autumn.

and even when the trees have just surrendered to the harvest time
forfeiting their leaves in late september and sending us inside
still i notice You when change begins
and i am braced for colder winds
i will offer thanks for what has been and whats to come
You are autumn....

thankful.
for what has been.
thankful.
for things that are to come.

realizing that through all things.
throughout all "seasons" of life.
the places. the people. the situations.
God is sovereign over the details.
re-realizing how sovereign He truly is.
committing myself again. daily.
to remember that He is in control.
it is not about me.
it is not about me.
it is not about me.

if i could truly remember that.
what a difference it would make in the season to come.

fall has arrived in ohio.
and QUICKLY.
and in the past 48 hours i have discovered a new love for my fleece blanket. and for the starbucks that sits less than 5 minutes from my front door. and for the chilly breeze that has been floating in through my open window. and for the countdown that has begun for my trip home to celebrate 3 years of my nephews life. and the stillness of this moment in my bedroom that is silent aside from the clicking of keys and lit only by the computer screen. life is so strange. but God is so good. as are His plan & purpose that are perfect and beyond my understanding...