There's something about the turning of seasons, especially the fading of summer into fall, that

reminds me of Psalm 9012, when Moses prayed, teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of

wisdom. Maybe it's the leaves showing their final act of glory before they let go, leaving behind

bare branches, cold and dormant, or even seeing the skeletons pop up in neighborhood

yards, jesting about death to the death, but calling to the wise, Memento Mori, remember you will die.

So lay down personal glory and serve the one true God. The shorter days slip quickly into evening,

just like how time slips quickly into the future.

It's not a dour season, but a gracious marker to number our days knowing we are but a vapor.

Live fully, but live faithfully. God is our hope and our glory.

Welcome to Sheproos Faithful, the podcast to help you think biblically and live faithfully.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hey, welcome, welcome.

Thank you so much for listening today.

And I just want to start off by saying I cannot promise I won't talk about laundry.

But it's not in my nose today. I don't know if you noticed, but I attempted a little cold open.

I hope you were hooked and want to hear more about gaining wisdom from our fading glory.

But before we get there, I wanted to thank my Patreon supporters that make this podcast possible. Thank you so much for your support of

Sheeper's faithful and allowing me to share the hope of the gospel of Jesus and how it applies

to our everyday living through this podcast. It's been a blast and I'm so thankful to be here.

Thank you so much for your generosity. All right, life hack time. It's fall. It's comfort food

season and I have a way to sneak some lovely fall veggies into like the quintessential comfort food

dish. I would want to know what it is for you. What is your comfort food dish? This is not

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