Saturday, August 28, 2010

The promise of release

The last few days here have been filled with promise.
Isn't everyday, really? Each and everyday is new. A new day brings with it the promise of a fresh start, the promise of one more moment to love, the promise of seeing that smile...hearing that laugh...a kiss...a hug...missing someone with more intensity that you could ever imagine...wishing you could kiss him...hug him...
So tomorrow when I wake up, will I have a fresh start...love one more moment...see that smile and hear that laugh...get or give a kiss or hug?  Will I miss him to pieces? Will I wish I could kiss and hug him?
The promise of all of those things is there. Nothing is guaranteed, but there is a reason to hope for or expect these things, which in turn means that tomorrow has promise.
I live in the heart of the south. That means we enjoy HOT summer days and steamy summer nights. 105 in the shade with stifling humidity is the standard by which we have come to live. Most days it is just unbearable. I do not make the boys or even allow the boys to spend too much time outside without a rest and water break frequently.  For those who work outside, summer here can be downright deadly if you do not heed a little common sense. Spring gives way to summer all too quick and those beautiful blooms that signify spring wilt and die under the intense heat. I truly love spring with its newness of life. The beautiful colors and crisp skies renew our spirits after a long, dreary winter. But Fall...Fall is my very favorite time of year. The promise of Fall is in the air and has been the last few days. The skies are not quite as hazy, there is a slight breeze, the temperatures have not been quite as oppressive, and the humidity has been down ever so slightly. The high temperature today was 90 and it was a relief. Fall offers the delightful promise of release from the oppression of summer. Just when I think I can not take it for one more day, the heat subsides ever so gently and in there lies the promise. The promise of release that I so long for by this time every year is a gradual process. Each day from here on out will bring something new...a gradual ease into cooler temperatures and lower humidity. There will be days that will seem to take us back to summer, when the humidity will be up and the temperature will creep back into the uncomfortable zone.  Those days however, will be surrounded by that promise that seem to make them more bearable.
God does not promise us that life will be like spring and fall.  He does not promise us that we will never have dreary winters and unbearable summer heat. He knows our threshhold and just when we cannot take it one more day, He ushers in fall and it's promise of release...
And college football.
Much love,

9 comments:

  1. Wonderful words to start off the day & week!

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  2. you need a "like" button for this, nothing to add but I like it!

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  3. Oh, I wish you could have seen me smile at "And college football."

    xoxoxoxo

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  4. I added myself to follow your blog. You are more than welcome to visit mine and become a follower if you want to.

    God Bless You ~Ron

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  5. Very well said, thank you for this post. *hugs*

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  6. Well said..Fall is also my favorite time of year. I just love the smell, the feel, and the look of Fall..I am a huge pumpkin fan..I even tried pumpkin lasagna one year! As for the book idea..I think it would be a wonderful idea to steal..get her word out to others in any way we can right? Lots of love to you..

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  7. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing that. ((hugs))

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  8. Jennifer,
    Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a sweet and encouraging post. I am so glad that I came over here and read about sweet Eli.
    I see that you just started home schooling. I was a former school teacher, but decided to homeschool my children 11 years ago (ouch...that hurt to type that...makes me seem so old). We are now in the world of Chemistry and Geometry and I can honestly say I wouldn't change a single thing. Well, maybe all the fretting that I was 'not covering all my bases' ;).

    I am a follower, now, and look to reading your future posts as you progress in your school year.

    Blessings, Karen

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  9. I love the promise of a new day being a new beginning.

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