There is no changing yesterday... it was a learning experience... Now go and grow where God planted you. 

The season of the year between summer and winter, during which the weather becomes cooler, and many plants become dormant, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and popularly considered to include the months of September, October, and November

As fall colors began to burst forth our hearts and eyes turn to the breath-taking beauty of change... What is it that creates these eye-popping changes that our hearts have welcomed for centuries?? 

As I stood watching the orange tree leaves sway in the gentle breeze. Many thoughts danced through my head. To most of us, this time of year brings warm memories of family, friends, and sharing life. 

But when we stop and ponder what is it that is really happening. Our world seems to be preparing itself for the colder harsher days ahead... 

Before shedding the life, she tried so desperately to keep. She burst out of life in one final beautiful blast of colors. Making her final statement of being alive. 

Many farmers are busy gathering the last harvest she has produced from all her hard work.  She is preparing herself to go too deeply internal and dormancy sets in. When we witness these changes, they seem that life as we know it becomes gloomy and possibly dead.

I do believe God gave us so many visuals to learn from just by watching nature...

We all have seasons in our life some are cold as winter, others dormant like fall, perhaps hot like summer, or full of life-like spring... all point to change... 

Some of these changes can be physically seen some make us go internal where we can heal and prepare our hearts for things to come... 

But can these changes also be seen in our relationship with God? Can they be felt in our soul??  My experience and observation on how He has made everything so intricately woven my answer would be of course... But in our lives, our timing is not a yearly occurrence it consists of life occurrences and we still call them seasons. 

When I did not know Christ my soul was in a cold harsh winter place. I was unaware that I kept her there.  She was sadly waiting in the dark...My soul became dormant and unresponsive like the tall maple tree on a beautiful winter’s day!  Did I appear dead? Did the spark of life disappear? I was unaware that Christ was still working hard much like the farmer to preserve my life. Planning, prepping, and watering... And then He brought His beauty His light, His song of love, and slowly lead my lost soul out of the dormant state of existence.  Then suddenly with a burst of color, my soul could finally breathe. and life began to beautifully unfurl. And then with His abundant love and grace, He turned up the heat much like a hot summer day and my love for Him ignited and set my heart ablaze. 

Never be afraid of the change. We must look for our Savior’s light to guide our soul through the many phases of our lives... 

He is our solace in the harsh days of Winter. His is our soft place to Fall... He Springs forth new life in once dormant souls. and His love is as sweet and gentle as a Summer breeze...

And from my experience, His love has the power and grace to bring us through all the seasons of our lives.  

He WOWs me!  

With Christ, the changes in our lives can and will be beautifully and physically seen...

It’s Him, It’s always Him

For everything, there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12

Photography & Written by Lori Garner

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