September

SEPTEMBER 2006

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER...I REMEMBER THAT SONG WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL. SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD IN SCHOOL AND YET SOME GREAT FEAR OF WHAT THE YEAR WOULD HOLD FOR ME.

THE OTHER NIGHT AS I WAS DRIVING WITH MY HUSBAND...I NOTICED ALL AROUND ME THE HILLS, TREES, FLOWERS, WERE IN CHANGE. SOME OF THE LEAVES ARE DRYING...ALONG WITH THE FLOWERS. WHICH REMINDED ME OF CHANGE...EACH DAY I WAKE UP TO NEW CHANGES...WHETHER ITS A NEW WRINKLE, A NEW ACHE, OR JUST NEW CHALLENGES.

ONE THING I WOKE UP TO THIS MORNING WAS MY GRANDDAUGHTER MOVING TO HER COLLEGE DORMS...I COULD NOT HELP BUT BREAK OUT IN TEARS FOR I REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN I HELD HER EACH MORNING AND SUNG TO HER AND SHARED ABOUT JESUS WITH HER. WE USE TO SING AND GO THROUGH ALL THE FAMILIAR BIBLE STORIES.

EVEN WHEN I THINK OF THE WEEK BEFORE WHEN WE HAD A GIRLS DAY OUT AND WE WENT TO THE BEACH AND IT WAS COLD, COLD, COLD...BUT OUR HEARTS WERE FULL OF LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...AS WE WERE DRIVING HOME WE NOTICED THESE BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT PINK FLOWERS ON A LONG STEM...THEY WERE ALL OVER THE SIDES OF THE ROAD AND WHEN I TOLD THE GIRLS THEY WERE "NAKED LADIES" WE ALL BURST INTO LAUGHTER.

YES...SEPTEMBER IS FULL OF CHANGES...EVEN THE NAKED LADIES ARE REARING THEIR BRIGHT PINK HEADS OUT TO LET US KNOW SUMMER IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS SOON TO CHANGE.

"THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST,HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW." 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17

I WILL NOT REGRET ALL THAT GOD HAS REQUIRED OF ME THROUGH THE YEARS. EACH DAY IS FILLED WITH CHANGES...EVEN SOME OF THEM HURT BUT TO MY OWN GOOD...I CAN TESTIFY THAT I AM AGAIN EXPEREINCING CHANGE.

AM I READY TO LET THE DROSS DIE AND GOD CREATE SILVER WORTH THE PURIFICATION PROCESS? AM I AFRAID TO LET GO AND LET GOD? CAN I SAFELY ENTRUST MY CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND THOSE I LOVE IN GOD'S HANDS?

OH, YES...MY GOD DOES EXCELLANT WORK AND ME THE LOWEST OF ALL CREATURES ONLY MAKE A MESS WHEN I PUT MY HAND ON HIS POTTER'S WHEEL.

OLD THINGS HAVE TO PASS IN ORDER FOR NEW THINGS TO COME...SO I GLADLY WELCOME AUTUMN IN MY DAILY LIFE.

LORD JESUS, I AM NOTHING BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR GREAT LOVE I GIVE YOU MY WHOLE LIFE AND FAMILY. LORD GRANT PEACE, GRANT FORGIVENESS, AND GRANT HEALING...GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US DEAR LORD FOR OUR SINS AGAINST YOU AND YOU ALONE. IN JESUS MOST PRECIOUS NAME. AMEN