Seems fall-lovers here in Ontario
continue to be thrilled to the max by
an exceptionally colorful version of the season
in what has been an exceptionally trying year!
The picture below is from a photo-poem desk calendar
I received out of the blue (no birthday or anything) the other year
from my sister; I keep re-enjoying it because there's always pages I've missed or forgotten!
(I think that's why each season never loses its splendor; the missing and forgetting😊)
No matter what season we are in
may it always be a season of prayer,
Because Time is a turbulent tide!
Sickness of body and soul
and so much beyond our control
insist we choose either faith or fear
to be compass and guide...
Fear flings us into foaming deeps
without a hope or prayer
Faith (even mustard-seed in size)
is the firm anchor that keeps
us from drowning in despair
We surf a sea of season-tides
What hides in its momentous deep
Could keep us from hope’s sheer delight
And rob us of laughter and sleep
We bobble between faith and fear
Because there is no clear-cut course
Carved through the waves that vault and veer
And dash us with violent force
No one can claim clear-sailing grants
Or tame the turbulence of Test
Where surf and turf of circumstance
Is always volatile at best
Nobody knows what lies ahead
How then can we find joy and peace
Fear fills our hearts with doubt and dread
Where dark the doleful clouds increase
Faith finds the anchor that abides
In He who hears each humble prayer
And cups the sea of season-tides
And all its ‘surfers’ in His care
Then since, beyond our control
The toll of time rolls like the sea
Surely the faith that makes us whole
Is our sole/soul security
© Janet Martin
Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea,
and it was perfectly calm.
There are SO many seasons in life not marked by a calendar!
For whatever season we are in here's hoping
we have a Friend to weather whatever the weather be...
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