Today is the second day of September. The crape myrtles that line my street are losing their blooms. The apple orchards are open. We're beginning to see pumpkin everything - Cheerios, Peeps, and coffee creamer, to name a few - everywhere we turn. And it's time for some football! Yes, there will be Gamecock football later this month!
I love September. There's a subtle change in the temperatures, which around here means low 90s instead of upper 90s. But hey, we'll take what we can get! And gradually we will move to lower humidity, a welcome change for us all.
All these signs point to one thing. It's time for fall, y'all!
I know fall doesn't officially make an appearance for about three more weeks. But turning the calendar page to September means it's that time again. Add in the fact that we're coming up on the Labor Day weekend, and it's as good as official.
Fall has arrived. The signs are everywhere. You can't help but notice.
There are other signs that are obvious as well.
"But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power." (2 Timothy 3:1-6a NASB)
I'm certain you have noticed some of these things in our culture. They are just as obvious as the cooler air and the football season.
We can look at the calendar and know when fall arrives. We don't know exactly when Jesus will return, but as we look at these signs around us, we can't help but be aware the day is closer now than it has ever been.
Are you ready?
"People get ready, Jesus is comin',
Soon we'll be going home."
(-Crystal Lewis)
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