But for now, let us embrace autumn and the rest that it brings. ![]() You may not see their growth for a few months, but they are there.Īnd as the Lord promised, your sorrow will turn into joy. As the days grow shorter, the leaves begin to die off, and the warmth is whisked away with cool breezes let us remember that at this moment when all looks like it is dying, seeds are being planted. I am learning to yield to the interplay of living and dying - of doing and being - of work and rest.Īutumn is a beautiful season with lovely lessons to behold. I want to go - go - go, but God is using even this to say REST. I've been sad and depressed as I journey through this month-long illness. But is it possible to change our perspectives to see "possibilities being planted to bear fruit in some season yet to come?" Things around us may look like they are dying. Whether in our health, relationships, work, and careers, or with our neighbors and families. The last two years have brought things up to the surface that we could never have imagined. On the surface, we may be faced with difficult odds, Friend. But when I yield to the endless interplay of living and dying, dying and living, the life I am given will be real and colorful, fruitful and whole." If I try to "make" a life that defies the diminishments of autumn, the life I end up with will be artificial, at best, and utterly colorless as well. In 1985 Jon Hendricks wrote a lyric to Browns music and the song was. Contact Peggy: (866) 88-PEGGY, Joyspring Music: P.O. Joy Spring is a 1954 jazz composition by Clifford Brown that became his signature work. Her warm and reassuring voice gently glides over the title track, while a funky feel permeates through When I. And yet if I look more deeply, I may see the myriad possibilities being planted to bear fruit in some season yet to come.Īutumn constantly reminds me that my daily dyings are necessary precursors to new life. displays excellent depth in lyrics about intriguing aspects of relationships. In the autumnal events of my own experience, I am easily fixated on surface appearances - on the decline of meaning, the decay of relationships, the death of a work. ![]() Max Roach QuintetClifford Brown And Max Roach A Verve Label Group Release 1954.Faced with this inevitable winter, what does nature do in autumn? It scatters the seeds that will bring new growth in the spring - and scatters them with amazing abandon.īut as I explore autumn's paradox of dying and seeding, I feel the power of metaphor. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupJoy Spring "Autumn is a season of great beauty, but it is also a season of decline: the days grow shorter, the light is suffused, and summer's abundance decays toward winter's death.
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