Little Green Apples

Little Green Apples                                   

By John W. Vander Velden

 

Often we overlook the obvious, certain that joy eludes as we seek things.  How can we find contentment without the newest phone…the largest TV our wall can carry…a fancy car…or a classy house?  We gather comfort from things.  Yes, we need things, but the endless pursuit of things does not provide long term happiness.

What are we missing?  For as we chase after all the things, we overlook the obvious.  God made little green apples, gave us a baby’s smile, sweetened strawberries, taught the robin to herald the new day, planted the wildflowers, painted the sunset, and tailored the cardinal’s crimson feathers.  Each day we take for granted the magnificence of our world.  Each day we hustle onward chasing so many things, we miss the great clouds as they float across a brilliant sky of blue, miss the sun’s sparkle in a dewy spider’s web, miss the sound of children’s laughter as they run beneath the sprinkler, miss the scent of a world washed by a summer’s rain.  The things un-purchasable.  In truth we miss the things that matter most.

For God made little green apples, and all the wondrous things, our marvelous world contains…and God gave us love…And the rest…the other things…are only fluff!

(210 Words)