CHANGE

 

CHANGES

Summer has ended.

Homework is tended.

Nighttime comes early

and becomes chilly.

Trees

leaves

are changing, as if painted.

Each morning more tainted.

As if a brush dripped,

leaves are gold tipped

or sploshed magenta red

or burnt orange overhead.

Colors only God could create

now humans try to duplicate:

burnt orange, magenta, golden yellow -

though each tint and shade will soon turn mellow.

You'll find these changing colors won't last.

In a couple of weeks the show will be past.

Even the sky is the bluest blue,

this magical time of the year, when viewed.

These changing colors

attract travelers.

This spectrum now enjoyed

by ageless girls and boys.

A gift from Jack Frost

is free, at no cost,

as temperatures dip

and thermostats flipped.

Short sleeves exchanged

for sweaters arranged,

or jackets worn

with flannel warm.

One's

nose

is cold as the season changes.

Change always rearranges.

* * * * *

Change often comes unannounced,

then fear and worry will pounce.

Sometimes unexpected illness or lengthy unemployment.

Maybe devastation of belongings or relationships.

Change, unwelcome, can be for your good, though,

for that's when we learn God is always faithful

as God will uphold you

and will be with you through.

Look for the many ways God will provide

when you experience change by and by

for change, or adversity, is a fact of life.

Cling to God's promises and you'll avoid strife.

The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.

The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.

The eyes of all look to you,

and you give them their food at the proper time.

You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

The Lord watches over all who love him.

Psalm 145:13b-20

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