10/27/2019

It is Fall and the leaves are beginning to change.  I remember from childhood science classes telling how that happens.  The green of the leaves is there because of chlorophyll.  When the chlorophyll is gone, the other colors in the leaves appear brighter.  It is based on weather or rain or temperature.  I really don’t know the answers, but that does not mean that I can’t enjoy the beautiful fall display.  I like knowing the answers to things and am willing to study to find answers to things.  Increasingly, however, I am aware that I often do not know the answers to some of the most profound issues of life.  Even without all the answers I am committed to the joy of living.As my circle of knowledge increases so does the boundary of my ignorance.I can chaff under the burden of not knowing or rejoice in what I do know.I do not need all the answers to appreciate the beauty and grandeur that surrounds me often on a daily basis.I can kick through the scattered leaves, gaze on the bright crimson piles thatmaples sprinkle among the yellow and green.I can hear the crunch of the brown leaves already on the ground and say with a glad heart “O, God, What a beautiful world you have created!”