It continues to be very warm and not at all as October weather ought to be. I am trying to find the message in this unusually warm weather. God does speak to us in all that we encounter. What is God saying this October? I still remember a poem from a little book we used in elementary school when I was a child. I think it was the fourth grade book called "Voyages in English." It had a poem about autumn that captured the beauty of the falling leaves and the wonderful colors. So I expect that in October. Cool breezes, a fresh smell, wonderful colors, the sound of the leaves rustling down. I miss it.

Maybe the message is that beauty is to be found in what is given not what is expected. I wonder how often I try to box God in and tell God how things are supposed to be.

The message I am finding today is that God is bigger than my expectations and God's blessings are not necessarily what I think they are. This seems important for discernment. I look for answers from God and think I know how they will come. The answers are in the way the day is. We have to open our eyes.