“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” Jeremiah 29:11

Changing Seasons

Change is in the air. Even in the midst of these hot and steamy late summer days the world is slowly changing around us. The leaves are beginning to drop from the trees, the days and nights are almost equal in length, and the apples are red, ripe, juicy and ready for picking. All the seeds that were planted in the spring have become what they were meant to be, and the harvest is near. The birds have raised their families and now it is time to decide what to do about their empty nests. And we are slowly changing as we grow in faith and love of God. Much as Michelangelo cut away all that was not David, God chips away at all that prevents us from becoming what he intends for us to be. We are always under construction, always changing. To reach our true selves can be the process of a lifetime, and not unlike the caterpillar which grows into a butterfly, we too will one day take flight. We belong to God, and we are his works of art. He has created us in his own image.