Changes...

I have passed this tree everyday for the past month, thinking that I am going to have to take a photo of that tree it is just too cool. Of course I never stop and do it or I don't have my camera with me or a million other reasons. This morning was different. It hadn't looked like this, it seemed as if the leaves just turned and fell overnight. In the mornings, the leaves are so much more beautiful than in the afternoons, and I knew I had to get this shot before it was too late. It makes me think about the changes that we go through and how significant and lovely each change, each season is. The winter is coming and there it will be stripped bare to endure the cruelty of the cold. How we can all relate to the winters in our lives! The trials and uncertainties, when it seems as if God is just whispering to us or not speaking at all.
I didn't even notice this tree last Autumn, but then I was in my winter, sad and confused, missing what had been home for many years. I guess I had to go through all of that to appreciate the beauty of today, of this morning, of the changing... I thank God for the changes. We shouldn't be afraid of the changes, we should embrace them but only while holding tightly to the Lord. If we do that then we can be a reflection of His Grace and of His Provision through the transition...
I am thinking about Shelley moving to Minnesota... how hard it has been but how wonderful it is to be in the center of God's Will. What a beautiful sight...