The Cracked Acorn: Tiny Feet

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1)

Silently and on tiny feet, soon the cooler evenings will come and paint scarlet on the Gloria Maple in my backyard. Without our interference, the year has reached a mid-point in the heavens, the fall equinox. To the ancient pagans, this meant the start of a season when harvesting was over and the beginning of feasting and Mabon, the pagan thanksgiving. It was a time to remember those who have left this world, and a time to think about winter and the start of the hunting season. Nature slows some; we are not mowing the lawn twice a week. The wooly worms are out in the open; solid black for a hard winter and tan for a mild and short season. So far, I have seen nature giving us mixed signals, not too dark and not too tan. Guess we will have to take the weather as it comes.

Astronomers report that two galaxy clusters in the constellation Hydra are still colliding (it started somewhere around 300 million years ago). This is quite a crash, 3 million light-years across, and could happen to the Milky Way(where we live!) in a few billion years. There’s plenty of time to get a good insurance policy that covers galactic collisions. In our time we have amazingly been drawn closer to the heavens and think of planets, stars, and moons as being on our own acreages. Telescopes are only able to give us a keyhole view, the heaven above is safe from our puny intrusions. The University of Hawaii, notes,”The long-term forecast is for fair galactic weather, about 7 billion years in the future.” Wow, I am glad to know this, have plans for a lot of outdoor projects.

Hurricanes, tornadoes, stormy rainy weather, and now we hear that Mount St. Helens may blow again; remember the heavens are not that peaceful -exploding stars, collisions of millions of star systems, black holes that suck everything into a vast void, and red dwarfs, and it goes on and on ’till we think that God has some kind of chaos worked up that only HE can control. Psalm 148 notes that all His works praise Him, and He commands, and they are created, verse 11,12 – kings of earth, all people all judges, young men, and maidens; old men, and children-let them praise Him for his glory is above the earth and heaven. It is the time to praise God, who is our peace and comfort. The heavens will always be there on HIS special timetable.

Good advice:
Give to those less fortunate than you are, Time to take a class and try something new,
Set aside a certain amount of time to be creative, Give thanks for food and gifts you’ve received,
Reflect on how to balance your needs with your commitments, Reflect on the past months of what you’ve harvested and plowed under, Identify and cut away outworn habits and emotional baggage which are weighing you down”.