I am still reflecting on the fleeting beauty of the autumn leaves. Is there a message in those leaves about discernment? What comes to me is that one of the obstacles to hearing God's call is clinging to a past or present experience. Once I determine that the beauty I have experienced in some special moment of my life is the ultimate purpose of my life, I close myself off to the next gift that God offers.
I can think of some exhilarating times of my life, but I know that they were just prelude or preparation for the next thing God gave me. Sometimes the "next thing" was not as attractive (at least initially) but growing into the person God was calling me to be meant letting go of the comfortable for the new.
Today, let's open our hearts and our ears to hear what God has planned for us.
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