Everyday Inspiration
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Faith in the Fall
The other day I picked up materials for a fall
bulletin board at church. Doing this I remembered a little story a
co-worker shared about his family who emigrated from South America to
New York State.
Faith. Believe that things may look bleak and are sure to become even bleaker, but new life will come again in the spring.
It was the fall and all the trees were turning
glorious colors and, as it so happens, the leaves were falling as they
always do. He and his family were used to living on the Equator where
there is no changing of the seasons. So his mother
lamented, “What is wrong with this country? All the trees are dying!”
We smile at this remark. But really, isn’t it a
matter of faith? Knowledge, too--but faith! Every year nature progresses
through the life cycle--new birth in spring, growth in summer, harvest
in fall, rest in winter.
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