Fall

When the posts about pumpkin spice lattes started coming up in my Instagram stories, I had a feeling of frustration instead of my usual feelings of excitement. I was not excited about autumn time this year. I felt as if my summer was robbed of everything I had planned for (thanks pandemic). I was mourning the summer I missed.

Fall reminds me of change and how beautiful change can be, and as I remembered this I asked the Lord to make this “change” just as beautiful as years before. Of course, having a new baby, although a good change, was change enough. Along with everything else that was going on in our world, I needed to make this season just as beautiful as before. So I bought the pumpkin spice latte (my fave), I put up my fall decor, we dressed up in flannels and vests, and soaked in the beauty of the changing leaves.

During this season, I have also asked the Lord to change my heart to be more like His and grow my faith like never before. Over the past few months, He has taught me the beauty of the slowness of life and the meaning of being intentional with the people that I do have the ability to be around. He has given us peace and discernment in all the unknowns right now. And most of all, He has reminded me that HE DOES NOT CHANGE. He is constant, true, beautiful, perfect, a defender, a protector, and everything our heart needs in this season of life. He will guide us. He will give us wisdom. He will be our comfort. All we have to do is ask and be willing to listen. Though this season is full of change and nothing feels normal, let us cling to our God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever more. Praise be to God.