Well it has been awhile since my last blog I'm still trying to get in the habit of posting everyday or at least every other day so I am here this morning with the hope of building a habit.

As I am writing this a gentle cool Fall breeze is blowing through an open door bringing with it nostalgic memories of Fall. My mind fills with images and smells of cooler days, changing colors, falling leafs, the first fire in the fireplace, and the smell of burning fireplaces throughout the neighborhood. As these images begin to fade my mind fills with Courier And Ives imgaes. Sights and smells of Thanksgiving meals with family and the coming holidays intoxicate my senses with all their wonderful aromas, decorations and activities and of course the familiar growing expectation of Christmas with its lights, Christmas trees, nativities, presents and the Christmas story of the gift of Jesus.

Fall, for me, marks a time of transition each year. It is a time of significant transition and transformation. As a child the transtions and transformations that would take place during the Fall and Winter season always seemed to take forever, except for the start of school which came way to soon. But as I get older the transtions to Fall and then Winter seem to take place so quickly I am unable to get ready for them resulting in the inability to fully live in them.

Change in science, technology, society and culture takes place so quickly today and not just on micro levels but on macro levels as well. Today macro changes take place every 4 to 6 years. All change is hard, macro level changes are life altering all at once. The older I get the more resistant to change I become and the harder it is to change. Change, transition and transformation is needed for a healthy life, for growth on an individual level and on a corporate level. Jesus said, we cannot put new wine in old wineskins for the skins will break and the wine will be lost. We need to keep learning, keep stretching and keep open to embracing change. God desires to bring a macro level transformation in all our lives.

Embrace change, learn to live in today, look for what's coming tomorrow and invite God's Spirit to keep you pliable and flexible. We will either be molded or broken by change it is our choice.