October in 31 gorgeous photographs

“The Lord bless you
    and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
    and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
    and give you peace.”
Number 6:24-26

Wow! October has been some more month! Of course, all of life is like that, and I believe every single month, every week, and every day holds something meaningful, deep, and quite often spectacular.

It’s like I say to the guys at the beginning of a small group meeting: “Where have you encountered God this week? Come on, this shouldn’t be that hard! I believe we should be able to point to an incident – in fact, several incidents – every single day that point to our relationship with the divine.“

So these images comprise a series of snapshots in time that give a pretty good approximation of the flavor of October 2020.

Glancing over, I see that Max Retriever has cropped up seven times. Then the grandchildren in Miami – even though we have yet to get there to see them – make a number of appearances. There is good food, several moments from church (including church leaders, landscapes, and young people making a commitment), the beauty of the beginnings of fall, a few golf-related photographs and – of course – Rebekah.

Please don’t miss the priceless picture of David and Beks dressed up in Star Wars costumes (including lightsabers).

Finally, I wish I had a photograph to share of “Mr. T.”, our delightful grandson of 14-months in Germany, along with his parents. They are doing well and enjoying the beautiful city of Dresden. We talk on Facetime and exchange a lot of pictures, but we don’t have quite the right image in hand for social media. I’m holding my allotment to 30 and will insert #31 if I get one today.

My prayer is that your November 2020 will be an ongoing celebration of life and love, building to a crescendo of gratitude on Thanksgiving Day.

In love, and because of love – DEREK