I love the month of September. While many of my friends mourn the passing of summer, and as school and routines pick up once again, I embrace the peacefulness of the season. For me, there is a lovely calm that embraces this time of year as the earth begins to still. I feel a still fall over me, as well.
While the leaves begin to turn and display their glory, we have an opportunity to reflect on the goodness of God. Maybe September is a busy month for you, managing schools and schedules. Perhaps you are experiencing your first school year as an empty nester. Or could you be like me, looking forward to a vacation after the busy summer season?
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV).
There is a rhythm change in the atmosphere. A breath, a whisper, an invitation to come up higher, to rest and bask in God’s glory. As you go about your day, whether it includes pumpkin-spice something or a steaming cup of coffee or tea, look up, look around. See the beauty around you. Let yourself get lost in the cornucopia of colors on display. Take pictures of the fall leaves backlit by the setting sun. Rejoice in the God who chose to give seasons to the earth and notice the seasons He has brought you to and through, as well.
Take some moments throughout this month to go for a walk, sit on a park bench, or notice the birds as they begin to fly north. Watch a sunrise and enjoy a sunset. Even if you are sitting in a lawn chair on a soccer field, take the moment. I believe God is going to speak to us in the moments we take.
“Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth. Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the LORD” (Psalms 96:9, 12 NKJV).
However busy you are, however much time you give to him, he will be present with you. He understands the life season you are in. He will show up for you in amazing ways. Why not show up for him whenever and wherever your schedule allows? Thank him for the beauty of this season. Reflect on the seasons he has already brought you through and thank him for the ones he has already prepared for you, the victory. Embrace the season you find yourself in and be fully present in it. Let it have its complete work in you that you may be built up, a living stone in God’s kingdom, ready and able to withstand enemy tactics and advance kingdom purposes.
“Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:4-5 NKJV).
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