Rainbow Heart

I like to think that if I could look at my heart through the eyes of the spirit realm, it would look rainbow in color. I don't exactly know why I think this, but I know that colors have special meanings. They make us feel things when we enter a room, whether it be calming, or agitated. They can make us think something is pure or sinful, or that someone is happy or angry with us. Colors convey emotions. So I have a Rainbow colored heart, and I would like to show through color, my emotions, and how I feel about you, and life, and other things. I will start at the beginning of the spectrum and go to the other end of the spectrum. There are many colors in between, but I don't have time to talk about all of them, so we will just cover the basics. Here we go!

Red - When I think of red, I think of feelings of love. The red part of my heart has nothing but love for all of you. It has nothing but benevolent thought and good will towards my fellow humankind. There is a flip side to red. Anger. Anger is also represented by red. I am angry at the injustices that man inflicts upon other humans. I am mad that men are cruel to each other, and I am angry at sin. Again, lets flip it, and have red represent passion. I am passionate to find my true love. It is my one desire in this life. I do not know if this will ever happen, but there is a fierce fire in my heart that wants this more than anything in this life. I do not really have my heart set on any one man at this time, so I can say for the first time in my life I am free from the bondage of attachment to some man. And I am completely available. That doesn't mean I will date just anyone, but I will take it into consideration if you (guys) ask me out. Just saying ;)

Orange -When I think of orange, I think of fruit, and fruit makes me think of health and a garden. This makes me think of the Garden of Eden. Don't ask me how I got all the way here, but let's roll with it. Ok, so what does the Garden of Eden represent to me? I believe it's still out there somewhere. But God is still guarding it with His angels and we can't see the Garden of Eden. I believe that the whole point of the redemption story, of restoring the Earth to it's former glory is to get us back into the Garden of Eden. I know that that is what man is looking for, but won't find till he/she has a right relationship with God and treats others with kindness. So how does orange make me feel over all? It gives me a sense of comfort and joy in knowing that everything is in God's hands, and that He has got this. All of our lives are heading the way they are supposed to. We just have to decide what we want to do on that path =)

Yellow -When I think of yellow, thoughts of sunshine come to mind. These brings me feelings of joy and happiness, especially since we are just now getting over the longest winter ever in Virginia, and I can't wait for a 90 degree weather day. I would love to have a reason to go swimming in an outdoor swimming pool or make a trip to the beach. So yellow is a very joyful color. I think of happy days ahead, and of the good times I have had in the past. Yellow is the color most likely to make me count my blessings.

Green - When I think of green, I think of leaves and grass, and things growing outside and coming to life. I think of nature and God's creation. I think of the beauty of all that God has created, and how it represents His very nature. When I think about this, my heart wants to sing worship songs to my heavenly Father, who is truly glorious in nature and beautiful to behold. He could not create such beauty in this world if he were an ugly spirit. The ugliness that is in this world did not come from God. It came from our own fallen sinful nature, and evil spirits that are in the world trying to dominate it. Anyway, green is a very soothing color, and makes me wants to lie in the grass and breath in God's peace.

Blue - When I think of the color blue, I first think of the ocean, and the vastness of the sky. Both are a mystery to us, though we continue to explore them. We will never be done exploring the ocean. We will never see all the fish out there, because we are just not able to see that deep. And of course space is a scary place, so I would rather not go there either. I will stay squarely planted on the ground, thank you very much.The feelings that blue brings up in me are more of a meditative state. Blue makes me want to ponder the depths of God's love for me, and I want to understand that mystery of God's thoughts, even though I know He is always an infinite amount of steps ahead of my thought process =) But a girl can keep trying to know her Creator, right?

Purple - This is perhaps my favorite color. We aren't going to get into subset colors, so this is also the last color I will discuss this time around, although we all know there are multiple other colors out there. Maybe I will show those sides of myself later, but I wanted to focus on the basics first. So purple. Purple makes me think of royalty. I ponder what it means to be in God's family and to be the daughter of the king. If we are children of the King, then we are all princes and princess in the Kingdom of God. And we should start acting like it. Maybe I will blog about what that means. It doesn't include a superiority complex.

Well, I hope to see you all soon, and to hear from some of you sooner. Have a pleasant Sunday, and I will come up with another blog post soon. You can make suggestions to me as well of topics you would like me to write on. That doesn't mean I will do it, but I will take it into consideration. God bless you guys. Just more thoughts from the mind of Crystal.

by: Crystal Nylander