These leaves have done their duty, Lord!
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| Photo by John McGinty |
Last spring they budded barren branches, waiting to unfold in leafy beauty and fulfill their given task: to shade me from the summer's sun; to offer shady refuge and a cooler place to sit and read a book, or have a picnic, or hold a dear friend's hand...
Then, just at summer's end- a costume change for fall's finale, gracing us with glories
only you, Lord, might have dreamed, designed, imagined...
And now the leaves fall gently, one by one: weaving me the carpet where I gently tread, listening for and hearing, in the rustling underfoot, chilled November's parting autumn song...
As the season ends these fallen leaves look up into the heavens, searching for their Maker and praying for the rest they've earned, the rest they so deserve...
And I look up to heaven, too, in praise of you, my Maker, as one day, like the fallen leaves, I pray I'll find the rest I seek, the peace that you have promised...
The leaves have done their duty, Lord - may I do mine as well...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Tonight's music is instrumental, a guitar solo by Martin Tallstrom, entitled Falling Leaves - Song for Autumn.
Tallstrom has captured on his fret board the beauty and mystery of
falling leaves. As I listen to it, I imagine myself falling into bed,
into sleep, at day's end -and- all who have fallen into God's hands, all
who fell into God's peace today and those who will fall into eternal
rest in the course of the night ahead... The sound of the guitar, and
the sound of our falling into God's embrace... may that sound be gentle,
beautiful and peaceful beyond our imagining...
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