I wrote this post in October at the height of the autumn colors. Today we walked out to wait for the bus and found about an inch of ice in the Fisher Price shopping cart!
What a beautiful autumn day! I decided to take my walk despite the gentle rain. I am so glad I did! I usually see rainy days as “ugly”. Today, however, I was able to see beauty in the flight of the Canadian geese in the overcast sky and the trees proudly displaying their unique, variegated hues. As I walked, I was struck by the variety that God displays in His creation. Looking down on the wet asphalt, I noticed leaf after leaf painted uniquely with splashes of bright color. I decided to collect some to share with the kids.
God has a way of ordering creation with a structure that we can count on. Each of the four seasons comes and goes predictably each year. The sun illuminates the earth, moving westward across the sky until it slips below the horizon now allowing the moon and stars to display their brilliance. We rely on this consistency, day after day, night after night.
Sometimes sameness stirs a restless longing in me that
demands something different. That is why
the variety of shapes and colors of the leaves caught my eye this morning. Though the four seasons come and go, each one
is so different from the next. Some
summers are hot and sultry. Some are stormy, cool and wet. Some autumn days are warmed by the golden
sunlight and others are doused by a cold, relentless rain. I
thanked God for the blessing of noticing all the subtle differences between the
falling leaves. Sometimes it’s the
simple things that draw me closer to the Creator and Lover of my soul.
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