This is the tenth Recent Reflections post of 2019. Recent Reflections goes live the third Friday or Saturday of each month. Each Recent Reflections post covers something that I'm reflecting on. If you'd like to share a post with a similar theme, feel free to leave a comment with a link to your post, and I'll hop on over and leave a comment (and maybe some other readers will, too).
This month, I will be reflecting on change.
Autumn is a season absolutely full of change. The leaves go from green to crimson, gold, burgundy, tangerine, and a million colors in between before they gradually turn brown and drop to the ground as the temperatures drop and the rain shifts to snow. The winds increase, and you can smell the chill in the air. Autumn is a time that I adore, but it is also a time that marks the transition between summer and winter and the nearness of ice and below freezing wind chills - a time that I find beautiful but treacherous.
If you think about it, the trees go from full of life (green leaves are a sign of that) to death or dormancy (when they are leafless) which we would probably think of as a sad or bad thing, but their transition to that? Some of the most beautiful scenery in the world! Most of the trees are not mourning the change (you will find the occasional one that goes straight to leafless and scary), but yet seem to be singing as they change from life to slumber/death, and sharing the best of what they have to offer.
The change of autumn has taught me that how you face a change can be beautiful. You can choose to show the best of yourself and be a bright red maple that makes people stop and say, "Wow!" when you are transitioning from the now to the new, or you can choose to be that one tree that lets the cold wind blow all it's leaves away and goes straight to ugly. What choice will you make?
Don't let the changes of life get you down. Keep leaning on the Lord and let Him make you shine through the hard times. Let people see you and wonder what your secret is, and then tell them the difference God is making in your life and how He is seeing you through. Let them see His beauty instead of the world's ugly.
{If you aren't sure what I'm talking about in that previous paragraph, click here to find out how Christ can help you.}
I truly hope this post has been a blessing to your heart, or at the least made you stop and think a little. What has God done in your life lately to bless you? What are you reflecting on?
Autumn is a season absolutely full of change. The leaves go from green to crimson, gold, burgundy, tangerine, and a million colors in between before they gradually turn brown and drop to the ground as the temperatures drop and the rain shifts to snow. The winds increase, and you can smell the chill in the air. Autumn is a time that I adore, but it is also a time that marks the transition between summer and winter and the nearness of ice and below freezing wind chills - a time that I find beautiful but treacherous.
Change can be both good and bad, and it is always hard. However, change can also be beautiful.
If you think about it, the trees go from full of life (green leaves are a sign of that) to death or dormancy (when they are leafless) which we would probably think of as a sad or bad thing, but their transition to that? Some of the most beautiful scenery in the world! Most of the trees are not mourning the change (you will find the occasional one that goes straight to leafless and scary), but yet seem to be singing as they change from life to slumber/death, and sharing the best of what they have to offer.
The change of autumn has taught me that how you face a change can be beautiful. You can choose to show the best of yourself and be a bright red maple that makes people stop and say, "Wow!" when you are transitioning from the now to the new, or you can choose to be that one tree that lets the cold wind blow all it's leaves away and goes straight to ugly. What choice will you make?
Don't let the changes of life get you down. Keep leaning on the Lord and let Him make you shine through the hard times. Let people see you and wonder what your secret is, and then tell them the difference God is making in your life and how He is seeing you through. Let them see His beauty instead of the world's ugly.
{If you aren't sure what I'm talking about in that previous paragraph, click here to find out how Christ can help you.}
Perspective...it makes all the difference in the world. What will yours be?
I truly hope this post has been a blessing to your heart, or at the least made you stop and think a little. What has God done in your life lately to bless you? What are you reflecting on?
Have a wonderful weekend!
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