Falling Leaves of Fall

The falling leaves of the fall are regarded as an inconvenience, a nuisance, messy, and extra work by a lot of folks, but falling leaves are a blessing.  The leaves which draw life from the sun, create a cooler shady place to escape the heat of midsummer, and provide a beautiful to behold canopy of colors finally die and come drifting down to the ground to be raked, burned, and cursed.  The truth is the falling leaves fall to the earth to bless it with life.  It is creation's way of composting and nurturing the dirt with life giving powers.    

Watching the falling leaves as they grace the dirt with blessings of life remind us it is much the same way with blessings which fall upon us.  Not all the things which bless our lives are as obvious as the sunshine, or the smile of a friend.  Some come causing us to question why our lives are being touched by something which seems so difficult to bear.  Most of us have cursed some of the difficult things in our life before we realized they came with a life giving purpose.    

We mistakenly think that blessings are sunshine creations, but they are likely to come to us in the shadowed places of our life where the way forward is not as clear and stumbling is a danger.  When we are in a mood to count our blessings, we seldom look into the hard and difficult moments of our life, or the times of uncertainty and pain.   God is found in all things.  He works in the bright light of the sun and the darker shadows.  As He works in both, it is always His intent to bring blessings into our lives.