Late autumn, pointing to winter is a reminder that our life seasons too, will need a time of withdrawing, slowing, hibernating, resting, going inward. It too has its wisdom. Leaves must fall. Growth must become sabbatical.
So the Upper Room reflection today is fittng as I think of shorter daylights;

WHEN WE ENTER INTO … SILENCE, we are seeking — and eventually we encounter — something profound: the freedom of God. The silence of prayer separates us from our projects and our need to be in control of every aspect of our lives, and when we allow this to occur, we are free to let God do with us as God desires.

- Daniel Wolpert
Leading a Life with God: The Practice of Spiritual Leadership

From p. 18 of Leading a Life with God: The Practice of Spiritual Leadership by Daniel Wolpert. Copyright © 2006 by the author. All Rights Reserved