Changing Colors, Changing Life in the Fall

        As I was running this morning, I saw the beautiful Fall colors in the leaves and stop to take pictures of some of them because the sun was just rising and shining just right on them. Then I saw a few unique leaves and took pictures of those. The leaves were turning the color red so there was a little red on them like they have just started to change but most of the leaf was still green. That is how I got the title for this entry. You can learn things from God in nature and that is why I love His Creation more then anything. The things that look the simplest are often the hardest to explain and understand like changing colors of leaves in the Fall.
          God, somehow, knew I needed that reminder in my life right now of a changing life and that it can be beautiful at the same time. It might be because I started a new position at my job not too long ago and I'm still trying to see where and if I still fit with my friends that I felt like I left during the year of my evening shifts. The more I realize that while doing the same things I use to I also realize that I have changed to. My eyes are more open and I seem like I am more compassionate and aware of what is going on around me. I seem to not fit in where I am now because I want to do so much more and mainly with children.
            I have a feeling that change is going to come about in the next few months until I get use to this new position and see where I stand. I also feel like I'm working harder on the little things in life too like my timing and scheduling of things after that Bible study I took. That is hard then you would think too because I want out my schedule but for this past week nothing turned out right but better. It was my first week of going on a schedule. I feel like God is saying "Even in the very little things, trust me." It could be has simple as not taking a nap when I planned or getting up earlier then I planned. It could be going somewhere else then that other place that I planned. I do feel though that it is helping me make my life more routine for right now.
             Like the leaves change color in the Fall, our lives changing when God is in control. It might be a little thing or a big thing. I've notice too that since I started this job, I just have a better outlook on life for me. Yeah, it might be hard at times but still there are people around me that care. I'll be honest and say that some of those people I never thought I would talk to when I first met them but now they are pretty cool and interesting. God could even be working on changing my thoughts on different people from what I want in a friend to what He wants me to have in a friend.
            God is in both the leaves changing colors and our changing lives. Just like the leaf changing colors it is a slow process and it might take a whole season of our lives. I think that is why I like Fall and Spring the best because they are a season for change whether good or bad. Next time you see a leaf that has changed colors or in the process of changing colors remember that God is working in your life too even if it is in the smallest, littlest way. He is always working in our lives sometimes just bigger then others but our time will come. God never leaves His Children. If you are in the same season as a friend, try to encouraging them by letting them know you are at the same spot too and theta they can talk to you anytime.
             One more thing that just came to my mind that I thought was neat. The leaf I found was changing to the color red. For plants, green means it is alive and of course other colors mean they are dead and dying and will fall off soon. When you see a leaf changing to red just remember that Jesus changed our lives for the good when He bled on the cross for us. We were the green color and Jesus was the red color that covered us so we could be set free. Also, leaves fall to the ground so they almost fly so just think of it has the leaf was free for a little bit but it had a limits which was the ground. Just like our lives in Jesus Christ, our Savior.