls
Hide and seek players up and down the halls
Chaos and crashing and breaking and sighing
Life at its best is both funny and trying
The “signs of life” are bright and wild
Accompanying the gift of every child
Witness of their stirring soul
Creating stories to be told
Of brilliant life lived full and free
Expanding all possibility
And when life’s song is sung at last
The “signs of life” will bless the past
Treasures rare in the behold
That bless the lives of young and old
….Songs to sing, souls to grow
Hearts to love as life unfolds…
by Karen Nelson
1 comment:
haha... it's been a good life so far.
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