Eye on the Sky

In the South, Autumn skies carry a palate of white billowy clouds on deep blue.  During other seasons, the clouds warn of rain or hurricanes or swift winds. But, in Autumn, there is a relaxed comfort to the clouds.

I enjoy viewing the cloud formations as they float along. To quote R. Tagore, "Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

When I was young, I loved a Peanuts cartoon about clouds.  Lucy, Linus, and good ol' Charlie Brown are lying on a grassy knoll looking up at the sky.  Lucy tells the boys that if they use their imaginations they will see many things within the clouds.  Linus, of course, sees the figure of a prominent painter and sculptor, an outline of different countries, and a Biblical event.  When Lucy asks Charlie Brown what he sees, he tells her he was going to say a ducky and a horsey but he changed his mind.  If you look long enough, you will see a variety of visions within the clouds. Sometimes simplistic, sometimes in depth.  It is all about using the imagination God gave you.

Job 36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

It can be overwhelming to think of all God's beauty available to us in this lifetime.  The sky, the sea, all of nature.  Perhaps it is enough to know that God is here, right now, directing this glorious symphony of clouds as they sail the deep blue sky.

Job 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

Summer's End

Everyone has a favorite season or two.  My most favorite season is summer.  It is a time to relax, escape, and feel like a kid again.  I love daylight into evening, refreshing waters, and, to borrow a phrase, "long walks on the beach." I even love the heat! Colorscape changes throughout the pleasant days and swiftly we come to summer's end. 

Yes, there are golden signs of autumn as I hold on to my happy Gardenia days.  Acorns begin to crunch beneath my sandals, leaves gravitate to their earthly floor.  The sky deepens and clouds billow with determination to reach an uncharted destination.  Mornings awake cooler and evenings shorten minute by minute.  And one day, the calendar tells us that summer is over.

  

 As I let go of the rich greens and soothing waters, I am thankful knowing that God has made four distinct seasons, each filled with beauty and wonder.  While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:22.

   

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. Psalm 104:19.