Don’t you just love it when you draw back the bedroom
curtains when you get up and see a faultless blue sky with the sun blazing in
the middle of it? A California girl still at heart, to me that invites t-shirt
and cropped trousers: even after forty years in this lovely northern country I
have not learned that the sun and blue sky do not always signify heat.
I need to look at the other signs out there. The foliage
draining of its vibrant green and transforming into a palette of fall colours. The
rowan berries clustering thick and beginning to darken. The rhubarb shrivelling
and the unplucked spinach shooting to flower.
Some signs are easily seen and subconsciously obeyed. STOP.
GIVE WAY. NO ENTRY.
Others are more subtle, more easily overlooked or ignored.
Often we see what we want to see, but that leads only to
cold feet and goosebumps.
Jesus counselled us to be alert to the signs of the times.
Today I pray that my eyes will engage with my brain and I
will get the full story in every situation I encounter.
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