Signs of Autumn

Changing leaves…yellows, reds, purples, golds, nature is clothing herself in one last glorious display of beauty before shedding her finery and exposing her filigree of bare, dark branches. Just so, Jesus compared the fleeting glory of the lilies that prospered in the fields of Judea with the glory of Solomon’s embroidered robes. Yet even though such God-breathed beauty catches the breath in our throats, Jesus also reminded us that it was temporal and temporary. As the trees are clothed in glory, so the Father will also clothe us in the righteousness purchased by Christ’s sacrifice on the cross…a glory that will never fade or fall.