Most people that know
me really well, know that “The Color Purple” is one of my favorite movies. One of my favorite lines from the movie is
when Old Man Mister says to Sophia at the Easter dinner table “Well, the dead
has arisen.” If we look at the seasonal
life cycle, we have the spring of infancy, the summer of youthfulness and early
adulthood, the autumnal joys of middle adulthood and finely having adopted a
bit more common sense and wisdom, followed by the sometimes bleak winter of
late life and maybe even loneliness.
My absolute favorite
season is fall. I love it so much, I
have a Pinterest board “Autumn, the new Spring.” That sounds so oxymoronic. How can the season which precedes the season
of barren trees, lengthy cold nights and extremely limited day light hours be
the new spring? Albert Camus reminds us
that “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Even in the midst
of this climate and life change, we are
called to enjoy the beauty of entering a new season of life, a new adventure
and new possibilities with God. For
every fall, there is a winter. Just as
there is a morning after every night. We are reminded in the Psalms that "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy will come in the morning the
morning light."
Autumn
sets the stage for seasons of gratitude, love and charity. As we enter this autumnal journey of 2013,
think about the beautiful things that you have to be thankful for. Think about those things that may have
latched on to you during the spring and summer, and let them go.
Let go and let God move through you as his abundant graces harvested
within you spring forth into a new dimension.
You may think that you are on the brink of death, or that you have no
hope. Beloved “the dead has arisen.” Rise, there is work to do. We have risen into a new level of glory and
transformation for such a time as this.
Peace,
Karr
Karr
