Welcome to September!

September.  Already.  It's hard to believe that summer is over and we're moving into the fall season.

I love this season of the year.  Even though it isn't officially "fall" yet (at least according to the calendar), it already seems like it.  School back in session.  Football (Go Gamecocks!).  Pumpkin lattes.  Pumpkin everything.

There's a crispness in the air that I miss during the other seasons.  Goldenrod is blooming all around these mountains.  Leaves are beginning to turn.  It's a beautiful time of year.

Fall Bible studies are getting into full swing.  I'm studying Esther right now.  What are you studying?  Have you plugged in to a study somewhere? Or are you studying on your own?

I'm really excited that we 've crossed into September for another reason as well.  The countdown has begun for our trip to Israel in December.  We leave on December 30, just four short months from now.  I'm already getting excited!

We begin September with Labor Day, a holiday where ironically we celebrate work by not working??!!  Whether you're working at your job today, or finding some labor to do around the house, or just taking it easy.......Happy Labor Day!  And welcome to September!

"And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."  (Colossians 3:17 ESV)