Inspiration and Encouragement in Autumn

Do you enjoy autumn?  I find the colors of the changing leaves and the cooler temps to be very inspirational.  I'm always looking out at God's creation for the beauty that each day brings and it is especially heightened at the start of a new season.

On a macro level the world is going through a lot of change, loss (recently), and anxiety about what might be coming next.  As I write this several tropical storms and hurricanes are being carefully watched.  

I want to encourage you with a couple of Bible verses that give us encouragement and comfort as they draw our attention to the character of God and that in His goodness, He will truly take all things and circumstances that may have been meant for evil, and will use them to bring about good.

- Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."

- 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 says, "Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.  And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

In light of God making everything beautiful in its time, and in light of God's strength being sufficient when we are weak, I hope you will know the incredible LOVE and MERCY and HOPE that comes from being in a personal relationship with God, through Jesus Christ (His Only Begotten Son).  

My artist's eye takes great delight in seeing the colors of autumn and I painted this colorful leaf in one of my live video acrylics classes.  Come and connect with me inside my Facebook Group - Art & Inspiration for Christian Women.