The sky is full of grey clouds as the thunder echoes in the distance. Without any wind the rain pours exactly straight down, I can see it falling in sheets. I listen as the cars drive through it, the water flies as if giving the rain a voice. After a few minutes the cars leave a trail of silence.
Suddenly the outside quieten as the sky turns an inky, formidable black, and the thunder explodes in the wet sky. And I am glad I am snuggled in my bed.
From my view outside my bedroom window I realize some of the trees are beginning to turn to the yellows of Autumn.
Against this backdrop I declare today we have fall in Grand Prairie, Texas!
The temperatures are still in the 80's and without the cold snaps of Utah the leaves may never share their full fall colors. However I have learned to be grateful for the fall I can see, and content with the pictures I receive from family and friends in Utah. They all know fall is my favorite!
I had a friend who once said, "Fall teaches us how to let go gracefully." As she gently sheds the old leaves, that have served us well through a hot summer, it's time for them to fall and start the age-old recycling in nature. Perhaps it's also a good time for us to let some things go too...things we've been holding on to for too long- habits, poor choices, unhealthy relationships. Old hurts we need to bless and then let go of.
Just as I am seeing in hot Texas fall comes in many forms. And each form of fall is welcomed. We don't walk much here so when orangey-brown leaves seemed to scurry across the path in front of us, on a rare breath of wind, it seemed as though fall had found us here too...Texas style. That and as
the rainstorm and thunder rolled through I had to pause and enjoy it. It's a good thing I did because now the sky is blue, sunshine shining through scattered clouds, and it's almost as if the cloud burst never even happened!
I'll count it as one of my fall moments, and thank my kind Heavenly Father for such a blessing.
Happy Fall y'all.
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