I’m pretty sure that when Dylan wrote these words he wasn’t talking about the weather, but I am. We have not been in Paris much the past few weeks (Amsterdam and Nice) and while we were gone the weather decided to change. The sun, who decided not to hang out long in Paris this summer, is coming less frequently and not staying out as long as we would like.

The trees also decided to change on us. All the leaves in Luxembourg Park have turned brown and they are no longer in the trees. The trees outside of our 3rd story window are loosing their leaves and exposing that there are building across the street…but also exposing our apartment the neighbors. I am going to have to be a bit more careful when coming out of the bathroom!

I haven’t lived in a place that has seasons for 8 years so it is actually a treat to kick through the leaves and enjoy the smell of this time of year again. I was walking through the park with Frank the other day and the brown color of the trees reminded me that God likes change. He is even ok with some thing going through a bit of a ‘fall’ just to have the trees come in green and new 6 months later. I hope that this changing of seasons will also be a time where we are reminded to change for the sake of healthy growth. We’ll see…

Justin