Grateful as the falling leaves
In joyful abandon
Tumbling free
Following the wind’s touch
Lighting darkened alleys
With splashes of orange, red, yellow, and brown
Piling high in gutters and ditches
Filling the world with remembrance…
What once was living,
though now dead,
is still moving
Announcing God’s glory.
In death,
adding life,
nourishing soil for those who come next.
So, we go
from new life to old,
from glory to glory,
age to age.
Like the falling leaves
Though outwardly wasting away
Inwardly made brand new.
In grateful surrender
Yielding to the Maker’s season
Shining ever brighter
Faces aglow with heaven’s Light
Awaiting the dawn
of a new Day.
From fresh spring rain
To sultry summer sun
To whipping winds of autumn
To winter’s end
We are grateful and unfettered as the falling leaves.
For the One who made the Tree of Life
Hung there
In stillness and death
To rise again
Shedding this world’s sin.
So one Day
We will gather with Him
And forever we will sing.
Worthy is the Lamb!
Until then may we be
Grateful as the falling leaves
following the Maker’s plan
Released
Surrendered
Free
Here are a few pictures of God’s art gallery displayed this fall in local parks.
Join author and teacher, Melissa McLaughlin, and grow in the Truthful Grace of Jesus Christ through this Spirit-filled, Bible-based, prayerful poems that inspire, encourage and challenge you to draw ever closer to our Lord and God.
Poem: Hope Blooms
Melissa McLaughlin
3/9/2026
Poem: A Song of Thanksgiving from Psalm 100
Melissa McLaughlin
11/24/2025
Poem: Undiminished
Melissa McLaughlin
10/21/2024
Poem: His Love Endures Forever
Melissa McLaughlin
8/22/2024
Poem: Summer Grace in Firefly Light
Melissa McLaughlin
7/8/2024
Poem: Blooming and Releasing
Melissa McLaughlin
4/15/2024
Poem: God’s love is like…
Melissa McLaughlin
2/11/2024
Grateful as the Falling Leaves
Melissa McLaughlin
11/20/2023
Bearer of Christ’s Light
Melissa McLaughlin
10/21/2023
One Year Closer
Melissa McLaughlin
1/3/2023
The Gift of Christ
Melissa McLaughlin
12/10/2020
Poem: In the Garden of Gethsemane
Melissa McLaughlin
4/9/2020
Behold
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
All Things New
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Beauty Flutters By
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Holy Symmetry
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Vision of Red
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Rock of Ages
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Starry Night Song
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Song of the Rose
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Broken Edges
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
He Lives
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Let Freedom Ring
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Breath of God
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
The Potter’s Hands
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Refiner’s Fire
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Branding
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Genesis 1
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Waves of Mercy
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Be Still My Soul
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Passing By
Melissa McLaughlin
2/1/2020
Unquenchable Faith
Melissa McLaughlin
9/4/2018
Alive and Breathing
Melissa McLaughlin
9/2/2018
Where the Water Flows
Melissa McLaughlin
9/1/2018
His are the Hands
Melissa McLaughlin
8/30/2018
In Just the Right Spot
Melissa McLaughlin
8/29/2018
Moon Song
Melissa McLaughlin
8/27/2018
She Bows Her Head
Melissa McLaughlin
8/25/2018
My Teacher’s Prayer
Melissa McLaughlin
8/23/2018
Hidden There
Melissa McLaughlin
8/23/2018
Paperclip Prayer
Melissa McLaughlin
8/22/2018
