Dear Friends,
I love fall! It is my favorite season. The cooler air with crisp mornings and chilly nights energize me. It has been awhile since I was in school, but there is just that “fresh start” mentality that comes with this time of year. I hope you feel it too. With all that is going on in our lives, community, and world, it is good to have a feeling of renewal. The change of seasons reminds us that the Creator has ordered the world and there is beauty and purpose in each season.
The writer of Ecclesiastes gives us a poetic passage about seasons. You know the passage or maybe you remember the song made famous by the Byrds… “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)
Life definitely has its seasons. There are times we go through that are challenging that produce growth or sadness that lead us to hope. In the midst of all of it, God is God and loving us through it. So, my friends, let us make the most of these days. Let us open to the Spirit that ordered the chaos in the beginning and who still looks to bring order and peace to the brokenness and chaos of our lives.
Let us find energy and face fall and fresh starts with excitement and expectation. Let us find ways to grow in our faith and faithfulness.
Blessed to share the journey
Rev. Dr. David Dubovich