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Thursday, 18 October 2018

The Autumn Leaves


Clear blue skies. Hillsides alight with orange bracken. Reds and sienna, bronze and gold, leaves and needles cling and release, littering the ground beneath and laying down a bouncy carpet. A perfect autumn, after a perfect summer.

Already, though, many trees stand bare, denuded and prepared for wintry storms. For wintry storms shall come.

I feel the earth move. We live in ‘interesting’ times. Brutality and war. Injustice and oppression. Calloused hearts and shrouded minds. Confusion and bewilderment. Lost in a maze.

Our God is our strength, a very present help in times of trouble. For many, the times of trouble are here. For others, the autumn leaves are falling and the prospect of a freeze looms. But in God we trust, and we know that just as day follows night, so spring follows winter: new life, new hope, new prospects.

I live today with a grateful heart, grateful to my God and king.

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