by Joanne Wiklund
Here we are in October and a bunch of us are wondering how we got here both in time and in life. We acknowledge the seasons of the calendar but sometimes the seasons of life are a little harder to accept. People react differently to the change of seasons, obviously dependent on where you happen to be. Storms, wind, rain and heat which made up this summer here prompted people to rethink how they feel about summer in the Midwest. While I’ve never been happy to see Fall come, a lot of it can be nice.Years ago I hated to have Fall come because it meant the kids went back to school. Obviously, I didn’t want to raise dummies, but I missed them. This house was so quiet during the day without them.
It’s quiet here now too. This morning I took advantage of the coolness and opened both the deck door and the front door, letting a breeze blow through. I sat at the dining room table with my gel pens and inspirational colorbooks. I’ve finished the Words of Jesus and I’m on to others. I never work every page front to back and one book at a time. It’s like yarn. I work on three or four things – whichever one prompts me to pick it up. The colorbook work and crocheting are helpful with my hands. After I broke my left wrist years ago, my hand therapist suggested I try coloring. I took it up because I couldn’t crochet with a cast. One handed coloring helped calm me down and stopped the shaking. It also helps my bank because, after I color awhile, they don’t have to question my signature on the checks I write.
As I picked colors to work with, I could hear a squirrel chattering in a tall walnut tree in the timber out back. In the front, the soft tinkling of my sea shell wind chime was a soothing sound. A small flock of Canada Geese went honking South. I got to the door when I heard them in time to see their formation of six. I hope the single goose that went crying that way yesterday all alone was waiting for them somewhere. I guess Fall can be a good season if you can distract yourself from season after season of memories. Welcome to Fall. I am looking forward most of the time. To Easter.
James 5:16 “Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
1 Peter 1:5 -7 “Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearance of Jesus Christ.”
