Hibernating Bear

I was walking my daughter to school yesterday morning, when (as six year olds do) she asked me why leaves fall from the trees in autumn. We talked about the coming of winter, the shorter days and the fact that some animals and plants sleep or hibernate over the winter season. Somehow we ended up talking about big grizzly bears and how you wouldn't want to wake one up from its long winter's sleep. That afternoon I took this photograph of my other (younger) daughter safely tucked away in her 'hibernation suite.' Couldn't help but remember the conversation about the hibernating bear!

As I was feeling snap-happy with my camera and wanting to take advantage of the sunshine after nearly two weeks of miserable, cloudy skies, I took this close-up shot of the Beech tree at the bottom of our garden.

The next day when she was wide awake, my previously hibernating daughter asked, 'daddy, who painted the leaves?'

I replied, 'God did.'

She asked, 'where is God?'

I said, 'God is everywhere, but you can't see Him.'

Whereupon she started looking round for Him.

I said, 'He's keeping us all alive at this very moment. We wouldn't be here at all if it weren't for Him.'

Think about it.

M