My October has been a whole month of "new mornings". The light is clean and new like a morning sunrise that lasts all day.

Interesting, though, seeing that it's fall which is literally the dying off of the summer growth, yet our natural tendency to wonder at nature's transitions allows us to experience gain in the fall. We welcome it with hope for what’s to come and sink into its comfort like a new chunky sweater.

Couldn't we use those same eyes to look at the other falling back things? We could if we chose to. And if we chose to use our eyes of wonder to look at all of life this way, what kind of beautiful new seasons would we find ourselves gazing into, walking into, embracing with hope and comfort?

Not only is this outlook on life possible, I know that looking up with the wondrous eyes of a child will lead me to more joy and peace. I have experienced the life altering power of perspective. It truly changes things, and it is always an option, but it is up to us to choose to adjust our view. The only stance from which this makes any real difference is from the higher Rock— the foundation of belief and faith in a God who is 100% good, trustworthy and redemptive. With God, old things don’t just fall off the face of the earth without a new good thing on its way. I know this about him— I’ve experienced his character and seen him work the losses into gains, and so have you if you’ve ever marveled at a colorful fall scene. He is a God of more… abundantly more. For this reason, I choose, over and over again as the seasons of life shift, to not look back with mourning, but rather to look up into the new morning light. The sky of heavenly secrets always has more.

I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all evil;
    he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
    your going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.

Psalm 121