Burning leaves. Golden in sun. Luxurious reds. Bouncing light. Crisp air. The pool water goes from refreshing in Summertime heat, to downright cold on a mild day. Pumpkins and candy corn. All mark the season of Autumn. A time when nature's beauty packs up for Winter's hibernation.
Breaking out my George Winston this time of year, and listening to it until Spring's promise of new beginnings. While nature's beauty packs up, I unpack. Sweaters, turtlenecks, humidifiers replace fans, yarn to make new hats and scarves, pencils and 3-ring binders for classes.
Packing...unpacking...it's another transition.
We need to keep hope alive through this one. How do we grasp hope when it is no longer evident in what we see? Some of us find it in our children, our grand-children. Their futures. Our spouses or significant others. Is there anything more important? What about our eternity?
Psalm 25:3 reads, "No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse."
Even if one believes in nothing after we die, he or she should maybe think about the possibility of being wrong. There is so much we do not know. Cover your bases in case of a permanent transition.
Breaking out my George Winston this time of year, and listening to it until Spring's promise of new beginnings. While nature's beauty packs up, I unpack. Sweaters, turtlenecks, humidifiers replace fans, yarn to make new hats and scarves, pencils and 3-ring binders for classes.
Packing...unpacking...it's another transition.
We need to keep hope alive through this one. How do we grasp hope when it is no longer evident in what we see? Some of us find it in our children, our grand-children. Their futures. Our spouses or significant others. Is there anything more important? What about our eternity?
Psalm 25:3 reads, "No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse."
Even if one believes in nothing after we die, he or she should maybe think about the possibility of being wrong. There is so much we do not know. Cover your bases in case of a permanent transition.
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