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Autumn! Oh, how I LOVE this time of year! The memories that flood and overwhelm my mind on this first day of fall!
I absolutely loved school the entirety of my growing up years and on this first day of autumn, I reminisce on how much I enjoyed the beginning of classes, gathering with friends, comparing class schedules, the anticipation of football games, and cruising the main drag.
Autumn brings thoughts of hot coffee and cool mornings, lawns mown less often, budding of brightly colored chrysanthemums, and the smoky smell of fire pits and fireplaces. The sky appears cleaner and a more brilliant hue. The air is crisp and clear. Tree leaves of many varieties take on the most amazing colors in shades of golds, reds, purples, and browns. The breeze captures them off the branches and they lilt and swirl like a ballerina, dancing to the ground from their heights.
Oh how I LOVE autumn!
This morning, this first day of my favorite season, my thoughts are centered on how extremely blessed my life is. All is certainly not perfect in my world. In fact, the reality is we have been experiencing an extended season of unrest and difficulty in our little piece of the world. I have said good-bye to precious ones whom I loved so dearly in this life who now reside in eternity with the Lord. I have treasured loved ones dealing with horrendous physical ailments. A cherished friend moved many miles away from me this year. I long to visit with dear ones I do not get to see often enough. Yet, because I am in the abundant grace of God, He empowers me to live for Him, to follow Him, even in the midst of the most difficult of trials and imperfections of this life.
God keeps me in His hand and watches over my life. He shelters me in the shadow of His wings. Why? Because I choose to dwell in His secret place.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of The Almighty. And I will say of the Lord, “He is my Refuge and my Fortress, My God, in Him I will trust. (Psalm 91:1-2)
To dwell is to live, abide, reside. When we choose to place ourselves in the care of The Almighty, we have nothing to fear. He is our Refuge. He is our Fortress, our Barrier when life seems to overwhelm us. We abide under His wings. We reside in His nest. We live in His shelter.
Zephaniah tells us God is mighty to save! He exalts over me with joy! He renews me in His love! He rejoices over me with singing! (Zeph 3:17)
No matter the season of my life, who or what can be more worthy of my thoughts, my time, and my affection?
I choose to worship Almighty God because He is that, ALMIGHTY. He is everything wrapped into His own statement of Himself being, “I AM!”
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