It's that time of year....

It's that time of year again. A time when the heat of summer is beginning to fade ever so slightly (for those of you reading in South Carolina, my apologies, I am sure it is still hot there) and you can feel the coming of fall in the cool, damp, morning air. I can almost smell it. It's the time of year when all the toil of gardening in the heat and humidity begins to pay off with a bountiful harvest. It's also the time of year that football season begins; which, now that I have become a has been athlete, is an annual time when the fond memories of great victories won and lifelong friends made come rushing back to mind. All of these things refresh my mind and body from the long, hot summer which inevitably seems to be filled with non-stop travelling, meetings, visitors, and church activities.

As Kaylor and I and Jacob were hiking in the beautiful and rugged Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge the other day, it occured to me that God is ultimately the reason for the sights, sounds, smells, and memories that seem to bring refreshment to my mind and body. It is such a simple fact, yet contains such profound truth. It seems that everytime in my life when I have gotten worn out by "the long, hot summer" that God reminds me of his presence in all things, including my life, and that fact is more wonderfully refreshing than any fond memory, bountiful harvest, or Presbyterian College football game. Here's to everyone experiencing refreshment in their lives.