As I write this, we have officially entered the season of Fall. We did so yesterday, September 23, 2007. I have to say of all the seasons of the year this one is probably my favorite. When I was only about five or six years old I lived in Germany and went to a school setup for children from military families. During the day I walked to a trailer for special education to help me with my speech and I still remember the smell of wet leaves on the sidewalk. I always thought they smelled sweet. Although I have had people tell me I am crazy. Maybe it’s just the German leaves that smell sweet. (Chocolate flows pretty freely in Germany).
My daughter, Chelsey, in her science class has been learning about the cells, and how different cells have different shapes, sizes and functions. She compared animal cells to plant cells and learned about how leaves change their color in the fall. It has to do with the loss of chlorophyl due in part to less hours of sunlight.
But the amazing thing of all this to me is that God did this. That God created the world and all of the intricate functions that plants, and animals, and even humans have working in them. I just find it hard to believe that someone can study the ways in which leaves fall from the tree and still argue that God does not exist.
My challenge to you: take some time, embrace Fall, drive somewhere and enjoy the beauty that surrounds you, and remember, God when He had finished creating all that He had made, said, “It is good.”
