Fall is Fine!

I simply love the fall. I love watching the leaves change from the green I’ve seen all summer to brilliant colors of red, yellow, gold and brown. I love the cooler weather. I love the anticipation of Thanksgiving and Christmas (one can never prepare too early!). I also love watching football and spending time outside before the coldness and snow of November come (I just had to say that).

For some reason I am more connected with the changes taking place in fall than at any other time in the year. I usually don’t notice the flowers budding, but I always notice the leaves changing color. Then I notice how they are falling on my yard and how they need to be raked! Even that gives me the opportunity to be outside and smell the aroma of leaves drying in the crisp fall air.

I know it isn’t just fall that God displays wonderful works of nature. I’m just able to see it better for some reason in the fall. Fall reminds me that all around God is at work. I’m surrounded by God’s glory. I’m surrounded by God’s gifts of wonder.
Fall also reminds me how much I tend to miss what God is doing. While I might notice these things during fall, they are there all year around. God is constantly blessing me with life. Yet, I don’t always see it. It is easy to become distracted. It is easy to become blind to the wonders of God.

Fall reminds me that I usually walk through life with blinders on. I become disgruntle with the way things are going because they are not going my way. I become frustrated because I want things I don’t have. I become disappointed because someone or something isn’t meeting my expectations. This causes me to focus on the wrong thing and my eyes become dark, unable to see the beauty all around.

In fall I look and see the wonderful colors. I feel the brisk cool wind on my face. At night, I look up and the stars take on a new radiance I had not seen at any other time of the year. Perhaps I love the fall so much because in it, I see God’s handiwork and generosity. Maybe it is because I’m reminded of how wonderful God is. I’m able to remember that even the breath that I breathe is a gift from above and connects me to God.

I pray that this fall you might look up and notice God’s handiwork all around you. May the blinders that blind you to God’s goodness, generosity and glory be removed. I pray that you see God’s glory and gifts that God gives each and every day. May you remember that even the breath that you breathe is a gift from above and connects you to God who loves you more than you believe.

Peace,

David.