Leaves Like Blessings Fall

It's Saturday morning and as I sit and finish my coffee I am quietly appreciating the view from my window. It's nothing extraordinary; just a fenced yard, trees, and at least a million leaves. But what I'm enjoying about this view today is the way the leaves are falling. It's like they are being picked off the branches one by one and dropped carefully to the ground. There is no wind and yet they fall, as if  my eyes were watching in slow motion. It occurred to me that the Lord's blessings come to us much like the falling leaves. The Lord constantly and faithfully "drops" blessings on us until we, like my front yard, are covered in gifts from Him. On a windy day the leaves virtually rain down by the hundreds much like when we have "rainy days" in our lives, the blessings, the strength, the wisdom- everything we need, come to us and cover us. I will choose to see this as a season of blessing...regardless of the circumstances of my life. (I'm glad I don't have to rake all the blessings I get every day!) Be blessed by the Lord and highly favored.