Seasons

So we're approaching a new season and I'm about 95% sure that it's my favorite. Fall, or for you poets and people who just like to be more sophisticated, Autumn. I'm not really a Summer guy because well, I just don't tan. All I do is burn, turn pink, sometimes peel, and then turn stark white again. Sunburn really isn't that fun and I don't handle heat that well either. I love Autumn. It's not quite freezing cold, it doesn't really rain that much, and there's a lot of food involved. We've got Thanksgiving, which is the only holiday dedicated to EATING and we've got Halloween which has a ton of candy. Anyway, I also love Autumn because of highschool football games. Sitting on the bleachers with a sweatshirt and some fries or a burger just makes me feel great. And it feels so much better to go from being cold, to being warm. When I go into an air-conditioned room from being really hot, all it does is make me feel kinda sick.

On a more metaphorical note, I love Autumn because it's the chance to lose myself. Just like the leaves fall and the seasons change, it feels like a chance to get right what I've gotten wrong. It's a chance to change things in my life that need to be changed and let those things fall to the ground.

And just like you rake the leaves up and put them in a pile and either burn them or turn them into compost, the things in your life that are less than admirable can be turned into something that you can learn from and that God can recycle into something good. There is nothing that God can't use to make Himself look awesome! He'll turn it around and use it for His glory.

What things in your life could God take and turn them around?