Changing Seasons
October, 2011
Pastor Liz Wilson
So here we are again. The fall season starts green and warm and ends in cold and rain, the trees stark and wet, the grass brown and withered. Nature has so much to tell us. Nature is in many ways a continuing series of parables from God. The full flower of summer turns, well, dismal. Is it really? No. Nature needs to renew itself, to go to bed, put simply; to rest. Remember that pesky fourth Commandment about no work on the Sabbath? Could it be that God is showing us the importance of renewal, spiritual renewal? We might think of summer as bountiful, a season of growth. This is very heady stuff. When we come down from such a high, and we must, it is time to regroup. Think: Was my bounty gotten
within God’s kingdom? Was it done in and out of Love? Am I ready to share my bounty as Jesus taught? Take some time this fall to enjoy the trees and the relative peace of children in school. Then, sit and meditate on God’s bounty, not just in food, but in spiritual gifts and grace.
