Thought for the Week

SOME folk tell me that spring and maybe even summer are the seasons for falling in love.

Perhaps they say the same to you. I am not convinced. I think it’s autumn, glorious autumn, beautiful autumn, best of the year.

Everything just seems that bit more precious at this time of year.

Maybe the reason for this is because this is the time when things come to an end, or begin to come to an end. Maybe everything is that bit more beautiful at this time of year, because everything is dying. Or at least it seems that way.

It’s an awareness of this, a real sense of this in my blood and in my soul, right down in the marrow of my soul, that helps me fall in love with life in a much deeper way.

I feel a sense of love for every leaf as it falls.. For every leaf is a letter from God. Every leaf teaches us something about life. We are leaves ourselves. Everyone precious; everyone unique; everyone will one day fall.

Autumn is the season for falling in love; autumn is the season for falling in love with life in every sense. Autumn is the season when we once again see just how precious everything is. Everything matters ... Everything matters...

Everything matters because it does not last forever, it is finite. You know there was a time that I used to think that nothing mattered for this very same reason. Now I understand that everything matters. Every drop of rain, every thought and feeing, every word and every action matters. I hope and pray that you know that. Everything matters, because nothing ever lasts forever.

Autumn I love you, I pay homage to all that you teach me..... Autumn glorious Autumn, beautiful Autumn, best of the year.....

by Reverend Danny Crosby of Altrincham Interfaith Group