Can you feel it? Evenings are becoming cooler
Can you smell it? Sharpened pencils and fresh school supplies.
Can you see it? Kids going back to school: a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little more secure.
September is coming.
And with it, hope.
Hope for renewal.
Hope for healing.
and Hope for growth.
We left Cambridge tired, wet and yet, hesitant about starting fresh…again.
We longed for familiarity, for a home and for family and friends
but what we came back to was anything but familiar.
The past month has been one of intense highs, intense lows and circumstances beyond our control or comprehension.
Yet here we are, we are always. Trying to trust, recognizing evermore that life is fleeting and that God is eternal.
We are entering a new chapter, another movement in this symphony of life, praying for God’s mercy and compassion.
I look forward and upward.
I look forward to autumn, the scent of crackling fires, pumpkin spice lattes and giving thanks.
and I look forward to routine.
I don’t know about you but I find comfort in routine. There is a safety in planning out my week, knowing what is expected, what I need to do and where I need to be.
I feel only then can I properly prioritize and take the time to establish good habits like sitting together as a family, reading with my children, reading for myself, exercising, laughing, resting and praying.
What are your priorities as you go into a new school year?
Are you like me and take any chance you can get at making a new set of goals?
What are they?
For me? This Autumn I want to
I can admit that I have trouble trusting. Trusting people, trusting God and trusting myself.
Even though God has faithfully provided, I still doubt. I feel my feet slipping below the surface of the water as a I plead for God to save me. And yet, I can’t help but know that if I looked around, if I took the time to see my healthy children, my devoted husband, a house I can call a home and a job that I could never have come by on my own merits alone I would see that I am abundantly blessed. This autumn, I want to acknowledge the blessing.
What hope does autumn bring for you?
What goals have you set?
What new priorities will you focus on or what priorities have you left behind?
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