BRIGHT GLORY DAYS OF AUTUMN

Though today is cold and drizzly

and I woke with a sense of dread,

I thought, No, this will be a good day

and there are glory days ahead

and even on this gray day

God’s light comes shining through…

Each day is blessed abundantly

dear Lord, when I keep my eyes on you.

The hills have changed from summer’s green

to shades of autumn’s gold and red

and the fields are ripe with harvest,

there are glory days ahead.

It is a time of plenty

with new blessings everywhere

from roadside stands, the farmer’s market

and autumn’s harvest fairs

and I know no other season

that is more richly blest

than the bright days of October

with its color and harvest.

There is a splendor in October

that is glorious to see,

the morning haze, the river smoke,

the glow of autumn leaves,

the sunshine as it breaks through

the cold gray of the clouds;

and around me fields of plenty,

so blessed, so rich endowed.

Of all the months within the year,

I think I like October best

as I see spring’s promises fulfilled

and I see how we’ve been blest.

Despite the worldly woes we face,

times of cold, drizzle and gray,

there is nothing much more glorious

than bright October’s blessed days.