FOUND

 

FOUND

What is found this first day in November?

A black and brown woolly bear caterpillar

awoke from its slumber

forecasting winter.

A flock of Canadian geese heard,

then seen overhead, heading southward.

What is found this first day in November?

A day when the temperatures feel quite brrrr.

Squirrels hickory and walnuts gathering

to last the long winter and into spring.

Orange pumpkins shining brightly.

Crows often heard cawing loudly.

What is found this first day in November?

Leaves falling down, down, down from rainy weather.

Other afternoons spent raking

then lugging and dispersing.

Compost in the making.

Nature's recycling.

What is found this first day of November?

It’s the eleventh month on the calendar.

When garden cleanup makes one weary,

a dandelion looking cheery

for dandelions say "hello there"

from early spring through November.

* * * * *

Lost but found.

We were found

by the Lord,

it’s now known,

though once weighed down

and then bound

by mounds

and pounds

for where sin is found

bondage abounds.

But praise be to the Lord

we are no longer bound

for we have now been found

by Jesus Christ the Lord

who laid the ground-

work on the mound

at the cruel cross in that town

called Calvary, then laid down

His life, where new life is now found

for you and me – we’re heaven bound.

The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

Luke 19:10

If you seek him, he will be found by you.

I Chronicles 28:9b

They sought God eagerly,

and he was found by them.

II Chronicles 15:15b

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