Autumn leaves: some were very special to Dianne... and today one of those was very special to me

Trees in our back yard are beginning to tell us it is autumn!

      I think that autumn was Dianne's favorite season of the year.  It is really difficult to determine her favorite, because she saw the beauty in each season as it came.
     She loved to experience the thousands of different colors that God painted on the trees around our home.
     I must admit that all the leaves looked pretty much alike to me.  I admired their colors... enjoyed them ... enjoyed them until it was time to rake them up.
     But, for Dianne, some leaves were special.  She saw the beauty in all the leaves, but it was almost like God was sending her a special message in some of the leaves.
     It was not unusual for Dianne to collect these special leaves and to place them in books ... somewhat randomly... to dry out... and to enjoy on some future day when the colors of autumn had given away to winter.
     Today I decided to look through the books on our kitchen area bookshelves and determine how many books I would have to open before I found one of Dianne's special leaves.
     The answer:  I found this leave in the second book I opened. At one time, it had a special message for Dianne... today it had a special message for me.
     Thank you, Lord, for your "special message" leaves!

This "special message" leaf was in the second book I opened...