The LORD is my Shepherd; I have all that I need. Psalm 23:1 ❤ (Verse on Bible Hub)

21 Beautiful Bible Verses for Autumn …

Autumn is my favorite season. But living in Florida, it feels like we have endless summers here. Being transplanted Southerners, we really miss experiencing Autumn in all its fullness.

So every October, hubby and I escape to the Smoky Mountains and we love it up there! The crisp air, the hiking trails, the wildlife, the stunning mountain views and the red, orange and gold leaves.

Autumn is a season of change and transition and all of nature surrenders to it. I wish it was as easy for us humans to yield to God’s will. Creation trusts in its Maker and we should, too.

Reflecting back on this busy year, God has been talking to me alot about my need to ‘release’ before I’m able to ‘receive’ from Him. The Holy Spirit keeps whispering for me to not lean on my own understanding of things. He is leading me to loosen my grip on relationships and circumstances.

It takes a lot of trust to release people and circumstances into the hands of God, doesn’t it?

Why do we wrestle with surrendering and letting go? Fear of loss, lack, or missing out on something or someone? We sometimes forget that we can’t outgive God. The process of releasing or giving something away requires us to unclench our fists and expose our palms, which postures us to be able to receive from God. He can’t give us something if we are tight-fisted. When the Lord asks us to release (___you fill in the blank___), it’s because He has something even greater to put into our open hands.

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All of Creation flows to the rhythm of God’s Grace …

Creatures big and small respond when it’s time to prepare for hibernation in the Fall. But they couldn’t settle down and rest if they were concerned about missing out on something. Anyone who has ever had a toddler knows what I mean. The poor child is crying and BEYOND tired but refuses to go to sleep because they are worried they will miss out on something. Can you imagine if all the creatures gave God an earful every Fall?

Hibernation is a part of God’s good plan. This period of inactivity reduces an animal’s body temperature and slows their metabolism way down. It helps them to conserve their energy so they can survive a season where food is scarce. If we disturbed a hibernating animal, it would probably kill it. God Himself will wake the trusting animals when the sun begins to warm the earth in the springtime. They trust in Him.

And what about all those trees that surrender their leaves like clockwork ever Fall? We can choose to see the beautiful leaves blanketing the earth as either dead or a catalyst for new growth, giving nourishment back to the soil in preparation for Spring. It’s all part of God’s good plan, too.

But what if a tree became fearful of change? What if it shook a branch at God and refused to release its grip? If the tree got its way, not only would its cycle of life be broken, but the weight of newly fallen snow would snap its branches in two. The tree instinctively knows it needs to release to receive. It trusts its Maker.

Reflecting on this process, what might you need to release in this season of life so you can receive God’s good plan for you?

Bad habits? Leaning on your own understanding? The clutter in your soul? Fear? Stinky attitudes? Toxic relationships?

Is God is asking you to release something (or someone) so you can find rest and renewal?

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Or maybe you need to release your grip on an over-packed schedule so you can return to your first love (God)? When the Lord calls us to rest, it isn’t always because we just went through a tough season. The rest could be to conserve our energy in preparation for what is up ahead. If your opportunity to rest and re-charge is right now, will you overlook it and miss out on what the Lord wants to deposit into you?

Just like the bear that needs to conserve his energy, Jesus might be calling you to stop and rest right now so you will be strengthened in Him for tomorrow …

The Holy Spirit is ever leading and guiding us. We hear His whispers, but will we trust and heed His leading? 

We all seek renewal, but a lack of surrender or release will never lead to restoration, healing or wholeness.

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I pray you and your family will enjoy a blessed season of heightened gratitude and a harvest of blessings that can only come from God. He will make everything beautiful in its time.

The following is a compilation of 21 Bible Verses to help us focus and rest in God’s goodness during this Autumn Season. Digging deep into God’s Word helps us to grow more confident in His character, which in turn helps us to trust Him in seasons of transition. 

Which Bible Verse(s) is ministering to your heart in this season? 

Love and Prayers xo,

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21 Beautiful Bible Verses for Autumn

“God, my Shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, You find me quiet pools to drink from. True to Your Word, You let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction.” Ps 23:1-3 The Msg

“Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.” Ps 150:6 

“How abundant are the good things that You have stored up for those who fear You, that You bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.” Ps 31:19 

“The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him.” Ps 24:1

“Let us live in awe of the LORD our God, for He gives us rain each spring and fall, assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.” Jer 5:24

“I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and fresh oil.” Deut 11:14

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” Jn 12:24 

“The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.” Prov 24:16

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.” Eccl 3:1-2 

“You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.” Ps 104:19

“Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.” James 5:7 

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thes 5:18

“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” Gen 8:22 

“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” Gal 6:9

“Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.” 2 Cor 9:10

“Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains because He is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.” Joel 2:23 

“When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.” Ps 84:6

“Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” Eccl 3:11

“Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” Ps 126:5-6

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Ps 107:1 

“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God endures forever.” Isa 40:8