Do you have a favorite season? As soon as I make a choice, I remember some cozy characteristics about another season that makes me hesitate to make a firm decision. So, I am happy to enjoy all the seasons for different reasons and at different times. 

Since Labor Day has just passed us by, I am faced with the reality that summer is nearing an end for this year. I do enjoy summer. My time is not structured, and I am free to be lazy and take my time with my day. Retirement does have its pluses.  

I have been reading and knitting and doing some cross stitching. I have been able to sit on the deck and just look at the lake and the mountains in the distance and talk with God about anything that comes into my head. I watch the ducks and sand pipers and wonder why they do what they do. 

I will miss this view when we leave Vermont in a couple of weeks. However, God has graciously provided beautiful views for me and you in all the seasons, no matter where we are. There is always something to marvel at and meditate on-gifts from God. Yes, God who loves you unconditionally. 

Value each day, each place, each season as the gifts from God that they are. Don’t take them for granted. It doesn’t matter if you are on the shore of the ocean in the summer heat or on a subway beneath the earth while thunder rumbles above. Each day, each place, each season provides an opportunity to bring God closer to our hearts by praying, meditating and giving praise to the Almighty Creator.  That’s where He wants to be-in our hearts. 

Terri