COLORS
I've noticed the burning bush and dogwood are turning red
in celebration of the changing season just ahead,
as if putting on their party dress.
They certainly do get noticed.
The hostas and peonies are turning yellow.
Tomorrow more will turn yellow in my hollow
as if the sun is shining
although it's been raining.
The maple tree is turning gold
then will shine in the sunlight bold
for a few days before its golden leaves
quietly float down – causing some to sneeze.
What once was green, now is orange.
As summer came and went, it turned
into a plump round pumpkin which now waits
to turn into a jack-o-lantern for someone to make.
Round green concord grapes turning purple
will later make a tongue purple
when someone makes purple grape juice,
but there's none if the goose is loose.
Cloudy gray skies
gives way to blue skies
as the celebration draws near
when autumn comes year after year.
Other leaves turn colors
like a bouquet of flowers
of red, orange, yellow, gold -
autumn's here, we're told.
Everyone gets dressed
in their festive best
to celebrate autumn.
Isn't it just awesome!
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There's something to celebrate everyday.
Sometimes it's when your child receives an A.
Or maybe when the last of the hay
is baled then put in the haymow today.
Celebrate when the doctor's report comes back okay.
Always when friends come to visit from far away.
Of course, when there's a raise in your pay.
Especially when good news is conveyed.
Celebrate when someone chooses the right way.
Definitely after forgiveness is displayed.
Celebrate when less you weigh,
perhaps by shopping today.
Celebrate with a bouquet.
You'll make someone's day!
Celebrate – go out and play
maybe with a sled or sleigh.
Much celebrating is done at a cafe
or even around an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Yearly celebrate special days:
birthdays, anniversaries – always.
Celebrate when a long-awaited answer comes after you've prayed
or when troublesome anxieties are finally allayed.
Celebrate the blessings from the Lord each day
when you praise and thank Him each and every day.
Celebrate God's goodness without delay
under the sun's rays or clouds of gray.
Celebrate with someone special today.
There's much to celebrate each day. Yeah!
This is a day you are to commemorate;
for the generations to come
you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord -
a lasting ordinance.
Exodus 12:14
Then all the people went away to eat and drink...
and to celebrate with great joy...
Nehemiah 8:12
We had to celebrate and be glad,
because this brother of yours
was dead is alive again;
he was lost and is found.
Luke 15:32
I will exalt you, my God and King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever
Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.
One generation will commend your works to another;
they will tell of your mighty acts.
They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.
They will tell of the power of your awesome works,
and I will proclaim your great deeds.
They will celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness.
Psalm 145:1-7
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