SoCal Rain
It’s raining down here in Southern California…and raining hard. As I sit at my desk at work in front of a floor to ceiling window with the rain pouring, I think about all the rain that Northern California gets.
Then I think about how soon Jenny and I are going to be up there, and a big smile creeps across my face for multiple reasons, one of them being the rain.
Eventhough weather is a wonderful reason to move, it is not by any means the most important.
Moving for the sake of going somewhere for a job, or weather, or finances is not a reason to move – at least not for a Christan.
The number one reason why Jenny and I are moving to San Jose is to be a part of a local church in the area – Crossings. I want to write a post detailing why exactly we’re moving, but I can’t right now – the rain (and work) are calling me.
In the meantime, here’s something for your reading pleasure:
I saw a leaf fall to the ground today…
For an entire season it had clung proudly to its place, gleaming brightly in the summer sun. It had felt its usefulness and beauty. But when embraced to Autumn’s cold breast, its beauty faded; it became shriveled and sere. Still, it clung tenaciously to its accustomed spot on the branch. After much urging by a gentle wind, it wavered between its desire to remain with the known, and the desire to experience the unknown. Finally, it embarked on its new adventure, and sailed happily with the breeze and gently fluttered to join many of its old companions, and to meet many new of brighter hue. When it came to rest, I think I heard it realease a sigh of contentment.
I am now in the summer of my life – enjoying my place, feeling of some use and service. When the late Autumn of my life comes, I think I shall be like that leaf I saw fall today. Certainly, I shall hesitate to leave the accustomed. But I know that once the great adventure is begun, I shall sail into eternal contentment.
You who see the leaf of my life fade and fall: Do not mistake that final breath as a groan. It will be a joyful sigh of release into the hands of my Great God, Creator, and Savior.”
C.W. Smith
November 14,1972
