Red Balloons

Red Balloons

“So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life.”
Proverbs 4:23 TPT

When I look at this picture I can see many different scenarios. Many different feelings. But what sticks out to me tonight is a girl, all alone, running down a road chasing after red balloons.

Why is she chasing after these balloons? Why did she go off by herself. How did she end up on this road all alone? So many questions. 

At one point in so many of our lives, we have found ourselves in this woman’s shoes. She started off on the road with her friends and family. Then slowly she became distracted with the friends and family that were around her and became captivated by this bouquet of red balloons. Once they got caught by the wind and started blowing away she began to follow after them, leaving the side of her family & friends, for just a moment at first. Then she realized that if she wanted to keep up with the balloons and have a chance to catch them that she was going to have to leave her friends and family behind. 

She had chased these balloons so far that her friends and family that cared about her were now gone. She had left them. She had been so captivated and distracted by those balloons that nothing else mattered. 

It brings to my mind these lyrics from Slow Fade by Casting Crowns 

“Be careful little eyes what you see
It's the second glance that ties your hands
As darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it's the little feet behind you that are sure to follow”

This girl saw these pretty red balloons, and chased after it thinking that those balloons would make her happy. But every time she got close to catching the balloon/happiness the wind would catch them and blow them out of her grasp. 

This world will always disappoint us. Things will distract us & try and get our attention. Life will send us chasing after things & people to fulfill us and make us happy. 

Ladies, Family & friends will let us down. This life will leave us feeling lonely and unappreciated at times. But there is only one thing that you can chase after that will take those feelings leave. Not red balloons, But God! A relationship with Him will give you true and lasting happiness. When you chase after Him, He will fill you with joy unspeakable.