In our new season of life, 

we watch the leaves turn

and the sparrows

flitter over the seeds 

we provide 

while looking them up

in our new little pocket 

Audubon bird book.

We count our days now by how oft

we may stay home and enjoy these simple pursuits.

 Sometimes we read or leisurely listen to music.

We already have most everything we need,

so there is no need to search for more 

to line our nest.

We are like the sparrows

grateful for the provision

God has given for our sustenance 

and grateful for the family flock

God has placed us in.

I lifted my eyes to spy

a bouquet of tall pines,

and red and gold trees 

in the distance

and smiled at God's good gifts.

As promised, here is another selection 

from John Wesley's 

"A Plain Account of Christian Perfection."

"4.  A year or two after, Mr. Law's 'Christian Perfection' and 'Serious Call' were put in my hands.  These convinced me, more than ever, of the absolute impossibility of being half a Christian; and I determined, through His grace--the absolute necessity of which I was deeply sensible of--to be all devoted to God, to give Him all my soul, my body, and my substance."

"Will any considerate man say that this is carrying matters too far? or that anything less is due to Him who has given Himself for us, than to give Him ourselves, all we have, and all we are?