He said: Fall feelings

I'm looking out my front window right now, and the view is most pleasant. We live on the fourth floor, and it's surprising what a scenic difference that makes. The world at ground level around here is pretty drab and grayish. Colors are muted, and most things are coated with a layer of dust. Things just look neglected. Even when repair work is done, it's typical not to take any care for appearance. For instance, there are innumerable buildings that have had their stucco coating patched, but not been repainted afterward. You're left with a faded paint/rust stains/concrete patch/galvanized metal collage. Our building is no exception, as you can see in the photo.




Up here, though, when you look out the window, you see mainly tree foliage. Because the foliage is renewed every season, there's not enough time for the dirt to build up. As a bonus, God seems to remake the leaves to a perfect, consistent color every time. :-) So right now I have some lovely fall colors at the edge of my peripheral vision.

The nights have been cool here, but not cold enough to have to turn the heat on. We've been told to get ready for a genuine winter, not one of those chilly-rainy seasons that pass for winter in the South. I think I'm ready for it, having grown up in the Chicago area, but I've lived in said South for the last 14 years, and I may have gone soft. We'll have to see.

Reflecting on the fall season, though, as well as the impending winter, puts me in a unique mood; not exactly melancholy, but not jubilant either. I miss home, and I miss carefree youth, playing football in the fall evenings after school.

Mostly, though, I have a sense mourning in my spirit for the wintery-cold, sterile state of these people's souls. I yearn for a spring of the heart for the Latvian people. I yearn for the care-freedom of heart that repentance and remission bring to a born again soul. I long for them to experience the hope of a bright earthly and Heavenly future. I pray that as surely as He will restore the foliage in spring, so surely will he touch and regenerate the lives of all here who need Him.


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