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An Inherited Love For Autumn
By Kyle | October 3, 2007
In my heart wells the warmest feelings of happiness when the cool days of autumn come. It is a deeply rooted happiness from childhood. My love for the season of autumn was passed down from generations before me. I believe this passing down to be a gradual process. I do not believe there is one single moment when the next generation possesses an inherited love for autumn, but if there was I remember the day it happened for me.
It must have been mid-October. Dad broke from writing in his garret study to take me on an autumn stroll. We walked slowly back the old, abandoned road bed to a clearing on a bluff over Yoder Creek. The view is embedded into my memory. The rolling hills of the valley were covered with corn that would be harvested in a few weeks. The glistening water of the Kokosing River wound it’s way through the valley. A slight breeze carried with it the scent and chill that only comes two months of the year. Leaves of the Maple, Ash, and Beech trees blew across our gaze. We stood side by side, the only noise the singing of creation around us. It was one of the moments of the season man cannot ordain. One of those times that is a coming together of God’s predestination and man’s stumbling into it.
As we stood and soaked up the glory of the moment, Dad pulled from the pocket of his jacket a copy of the Creator’s Word. He opened and read;
“…You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it. You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth. You crown the year with bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance. The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.” - Psalm 65: 9-13
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October 4th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Amen. This the best time of year. I’m so grateful that the Lord gave me a little abundance of free time as this season came upon us so that I could take a few moments to stop and soak it in. He is good.
October 5th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Kyle I think you’ve inherited your dads ability to write too.
Very good.
beautiful photo
love you, mom
October 8th, 2007 at 8:56 am
That is amazing! God sure knows how to make a good impression.