Marking the Season


Have you noticed how much shorter the days are?  Oh, they still have 24 hours each, 
but they don't seem like it because the daylight hours are very quickly being whittled 
away by darkness.  A couple of months ago, we could get home after work with time to 
mow the yard, play ball with the kids, eat a picnic supper outside, and still have time left 
over to watch the sunset.

Not any more!  Now we have to hurry home to get even one outside task done before 
darkness falls.

In response to the loss of light and the cooler temperatures, the leaves will soon change 
color and then drop from their branches.  Autumn has arrived, with golden colors, 
pumpkin harvest, fall festivals, county fairs, and warmer jackets.  Thanksgiving and 
Christmas are just around the corner.  And, before you know it, spring arrives, the days 
get longer, and the cycle begins anew.

Did you know that it was all planned from the beginning of time?  While many would 
explain it all by laying out a multitude of scientific data, that too, was put into place at the 
beginning by the creator of it all.

"Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the 
night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 
and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth."  
And it was so.

That's Genesis chapter 1, verses 14 and 15, part of the creation story.  It's an incredible 
tale of wonder.  While most of us read it in childhood, perhaps it has lost some of its 
awe.  Suggestion:  Read it again from the perspective of adulthood.  You may find that 
you have a renewed appreciation for crisp mornings, trees clothed in red and gold, 
sweaters, and God's marking of the seasons.

Enjoy autumn!




Submitted by a Northside member