Fall is my favorite time of year. I may have said that once, or ten times, yes indeed.
The leaves that are changing colors and beginning to pepper down to the lawn and walkways are beautiful to me. They are emphasizing a lesson that it can be beautiful to let *things* go. I have just recently let go of something that belonged to my dad and reminded me of him. It was the vehicle he’d driven and that we had memories traveling in together. There wasn’t a time that I’d buckle my self in his 1997 Honda CRV that I didn’t think of him. I’d held onto it since he’d passed for purely sentimental reasons. But, there comes a time when it becomes time to release the old *things* and press on to the new. It doesn’t mean that I love, or think less of, my daddy. I’m just releasing a *big* thing that had no real purpose in my life and could be a big blessing to someone else. And, I have the hope of seeing my dad again someday. What hope!
I’m also in a season releasing some expectations I have of myself. I am in the middle of a writing deadline and I’m letting many iconsequential *things* go. No, not Jesus, a shower, or oils; but some *things* that are rib issues in my to-do list and I’m learning it is okay.
What about you? Have you let something go that lightens your shoulders?
The Creator is so good to teach me lessons from the leaves. I sure do love Him. and you. Your prayers are appreciated as I am in the home stretch for my book proposal.
The beautiful leaves, and the lesson I’m learning, make me think of Philippians 3:13:
“Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.”
Let’s press on as we *leave things* behind!