God's coloring book

I happened upon this song recently, and I loved the imagery it created in my mind. I was going to add photos but I thought, instead, I would let the words stand on their own. That way each person can see in their own mind's eye the beauty and color with which God has blessed their own lives...

God's Coloring Book

by Dolly Parton

Today as I was walking

In the fields just down the way

I sat down on a fallen log

To pass the time away

And as I looked around me

The more that I did look

the more I realize that I am viewing God's coloring book

I saw a golden ray of sunlight

A silver drop of dew

A soft, white floating cloud

Sailing cross the sky 'a blue

A yellow dandelion, Pretty evergreen

And some red and orange flowers

Growing wild along the stream

And the more I look around me

And the more that I do look

The more I realize that I am viewing God's coloring book

The greyness in an old man's hair

The pink in baby's cheeks

The blackness in a stormy sky

The brown in fallen leaves

And the multicolored rainbow

Stretched out across the sky

And the purple haze at sunset

Just before the night

And the more I look around me

And the more that I do look

The more I realize that I am viewing God's coloring book

Then I turn my face toward the sky

And say a silent prayer

Though God doesn't speak to me

I see him everywhere

He is all around me

He's everywhere I look

And each new day is but a new page

In God's coloring book

...I believe God DOES speak to each of us--through His Word, through the Holy Spirit, through those around us, and through His creation! Thank You, Father, for your beautiful words!!