Welcome Sweet Autumn...
Ah, Fall.
My favorite season has at long last arrived. I love it for several different reasons...the color, the anticipation of the holidays...but the main reason is because Fall is the most honest season. It most matches the reality of our lives. There are sunny warm days. There are cheery cool days that beg for a walk outside, preferably in an area with alot of trees. There are cold days laden with bitter rain. And slowly, Autumn gives way to the blistering death of Winter. So goes our days. Some days we are joyful and sunny. Other days we are sober and thoughtful. Still on others, we are bitter and depressed. And slowly, ever so slowly, we die. Someone once said that we begin to die the moment we are born. How true.
I'm not trying to be morbid or induce a "bitter and depressed" day on anyone. But this is the truth of our existence. We live amidst death in an ever changing world. Autumn is a keen reminder of this. Seasons bring change. Fall itself is a time when things are still alive, but in the process of decay.
Thank God for Fall. It is an ever present reminder that we are not perfect. We live in a FALLen world. (sorry). Yet, there is still beauty. And most importantly, there is still hope.
So many dear friends of mine are dealing with much of what I am dealing with myself. Questions like:
Who am I?
How do I truly love and serve God?
Where is my life going?
What do I need to change?
What do I need to accept?
etc.
The hope of Fall lies in what happens later....
The leaves flutter from the trees.
Winter sets in,
Holding the World in its icy grip.
All seems like cold anarchy.
Then Spring comes softly.
Seeds grow,
Hope bursts from the ground.
Winter's chill is removed.
The beauty of the flowers,
Is possible only by death.
The leaves' decay,
Is what gave them life.
And it goes with us.
Only through death,
Do we truly live.
So let us die to ourselves, and live for God and one another. Then even in death, we live and make all things beautiful by the grace of God.
Romans 5.10, Col. 3.5, 2 Tim. 2.11, John 12.24-25
My favorite season has at long last arrived. I love it for several different reasons...the color, the anticipation of the holidays...but the main reason is because Fall is the most honest season. It most matches the reality of our lives. There are sunny warm days. There are cheery cool days that beg for a walk outside, preferably in an area with alot of trees. There are cold days laden with bitter rain. And slowly, Autumn gives way to the blistering death of Winter. So goes our days. Some days we are joyful and sunny. Other days we are sober and thoughtful. Still on others, we are bitter and depressed. And slowly, ever so slowly, we die. Someone once said that we begin to die the moment we are born. How true.
I'm not trying to be morbid or induce a "bitter and depressed" day on anyone. But this is the truth of our existence. We live amidst death in an ever changing world. Autumn is a keen reminder of this. Seasons bring change. Fall itself is a time when things are still alive, but in the process of decay.
Thank God for Fall. It is an ever present reminder that we are not perfect. We live in a FALLen world. (sorry). Yet, there is still beauty. And most importantly, there is still hope.
So many dear friends of mine are dealing with much of what I am dealing with myself. Questions like:
Who am I?
How do I truly love and serve God?
Where is my life going?
What do I need to change?
What do I need to accept?
etc.
The hope of Fall lies in what happens later....
The leaves flutter from the trees.
Winter sets in,
Holding the World in its icy grip.
All seems like cold anarchy.
Then Spring comes softly.
Seeds grow,
Hope bursts from the ground.
Winter's chill is removed.
The beauty of the flowers,
Is possible only by death.
The leaves' decay,
Is what gave them life.
And it goes with us.
Only through death,
Do we truly live.
So let us die to ourselves, and live for God and one another. Then even in death, we live and make all things beautiful by the grace of God.
Romans 5.10, Col. 3.5, 2 Tim. 2.11, John 12.24-25
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