Happy Autumn

Today, September 22nd, is the the first day of autumn and marks yet another season passing by as this turbo charged year continues to race away. The motor sport season has only a handful of races remaining, the cricket season all but over and the FA cup is already into the qualifying rounds meaning winter is just round the corner.

Rather than to depress you all that summer is definitely over I mean to encourage that the most beautiful months that are on their way. This time of year is probably my favourite with crisp frosty morning, trees showing off with their autumnal fashion display and clear moon-lit star filled night skies. Add to that bonfire night, the excitement of counting down to Christmas and sitting by a fire with a mug of  hot chocolate or something stronger to warm you and I think we have much to look forward too.

The last couple of mornings, driving my wife Debbie to work has been a true pleasure, as there has been a low fog hanging over the fields around where we live. Then by the time we have driven maybe only five or six miles the sun has burnt it's way through to lift the mist and reveal bright blue skies. Driving along this morning I could not help but be amazed by the colours of the fields, trees, the reservoir and the sun shining bright.

Spring may give us images of new life with lambs in the fields and bulbs bursting forth and the summer months may have the gardens shining in brilliant colour. But I think that Autumn is a time when it almost feels like creation is showing off; saying "Summer, is that all you've got?"  When the frost turns the fields to white, the leaves shine bright from burnt orange to scarlet red and clear blue skies transform into breath taking sunsets. This really is a time of true beauty displayed for all to see if we only look beyond the chill in the air and see the magnificence of the world around.

In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, we read the story of how God built for us the amazing world in which we live. At this time of the year as all of creation seems to want to display it's glory it is easy to see how God reflected on His work and "saw that it was good."

Have a great day embracing the beginning of a new majestic season.

God Bless

Chris