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Having an Attitude of Gratitude

26 Thursday Nov 2020

Posted by Heather in Random Reflections, Seasonal

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I feel like another “Dear blog, it’s not you, it’s me” post is in order, but I’ve never been one for long, drawn-out apologies, so here you go: I’m back, sorry for being gone so long, all good? Great. 😀

Okay. So first, I’m here to assure anyone who might be wondering that I’m still alive over here, albeit not very active on the blogging front. I’m hoping that will change. But like I’ve mentioned before, I am still writing in other areas and outlets. Just not here. (Sorry, my poor blog. Okay, no more apologizing.)

Anyway, secondly, today is one of my favorite holidays, and the start of maybe my favorite time of year (Christmas — it’s in the running with fall…but here in California with its mild/late winters, Christmas might as well be in the fall). But with the monumental changes to our world this year, it’s shaping up to be a much different holiday season than most of us alive have ever experienced.

But it’s got me thinking. I wonder, if we could talk to our grandparents and great-grandparents about their experiences during the war years, if they would say something to the effect of, You pipsqueaks, get it together. This is nothing.

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9 Reasons Why Fall is the Best Season

31 Monday Oct 2016

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As it is the end of October and, thus, we are deep into the glorious season of fall, I thought I’d create a post solely dedicated to declaring the best and loveliest qualities of this season. Autumn certainly hits high on my list of favorite seasons, if not the highest on the list, and there are so many little joys and happinesses about it that make it so.

Here are the top reasons on my list for why it is so awesome:

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You Reap What You Sow

23 Friday Sep 2016

Posted by Heather in Christian Living, Spiritual Reflections, Summer Camp

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Happy fall, y’all!

This summer the theme for our teen camp was sowing and reaping, with our theme Bible passage being Galatians 6:7-10.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Here is a collection of musings and ponderings, plus the resulting conclusions, that I made over the summer related to this topic.

You reap what you sow. Everything that you do, whether good or bad, will come back to you in consequences or blessings. Even if you make a wrong choice that seems to be a small issue in your eyes, you can’t just assume that it will be forgotten and inconsequential, because every word, thought, or action you commit, no matter how small, will come back to you. Not only will it come back to you in full, but it will come back in over-abundance of what you may have sown. That is one of the laws of the harvest: you reap more than you sow.

What makes farming and planting so incredible and effective is that the output far exceeds the input. You plant one kernel of corn, and you don’t just get back one more kernel of corn–you get back hundreds. One field of corn will return enough corn to plant thousands more fields of corn. The same principle applies to our human lives. Every choice we make will produce a harvest much greater than the initial action.

Sometimes the results of your actions take time to show fruit. So if you are living a bad lifestyle up until a certain time, then you make a decision to turn around and do right, you may not see blessings and good things in your life right away. The consequences of your wrong choices still have to run their course, and you may be dealing with them for a while, even after you make the choice to follow God. But the good part is that the blessings will come eventually. You will always ultimately reap what you sow.

In their devotional times every day this summer, the teen campers would learn four laws of the harvest, a few of which I have referred to already.

Here they all are listed below:

The Four Laws of the Harvest

  1. You will reap what you sow
  2. You will reap more than you sow
  3. You will reap after you sow
  4. You will reap

The concept of reaping what you sow is one that I’ve heard all my life and before this summer I would probably have claimed that of course I understood it and allowed it to influence the way I live my life.

Now that the summer is over and I think back, I realize that while I may have understood and known what the concept of reaping and sowing meant, I really did not live my life as if I believed it nearly as much as I thought. Having the concept literally drilled into me as we passed from week to week of teen camp forced me to step back and take a deeper look at what reaping what you sow means to me personally and how it can affect my life in significant ways.

Hopefully as you consider the concept of sowing and reaping and the laws of the harvest, you’ll also understand, more than you did before, the importance of making wise choices to positively affect your future, and it will become a vital part of how you live your life.

Fall Ramblings

26 Monday Oct 2015

Posted by Heather in Random Reflections, Seasonal

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I love fall. I especially love fall referred to as “autumn.” I just love the word autumn. It’s a super cool-looking word, for some unexplainable reason. I’m adding it to my list of “Words That I Think People Should Use More Often.” Except people already use it a lot, I guess. Well, you can always use a word more, even if you already use it a lot. But I’m digressing. Sorta. Because I am a writer, and therefore, I can never really truly be digressing off of topic to talk about words. Words are wonderful things. But that is another topic for another time.

Fall. Autumn. I’m sitting outside on our front porch as I write, just soaking in the season. I find that I’m loving this particular season more and more each year that I experience it. Everything about it is a treat for the senses. The brilliant colors (if you are in the right part of the country, which, alas, I am not; but thankfully I do have access to the internet), the lovely mild weather, those delicious smells and tastes, the anticipation of the approaching Christmas season and the resulting increase of the holiday spirit.

Sometimes I feel it’s a shame that I don’t always get to experience the height of fall colors where I live, but if I think about it, there are still those unique elements of autumn that I do get to experience, even if California is a late — or non-existent — bloomer in the seasons department.

I still get to experience the wonderful, temperate weather, though a little later than other areas. Which could actually be an advantage . . . the fact that fall weather comes a little later means that it might stay a little later than other places, thus giving more time to enjoy it while the rest of the US is already bundling under multiple layers. 🙂

We also still have our share of holiday spirit and seasonal smells and tastes, maybe more extravagantly than some places. Pumpkin spice lattes, freshly-squeezed apple juice, apple pie, Christmas tree lots, pine-scented candles, cinnamon and nutmeg, maple walnut coffee cake, caramel-drizzled pastries . . . ooh, too much goodness. I can’t think about it. I’m making myself salivate.

So anyway, no, I’m not bashing my state in any way, although I am hoping that she’ll get her act together about the rain sooner than later. I miss our green grass. I don’t particularly miss the rain, but I do love green grass, and you kind of gotta have rain to get green grass.

You know, speaking of rain and water conservation and this ol’ drought (which, thankfully, I have not been affected by, other than no green grass) . . . Some people are saying it’s because of climate change, some people are blaming the government, some people are blaming any number of things. But here’s the thing: for those of us who trust in a Higher Power, in a God who is sovereignly directing and controlling every little detail regarding this ball of water and dirt, we don’t have to rack our brains for a solution to the problem or go wild with worry about the countless unknowns clouding the future.

I’m not going to go that direction. Because I have a God who loves me infinitely more than I can comprehend and who knows exactly what He is doing in this world. And He has written these comforting words for just such a situation as we are dealing with now:

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.

That’s Genesis 8:22, written near to the dawn of time, and God has not gone back on His promise yet. I’m willing to stake my life on the belief that He never will.

That’s my take on the California drought. Just like everything else going on in this world, God’s got this in the palm of His hand. Though it may be a bad thing for the economy, though it may be an evil plot of the government or some other wicked force, God has the ultimate power in this situation, and the ability to turn it into something good, a part of His perfect plan.

Well, I warned you about my rambling tendencies. That was one clear evidence of it. From autumn to conspiracy theories. I guess it does sorta relate. I mean, I got there somehow, didn’t I? You can go back and trace the train of thought throughout the post and then it will make sense. I do that all the time in my internal ramblings. I’ll be thinking of one thing, and then five minutes later, I’m thinking about something completely different, and wonder how in the world I got from point A to point B. So I go back and retrace the trail of thought in my brain, and then it all makes sense.

That’s an introvert trait right there. There is always a clear, logical pathway of reasons for everything that happens in an introvert’s brain, even though it may not appear so after the fact. Just to make that clear.

Until next time, enjoy your fall and go get yourself a pumpkin spice latte (or pumpkin spice tea, if you’re not inclined to coffee) (or vice versa). And enjoy a second one for me, since I am not currently able to obtain such goodness.

Happy Autumn!

~Heather

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