The Gift of Color

The Gift of Color

If you can see these colors,

You have a great gift from God.

Give Him thanks!

When I was a boy

we had a black and white TV.

Everything was a shade of gray,

some areas lighter and some darker

to make up the picture. 

The other day I got one of those emails

that gets passed around to everybody.

It was about colors.

Each picture started out in black and white

then the colors are slowly introduced.

As I watched these pictures,

I was overwhelmed.

The difference was so great and wonderful.

As I watched,

I thought of a very good friend

who is color blind.

I don’t know if I will ever forget

the impact of that moment

when I realized my friend

has never seen colors.

I know it is not the worst thing in the world

and my friend enjoys life more than most;

but I now know the difference.

God could have created us

with black and white vision.

Just imagine how much you would have missed in life.

In that impacting moment

that I realized I was not color blind;

I realized I have seen more beauty

than I can ever comprehend.

Every time I open my eyes,

miraculous colors decorate everything I see. 

Two things griped me:

The desire to give my friend

the gift of seeing colors

&

A heart of appreciation and praise to God

for the miraculous gift to see colors

I pray you and I will not take for granted

the things God created us with.

Our God gave us colors before

black and white TV

and cameras were invented.

Won’t you give Him some color-ful praise!

Take a few minutes to check out this slide show

that impacted me to write this devotional.

http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Colors/index.htm

Scripture Reading

Psalm  94:1

GOD, put an end to evil;

avenging God,

show your colors !

Song 6:2-3

Never mind.

My lover is already on his way to his garden,

to browse among the flowers,

touching the colors and forms.

3 I am my lover's and my lover is mine.

He caresses the sweet-smelling flowers.

Zechariah 9:16

16 Their GOD will save the day.

He'll rescue them.

They'll become like sheep,

gentle and soft,

Or like gemstones in a crown,

catching all the colors of the sun.

Job 38:14 The Message

14 As the sun brings

everything to light,

brings out all

the colors and shapes…