Beautiful Autumn

Battersea Park in Autumn

We thank God for the beautiful autumn colours in our back garden, otherwise  known as Battersea Park. This week our family had a lovely walk round the park. Isn't it wonderful that as the days are getting shorter, the Lord gives us such colours to enjoy? We can do lots of projects on trees, different types of leaves, etc etc etc, but nothing beats running through leaves in the autumn! I'm sure Charlotte Mason says something somewhere about the value of children running through autumn leaves...

 

This time of year can be quite depressing, however, we are reminded of God's promise to Noah;

 

"While the earth remains,

Seedtime and harvest,

Cold and heat,

Winter and summer,

And day and night shall not cease."

Genesis 8 v 22

 

The Lord says,

"Heaven is My throne,

And earth is My footstool.

Where is the house that you will build Me?

And where is the place of My rest?

For all those things My hand has made,

And all those things exist."

Says the Lord,

"But on this one will I look;

On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,

And who trembles at My word.

Isaiah 66 v1-2

 

Wow, this beautiful earth is just God's footstool - what is heaven going to be like?