Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Dear God,

Cool temperatures tell us the season is changing.  Summer is beginning to give way to Autumn.  It will grow colder.  Eventually the plants will wilt and die but not before they offer their best colors. Soon red, yellow, and orange will show forth and the trees will be brilliant with color.  They will wow us. We will be happy and grateful.

You give us seasons to challenge us, to remind us of spiritual seasons.  We are not meant to stay in one season; we are to grow, to surrender, to die back, to rest, and then to rise up.  Every season is a season to raise our face to the heavens.  We are intended to look to you, Holy Father, to take our cues from you.  When you want us to rest, we need to rest.  When we want us to grow, we need to grow. When you expect us to let go, we need to let go.

When we rely on you and do as you ask, we will enter and leave every season with joy and gratitude.

Thank you
for blessing us
with special reminders.
Teach us
your way,
Most Gracious God.
Bend our will
to yours
so we too
may show
your colors
of faith.

Love, Andrea