My Dear Children,
Guess what?! October fifth was my seventy-eighth birthday. The amazing thing is I feel just as good as I did when I was thirty. One major change, I gained about thirty pounds.
We are now in
I was thinking back to when I was a child in the fall of the year. It was a busy time! It was the time to get ready for winter. We always had a big garden with all kinds of vegetables; corn, potatoes, beans, pumpkins, squash and other things. We would slaughter a cow and a pig and put it away for the winter. We would all work on the wood pile and fill up the woodshed and we had to have plenty of hay and grain for the horse and cows. Winter was coming and you had to be ready.
I remember Dad plowing the fields and getting some of the stuff done for spring. These were things that had to be done, winter was coming, and you could not put them off till some other time.
Dear children, fall is here for us as a nation. Are you prepared? What do we look to now? Our money has lost much of its value. Many people are losing their homes or in danger of doing so. This could be a very crucial time as to what direction this nation takes for the future. Are you prepared for change?
Many people are out of work or afraid they will be. Fear has gripped many people young and old alike. Are you ready for winter?
People are angry, and they are afraid.
Dear children do not let anger control your thoughts or actions. Do not let fear control your thoughts and actions. Do not be afraid of the coming winter. Look inward and not outward. Look to God and not to the world.
I thank God that He holds my future and it is secure in Him. My security is not in the dollar or in who is elected. I look to the faith that God has given me and I have peace. The winter does not frighten me! Who is elected does not frighten me! And some of my money is gone, that does not frighten me!
It is a time of change and I think it is time for change in us and in our nation.
Dear children, winter is only a season and another spring is coming. Go into your heart, let God prepare you for the winter. Look to your faith, look forward with hope and expectation, there are some good things ahead.
You are all in my thoughts and prayers,
Your loving Dad