A FALL NOTE!

Just a few days away and it becomes a new season. One of my favorite. I think it is the way the sun falls to earth. Its almost like its sleepy. Muted and hazy like colors make you just want to sit in the grass. The sun hits our water on the pond differently. I have tried often to capture it on film. It is impossible. I promised one year to put this gorgeous fall picture of the sun on the lake, glistening and glittery so I could see it in January with snow and ice everywhere. (It doesn't help on those days - by the way) There are different smells too!
You swear someone is burning leaves, but it can't be time yet! Fall has a softer gentler touch. If I didn't know better I would say Fall is trying to soften the harsh winter that is, or could be lurking just weeks away. I don't enjoy the sweeping or blowing of leaves so much. They all congregate at my front door. I have to check the front door every time a client comes, because they really pile up there. But, it is no matter how you put it, a very beautiful time. I have hundreds of pictures of the same date, different year and how the trees turn early or late. We have an Ash tree that we have saved. I am going to take a battery of pictures this year, because it won't be long and that tree will have to come down. It has been there 41 years. Dan Pfister keeps belting the top part together where it is splitting and John has kept the ash- boror away several times. I always know when it is October 16th - The Ash tree is completely gone - announcing winter is on its way. Last year it was two weeks behind.

All of that to say - seasons are for our enjoyment. Seasons of our lives are for our enjoyment. Contentment reigns when we are 12 and enjoying the fun of throwing leaves and fall parties. Or when we are 35 and living each day to its honor as before God. The age of 60 wasn't even to bad. But, I have got to say, I am actively looking for the tarnish remover in my 70's. It is a time we all have to make a decision, even though we see the finish line coming up, we need to live each day all to the glory of the Lord.

I do give Him the glory too, when I realize that my cousin Denny's wife, Nancy will be visiting in my home Monday. Denny died of brain cancer last year. I did get to visit with he and Nancy at their beach home near Manizita Way, Oregon. The picture as I stated was my crown and glory. Its just a thousand feet from where they live. I would never have believed you - had you told me she would be coming east and in my living room this coming Monday. Now all I have to do is start praying about God's intervention to bring Denny's sister Gwen, and her husband Doug out here. That would be another major miracle. It is these kinds of things that propel us forward in each season of our lives. Find it, it is there.

Eph 4: 21/24