Greetings Dear Reader,
Autumn is part of the annual cycle that we all understand
and see as natural. The Oak tree with its
broad, bright fall leaves was once an acorn.
That acorn fell from an Oak or was gathered, buried, and forgotten by a
squirrel. That acorn died. In the process of planting and growing, there
can be no life without death.
I have written before about the idea that we live in a
death-based ecosystem. There is no life
without death. It was not always meant
to be that way. Life was meant to flow
from life without death as a waypoint. Man’s
failure and the resultant curse introduced death as a part of the cycle of our
lives and by extension, all life in our world.
It is in this cycle that we find our need. The fall of leaves in Autumn reminds us of
our own fallen state. It is there to bring
into focus that we are part of a finite cycle in which we need to use our brief
lives to see and accept the love of our Creator. We are to accept that he loves us and all
that he created. We pile too many
layers of our own ideas and rules on it.
It becomes a cycle of service and earning instead of a process of faith
and grace.
It does not matter what we layer on top of the fallen state
of our world. What it always comes down
to is that we each owe a death as part of the cycle. The question, then, is what comes next. For leaves, it is the damp decay of winter
wherein they begin their journey back to the soil that gave them life. We too are on our way back to the one who gave
us life.
What matters is that we find faith and use it to guide us on
that journey. What works is seeing just
how deeply the Father loves us as he calls us back to himself. I deal with death and its purpose in Chronicles
of Thanatos the Reaper. What I would
have us see here, Dear Reader is that the fiery colours of Autumn are there to
remind us that though death surrounds us, we are called to life in Christ. He wishes for us to see and move in the love
of the Father until we too return to the dust and find life again in that
undiscovered country. The journey is
richer with you as part of those colours that are visible when we remind each
other of the Father’s love for us no matter what state we are in currently.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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