I’m not sure how my fingers were led to these keys. The prompt has more than one meaning, and of course I gravitated towards my favorite one =) I just finished a book with a sad beginning, and I think that’s why my brain took my fingertips where it did.
This weeks prompt: FALL*
GO:
It feels like fall, though it’s June. It’s strange, actually, to wear sweaters and jeans and hear the high will be 60, then see trees budding and green and lush lawns when it feels like the foliage should be all fiery red. Fall hasn’t always been my favorite; for a long time, I listed winter as my fave. I do love it – the melancholy grey and the snow speak to my heart. But fall lights me up. Fall is a gateway to all of my favorite days, which happen to occur in the late fall and early winter. Pumpkin spice lattes, my birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Advent, my sons birthday, Christmas… all my absolute favorite days of the year. The smells and sounds that fall brings a spring to my step and a sparkle into my soul.
I’ve always found it fascinating that fall trees are brilliant in their annual dying. They are brightest at their end, which isn’t actually their real end, it’s just a break until they return. An incredible, tangible way to be reminded of the promise of Jesus’ coming, and our own life cycle. When I think about those I love who have passed, I think of trees in the fall: fiery bright, trusting in the One who will welcome them Home, where they’ll revel in Him and the new life they have.
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*Linking up with Five Minute Friday at the wonderful Lisa-Jo Baker‘s. The rules for FMF: write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. Hop over to her place to find out the full scoop behind FMF, and to visit other posts that were freely written in just five minutes.
– anna
{girl with blog}
for sure, anna, each season is a gateway to making new memories, savoring new experiences, charting new pathways …
I really connected with what you said about the trees being brilliant in their dying…maybe that’s a reminder that we are most beautiful when we choose that death to self and life in Him. Truly, winter has never been my favorite, but I do agree…there’s something about it that connects with my soul. It’s definitely a time in the year that’s full of reflection and wondering what He will do in the next season of growth. Beautiful words today…blessings and happy Friday! 🙂
I love where you took me, into the beauty of glory… So love this. Thank you.
That was really beautiful, especially the part about brilliance in death. It is funny how we both gravitated toward the idea of fall, the season! Great minds, maybe? 🙂
Tina @ Mommynificent
Never thought about the brilliance in the dying…good thought. Maybe the trees know the ressurection is coming.
What an awesome post. While summer is my fav — this sentence has me thinking deep this morning “I’ve always found it fascinating that fall trees are brilliant in their annual dying.” WOW that’s some good stuff. There is beauty in death — we can be resurrected NEW. Thank you!!!
So moving. Lovely… thank you for sharing.
God bless,
Lois
I’m smiling over how we began our posts in similar ways…”Feels like fall.” It’s chilly here in Chicago too. While I’m praying the summer days don’t skip on by, your words help lift my spirits. A reminder to find glory in all the seasons. Thank you. Blessings.
Love this! I am new to your blog!
Ashley from http://theheartofashley.blogspot.com/
Dear Anna
In South Africa we call this season autumn! Yes, this is a season of breathtaking beauty when nature is clothed in all those rich, burnished colors! Christmas here is in the summer.
Happy FMF.
Mia
Yes! Why the fall-like weather so far into what should be our summer? 🙂 And although I would rather it be a bit warmer right now, I too resonate with fall – the crunch of the leaves, the bite of wind and cold just beginning to form, and of course, all things pumpkin.
Loved reading this! Fall is my favorite season : )
wow wow wow! love your analogy here! love it!
Visiting from FMF.
Love, Traci Michele @ Ordinary Inspirations
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