-How I love fall! Everywhere I look, creation is displaying God's glory. It's such a perfect illustration of Eugene Peterson's beautiful translation of      Psalm 23:6 "Your Beauty and Love chase after me every day of my life."  
Autumn is a love song for the eyes and heart. 

+All of nature reflects My lavish hand.  All of nature celebrates the goodness of the Lord.  The Father is extravagant.  He has made the trees to sing a colored song of His beauty and He has given His children eyes to drink in that beauty.  The wind blows the colored­-confetti-leaves across the sky and they twirl and catch sunlight as they spin down to cover the ground.  There’s a party going on!  It’s the continuous Joy of heaven reflected for a brief moment every autumn.  It’s the riotous gladness of the goodness of God Who sees all and cares for all and gave All for all…that none may perish and all might live in glory.

 Take this stunning reflection of beauty and majesty and know that transformation is ever the work of My hand.  I know you.  I know your struggles and I can blow the dead and dying leaves off the landscape of your heart.  I can renew your mind and your heart and your spirit.  It is the work I love to do.  You cannot do this for yourself, so just come and sit and rest and let me plant the seeds of spring deep in you . . . fill you with expectation and hope . . . surround you with songs of gladness and victory. Because I have won all the battles for you, you need only stand and see the deliverance of your Lord.    

Know this . . . I never change . . . I never fail . . . I never turn away and I am always your encourager and champion.  The battle that seeks to destroy you is smoldering like an old fire. Only embers remain.  Do not feed these embers with thoughts that enflame the enemy forces.  My Spirit – your Advocate - pours living water on these destructive coals. You can be free from ever having to feel the tidal wave of failure overcome you.  The fire of My Spirit is like a firewall that is erected purposely to contain and destroy the wildness and power of an out-of-control fire. Right now – as the fiery leaves swirl before you – I am building a firewall of protection around your mind and heart.  Your security is solid.  The enemy’s heat might be felt, but the Spirit’s fire will protect you utterly from being hurt.

 

 So, dance in your heart before the Lord of your heart. You are loved and yearned for by the Source of all love and all romance Who knows every doubt…. every hurt…. every fear…. and Who calls you by name to be His own. Run to Him…. the Word is near you…it is in your mouth.  Yes…. a thousand times He has said only “Yes” to you …Let your heart and your lips dance your yes back to Him with all your might.  The joy that will descend will swirl around you like autumn leaves…your own robe of many colors…. the sign of your status in the heart of God as a favored bride… loved without measure…. secure…. beautiful…safe in the arms of her beloved.  This is life as it was designed to be lived.  Live it, beloved.  Live it. This Word is truth.  The Truth has set you free!