Chapter 9: September
Goodbye Summer, you were beautiful as always.
Well, Fall is here and while it’s listed as my third enjoyable season I do appreciate it as a time of transition, of lessons learned, and the sweetness of things coming full circle. If I’m honest fall has been the greatest contributor to my growth both spiritually and naturally. Fortitude blooms when you gain the gift of goodbye by way of letting go.
The summer sun kissing my skin gives a dopamine boost I look forward to and the heat faithfully reminds me I’m but a speck of dust here today, gone tomorrow. I enjoy the sense of freedom that summer offers unlike any other season and it’s not just because I remember summer brought a break from life’s routine as a child and now the calendar still triggers that core memory every year… or perhaps that is a tiny bit of it. Look, If you were to ask me why I moved to California in the first place you would discover that the Lord called me here as a child, but then you would also find out I thought I was moving to a summer year-round weather paradise. Imagine the disappointment, I digress.
From bright summer sun to shaded skies and cool breezes. From long days and impromtu adventures to extended nights and sweater weather Fall is a time of exchanges.
What an incredible opportunity this year has been for us to be fortified in our faith while facing things unexpected and to know more than ever before;
God doesn’t forget His promises.
I pray you enjoy this change in weather a bit more than you have the days already spent this year. I pray you take in your present moments with a realization that each one truly is a gift and that time nor life are commodities we can afford to waste.
So, as this month begins refuse to entertain fear, guilt, shame or regret instead turn that conversation towards God’s word concerning you and let His word be enough! I promise you what God has in store for you is greater than the thing you think you understand, the thing you think you deserve, or the thing you’re afraid to let go of.
Your Good Father is also The Good Shepherd let Hin lead you to rest.
LORI LACHELLE