Many of you know our daughter from Vermont recently spent 3 weeks with us.  We certainly enjoyed having her here and we are so proud of the young person she was and the adult she has become. That being said, that outcome doesn’t just happen because we want it too.  It takes hard work, dedication, love and guidance from our Lord.

I recently read this story about mother’s saying “they just got their pink back” which is referring to how flamingos lose their pink when raising their chicks. This is due to it being so exhausting that it literally takes away their pink color. After their chicks grow up, their pink comes back. That may be the “scientific explanation” but I also think it is a “God thing”.

I don’t think the pink was ever lost or drained.  I think it was given to their babies as they are born colorless. They pour into them their “gift of pink” just as we pour into our children’s hearts and souls the colors of all that we are in hopes they will grow up to be vibrant, loving, capable, giving and successful human beings. Even when we are exhausted from our daily lives when raising our children, we still knew we needed to provide for them and love them. We gave them our “pink”.

The same is true with our Heavenly Father.  He has to be so exhausted taking care of us as we bumble along in our lives, not always following His guidance. Yet, He still pours His unconditional love into our hearts and souls and gives us love every day of our lives.  We need to focus our attention on Jesus, whom God offered as the only way to have an eternal relationship with us. Thanks be to God for giving us His “pink”.

Patty