For Sunday, September 1st, 2024

 

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024

The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades.  May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks, and boring grays of your every day.

                                                                                                                    

Slightly adapted from one of my morning devotionals     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    22 DAYS UNTIL FALL

  In TEXAS

Sunrise:     7:09 am

Sunset :     7:53 pm

Life is a special  

occasion!  

Hallmark 

The month of September is:

 AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month, All American Breakfast Month, Baby Safety Month, Backpack Safety Month, Children’s Good Manners Month, Classical Music Month, Eat Chicken Month, Fall Hat Month, Pizza Bake Month, Hunger Action Month,  International Guide Dogs month, International Square Dancing Month, International Women’s Friendship Month, Library Card Sign Up Month, Mold Awareness Month, National Alcohol and Drug  Addiction Recovery Month, National Americana Month, National Cheese Month, National Coupon Month, National Food Safety Education Month, National Family Meals Month, National Home Furnishings Month, National Honey Month, National Mulled Cider Month, National Mushroom Month, National Pet Memorial Month, National Piano Month, National Prepardness Month, National Prime Beef Month, National Rice Month, National Shake Month, National Suicide Prevention Month, Nation Taco Month, Save Your Photos Month, Sea Cadet Month, Healthy Aging Month, Whole Grains Month, Word Alzheimer’s Month. World Beach Month, World Candle Month, and World Speak Out Month.

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Today is the beginning of meteorological Autumn which is when nature becomes more colorful.  The third season is all about harvest, golden leaves connected to many feasts like Halloween and Thanksgiving .  Often the beginning of fall is a time of changes in the weather. Cold fronts make temperatures sink.  But when autumn comes along with warm sunny days and cool nights , people call this Indian Summer. There is also an astronomical beginning of the season when Autumn starts the moment of the Autumn equinox. The meterological autumn exists ever since the first documents of the weather in the 19th century.

In Autumn plants start to remove the green chlorophyll in their leaves and store it in there strains and branches. This leads to the turning of the leaves and makes the yellow, red, orange, and brown color spectrum of Autumn possible. After the plant stops supplying the leaves, they then dry out and fall off.  The fall leaves serve as a winter shelter and food source for creatures like butterfly caterpillar, hedge hogs and lady beetles. The foliage also forms an insulation blanket on the ground. So it wouldn’t frost or dry out. The first spring flowers of next year can grow better protected by the foliage.  The foliage turns into humus which provides a rich nutrient for trees and bushes.  On streets and in cities this foliage can become dangerous and threatening and forms a very slippery mass on the asphalt.

Celebrate today and get ready for autumn either by decorating the house or getting fall clothes in your closet and putting summer things away. 

To see the bright side, polish the dull side

 

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

It was a beautiful bright autumn day. with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.

Diana Gabaldon 

For years I would spend the day decorating for fall.  I put up all kinds of things that included both Halloween and Thanksgiving. That is what the pictures are of today, my old decorations for fall. My daughter said she’ll be getting hers out soon. She brought them with her, I couldn’t do that.  It still feels like summer and no cold fronts have moved in here yet. We are in the 90’s and hot. There are some clouds in the sky but I don’t think we’ll be getting any rain. 

 I hope you all have a RELAXING Sunday!

COUNTING MY GIFTS

Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as winds of change begin two blow.  

Dan Millman 

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for. There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

12,644.For Fall when it comes bringing some cooler temps.

12,645.  for clothes to wear when the seasons change 

12,646.for beautiful fall colors

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

 

Almighty and eternal God,

Protect our military

as they discharge their duties

with the shield of your strength,

may the power of your love

enable them to return home in safety

that with all who love them

they may ever praise you for your loving care.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters and EMT’s.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

ADVICE FOR TODAY

The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer.  One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.  

Jane Hirshfield

a smile, a word of cheer, 

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma