THE SUN CAME UP & IT IS STILL FALL

Almost half our great nation woke up this morning bitterly disappointed and slightly over half heartily elated. We are facing a change and an unknown future. Yet still as I drove home from our morning run, the sun rose as it has for a LONG LONG TIME. The world is still turning and there are still seasons and Fall is still in the air. The leaves are raining and the sweet smell of the change of season is still fresh. The world indeed is still going on-even in the face of the unknown.

The Japanese Red Maple in our front yard is at the peak of its redness-just before browning and shedding those leaves.

The screen of leaves when turning in the drive has gone from vibrant green to a multiplicity of Fall colors and the ground is beginning to be covered with the evidence of the coming winter.

When turning into our drive, I am greeted by this beautiful array of pines and hardwoods-all reflecting the impact of a frost ten days ago.

The deep screen of summer's green is swiftly turning and then raining down. We will once again be exposed to the world as the harshness of winter visits for a season.

And yet still, as I turn down the lane for the drive leading to the sanctuary of home, I once again marvel at the beauty of Fall.

The glory of summer has morphed into the final show of the Fall, before the starkness of Winter sets in.

The leaves fiercely cling in one last burst of beauty, before the final wind swept flight to their return to the earth.

But for today and a few more days to come, I will enjoy the beauty of God's creation and His plan of The Seasons. The governmental authority may have changed, but God's authority will never change-for you see The Sun Will Surely Rise tomorrow and God will still reign in His Heaven. I am grateful and blessed for the Known in the midst of the World's unknown. I find great peace in realizing that Nothing that occurs is without His knowledge and all things work for the good of those that love the Lord.

It indeed is still Fall.