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My Brothers and Sisters,

Ginna and I were doing yard work the other day, and, when I stood up to ease the pain in my lower back, I took the opportunity to see what my wife was doing. She was staring up at the sky. I was undecided as to what I should do. After all, what if she was having a vision or a stroke - one has to be careful in these matters. After a few minutes, I mustered up the courage to ask her, to which she replied how magical clouds are and she hadn’t looked up in a long time. “They come in all shapes and sizes and always seem to change,” she said. I asked her if clouds pull weeds? No? I wasn’t interested. I was too focused on the job at hand.

All that day, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the wonders around us that we take for granted. Coming down the mountain, especially in September, I always notice how thick the fog is over the river. It looks like a blanket and everything looks magical. Or how excited I can get hearing a robin sing in the mist in the woods early in the morning when I thought they had all left already. Even looking at the trees at this time of the year as they start to show their true colors, or the asters that start to bloom on the sides of the road, reminding us that the season is changing. Soon the early geese will be flying once again to magical places off in the distance, whether we take the time to notice them or not.

You might think that I must have lost my mind. After all, I have stated for many years that I don’t like the changes that come with the approaching season of fall - and I don’t. But because Ginna got me to look up at the clouds in wonder for just a brief moment, it has caused me to once again remember the wonder that God has put around us. Everything can become magical if we simply open our eyes.

May God Bless You,

Deacon Ray

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