It's Pumpkin Time!
Yeah, it's fall! I love this time of the year. After reading several other friends' blogs today, I can see there are many who share the same sentiment. I love that the weather starts to change ( by writing these words I hope to make them come true here in Texas, since it was 92 degrees today, October 1st). I love fall because it means college football, and I don't even care if it is on all day on Saturday. I love fall because of the State Fair and all that it entails. I love fall because it means going to the pumpkin patch and taking a ton of pictures of my children posed in piles of pumpkins, all with the hopes that I will get at least one where they are both looking at the camera! I love that fall means a new season of television shows like The Office- I LOVE that show- it is just so hilarious! GO JAM! I love that people start to put out their fall decorations ( including myself). I love seeing the wreaths, mums, hay bales, pumpkins, and scarecrows all over porches around the neighborhood. The other day I got out my fall decorations, which was not really an easy task, as locating them after the move, was somewhat challenging. But I did not care. I was happy. Just so happy looking at my fall wreath, my colored leaves, my spice candles. It made me smile to put my scarecrow out on my porch. I love that the leaves begin to take on the look of fall and that mean leaves to rake, but you don't mind, because you get to be outside enjoying the gorgeous fall day. I love that God made seasons. In the beginning, He created the earth with seasons. I think that Fall makes God smile too. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3:1 " There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." I am so glad that there are seasons to our life. Not just seasons of nature, but seasons for our spiritual relationship, our marriage, our parenting, our friendships. As I enter into this fall season, I do so with reflection, looking back on the year to date. I am so thankful to all the blessings that the Lord has showered on me through His grace. I know that while I do not deserve any of them, He, in His infinite mercy has saved me. Just as the trees of fall lose their leaves and grow them new in the spring, the Lord shows me areas of my life that need to be shed or lost, so that He can begin a new work or growth in me. " But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus" Ephesians 2:4-6. " I hope that each of you enjoy and celebrate this season. Happy Fall! Go get a pumpkin- or 5! 
Yeah, it's fall! I love this time of the year. After reading several other friends' blogs today, I can see there are many who share the same sentiment. I love that the weather starts to change ( by writing these words I hope to make them come true here in Texas, since it was 92 degrees today, October 1st). I love fall because it means college football, and I don't even care if it is on all day on Saturday. I love fall because of the State Fair and all that it entails. I love fall because it means going to the pumpkin patch and taking a ton of pictures of my children posed in piles of pumpkins, all with the hopes that I will get at least one where they are both looking at the camera! I love that fall means a new season of television shows like The Office- I LOVE that show- it is just so hilarious! GO JAM! I love that people start to put out their fall decorations ( including myself). I love seeing the wreaths, mums, hay bales, pumpkins, and scarecrows all over porches around the neighborhood. The other day I got out my fall decorations, which was not really an easy task, as locating them after the move, was somewhat challenging. But I did not care. I was happy. Just so happy looking at my fall wreath, my colored leaves, my spice candles. It made me smile to put my scarecrow out on my porch. I love that the leaves begin to take on the look of fall and that mean leaves to rake, but you don't mind, because you get to be outside enjoying the gorgeous fall day. I love that God made seasons. In the beginning, He created the earth with seasons. I think that Fall makes God smile too. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3:1 " There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." I am so glad that there are seasons to our life. Not just seasons of nature, but seasons for our spiritual relationship, our marriage, our parenting, our friendships. As I enter into this fall season, I do so with reflection, looking back on the year to date. I am so thankful to all the blessings that the Lord has showered on me through His grace. I know that while I do not deserve any of them, He, in His infinite mercy has saved me. Just as the trees of fall lose their leaves and grow them new in the spring, the Lord shows me areas of my life that need to be shed or lost, so that He can begin a new work or growth in me. " But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus" Ephesians 2:4-6. " I hope that each of you enjoy and celebrate this season. Happy Fall! Go get a pumpkin- or 5! 
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