This time of year you see all sorts of people trying to get the artsy pictures with the fall foliage (me- guilty) or coming up with the most creative costume to gain the most compliments.
*some of my favorites have been Cardi B and Offset, Camila Cabello and Havana, or Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande… y’all know I love good celebrity humor*
After being in Texas for four years, I don’t really know how to explain it, but its been like I an noticing fall all over again. In Texas, it felt like things went from Summer to Winter in the course of a day, but being back in Arkansas I have felt it get cooler & I’ve watched the leaves turn colors day after day. It is like I totally forgot about fall.
As a result of my rekindled love for all things Autumn, I wanted to get in the spirit. The last time I visited a pumpkin patch was in the like the 2nd grade. Gosh, those were such fun memories from my childhood. I decided I wanted to go back to a pumpkin patch after all these years. Who better to do that with than my best friend since birth (I am sure there is a picture of the two of us from grade school at the pumpkin patch somewhere), Stephanie Bell? So, Steph, our friend Callie, and I went to the patch this past weekend and it was so cool to see again. I will admit, not as exciting as being a little boy and not having a care in the world, or worrying about how muddy your shoes are getting. However, I am so glad we went!
It just felt like pure fall there. The hayride, all the pumpkins, the corn maze, and the petting zoo + great weather all made for a fun day at BoBrook Farms. I highly recommend!
*see cheesy and basic pics we took because that is what you have to do at the pumpkin patch*
It just so happened, the following day at church my pastor brought out pumpkins and did this really cool analogy that I had kind of been thinking / feeling in my head. So I am kind of stealing from his sermon, but also kind of not! God was already trying to teach me this little analogy.
I feel like right now, in my life, I am letting God carve my pumpkin. When we buy pumpkins to carve and take part in the old tradition, the first thing we do is take all the yucky stuff on the inside, out… then we carve it. It is so important to also ask God to do the same with our own self. We should ask him to take out all the junk. To get rid of the greed, selfishness, envy, bad-mouthing, negativity, etc. Once he does that, our light is really able to truly shine. Just like how the light shines from within the pumpkin after it has been carved and designed perfectly. Therefore, all throughout this fall season, I am going to ask God to carve me just like we carve pumpkins. Oh, and I am going to be thankful for it!
Happy Halloween! Happy pumpkin carving season, both literally and figuratively! Let us all give thanks!
Yours Truly,
Southern and Thankful
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