The changing of the seasons.... To watch the leaves turn from green to a variety of orange and yellow then to brown; To finally disappear onto the ground. The most beautiful season of the year. As the air gets a little crispier and the cold starts to come in, sweaters come out and umbrellas open. Rain comes into the forecast on a regular basis. Dead grass from the summers heat starts to grow green again. The air smells so much fresher. I love the smell after a good rain. The rivers rise and I'm sure the fish love it like a day at the spa. Nuts fall and break open, squirrels hurry to save what they can, burying their stash for the coming winter months.
Many outdoor plants can be converted to indoor, allowing them to continue to grow and flourish over the cold months to come. The horses grow their furry winter coats, going from sleek and shiny to wooly and plump. Harvest time at the farms, everyone working hard and fast, to bring in the crops and gather their goods before the first frost comes to land. Kids going back to school after a long summer break. Buses lining the streets, stopping at every drive. Teachers blowing the dust out of the classrooms getting ready for the year ahead.
It's a busy season for sure. Yet slow and peaceful. A time of change, transformation. Reminding us that all things die, only to be reborn in the spring.
I watched the Charlie Kirk memorial yesterday along with millions of others. For the most part it was beautiful, with the exception of the government officials turning it into a campaign speech at times. I found it interesting how so many that 'believe in the Lord and read the Bible' kept referring to him ascending to heaven to sit with the Lord. I guess we must read different Bibles, because mine states that when you die you go to a place of rest until the Lord's return. As it states the dead in Christ will rise first and then the living. Indicating that people don't go directly to heaven when they die, they go to a place of rest, to go to heaven at the return of the Lord, ascending at the same time as everyone else?
I guess we believe however we need to - to be comforted.
I'm sure he will end up in heaven, he was a good person speaking for Jesus. We all like to believe that all our loved ones go to heaven when they die. Society stopped having funerals and started having celebrations of life, to avoid the convictions of the heart. When we know someone didn't live their lives for the Lord, we are taught they will go to hell. Yet none of us know what happens in the last moments of life. Maybe they sought forgiveness and were saved in those moments of their last breathe. Only God knows.
The death of the leaves in the fall gives us hope of the new growth to come in the spring. Life changes continually. Bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. Great things happen to all people and we all will suffer the loss of loved ones over time.
We need to take it one day at a time and live in the now. Remember the past, have direction for the future, but be here NOW, enjoying the moments. Autumn is a great time for reflections, accomplishments and defeats. A time to stop and enjoy where we are in life and where we want to go. I know the past year has been amazing in my life. So much better today than it was a year ago. I never want to go back to where it was. Grateful for so many blessings and miracles. So many accomplishments and progressive actions forward. As I've aged, I don't think I could survive where I was again now.
It's such a warm feeling to look out the window and watch the leaves blowing in the breeze.
Blessed by God
Life's beautiful @ the Bright Side of the Barn
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Until next time, Stay Safe and Happy Trails.
