It was a wet and windy fall day today and it made me thankful for a warm, dry place to call home. I stopped to take a couple pictures this afternoon and was mesmerized by the bright leaves that had been blown to the ground in the morning's gale. They were bold, beautiful colors of leaves that had been plucked up prematurely...before they had the chance to fade.This made me think about several things:
1. How much I love fall
2. How much I love rain
3. How charming New England is
4. How rock walls and fall leaves go perfectly together...
I passed a tiny cemetery and the tombstone of a man that died on Christmas day in 1812. That was almost 200 years ago! What a different world surrounds that small graveyard now. It was the words on the stone, written by his wife, that impressed me: "Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men."
What would they write on your tombstone, or mine? How do our lives reflect what we hold dear? Will we be found faithful?
I was reminded of a song Steve Green sings: Find Us Faithful.
CHORUS:
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
Let us be found faithful.
4 comments:
Outstanding photos, Lauren!! These look like something out of a Maine brochure! I don't know if I have any more to teach you :-) The composition are friendly, the colors are rich and the contrast is appealing. Almost like a remembering. Just beautiful!
May I when dying be as beautiful as a fallen maple leaf. TRH
Lovely pictures! I hope someday I can spend some time in New England during fall. Looks amazing!!
gorgeous. I need to go back sometime in the fall! love love LOVE fall!
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