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“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God will stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8 (ESV)

Autumn is by far my all time favorite season. I love the smells of apple cider, cinnamon sticks, and pumpkin chai waffling through the air. I can never get enough of the rich reds, oranges, and yellows falling from the trees. Pumpkin patches, fall markets, and hayrides are just a few of my highlights, but there are so many more! Can you really ever get enough sweater weather or fall plaids?!  It makes my heart smile just to think of this beautiful season we are marching into!

Fall is also a time of harvest, a time when we see the lovely greens of summer fields turning brown. Our garden is beginning to become barren and the bright, bushy grass is needing to be mowed less and less, and soon the mower will be put away until the next growing season.

As we transition from summer to fall, from hot days to cooler ones, may it cause us to pause and think about what is really important. Changing seasons are always a great time to reflect.  God’s Word tells us that everything has a season and that change is always upon us. We know that all too well, as births and marriages occur and we celebrate, and illness, loss, and death occur and we mourn. Our lives run in seasons.

It has been said the only things that are certain are death and taxes, but God’s Word disagrees. He tells us that no matter what season comes next, His Word, His Truth, will stand forever.

As we fall into autumn:), it is a reminder that our focus needs to be on God and His Word at all times, so that we are prepared for the seasons ahead of us. I could have never predicted some of the seasons I have walked through, good and bad, and I’m sure you could say the same. In His awesomeness, God gave us something we can cling to throughout each season, His Word. He reminds us we have His Word, His beautiful letter to us, that will never change. We can count on it as He promised! Read it each day and let His Words speak to you!

“Lord, help us not get caught up in things that might distract us, but, as a new season is upon us,  help us to keep our focus on You and Your Word, the one thing that we can always count on. Thank you for giving it to us.”

For His Glory

Terrie Tollerson
TRBC Women’s Life