St Peters RC Church Hamilton

Keep colour coming,

Growing, showing, knowing.

The best is to be

Until August finally

Slips out of its calendar date,

To open the gate

To autumn’s splendour,

Another anthem to the Sender,

The Creator of colour.

Later summer colour

Is vividly spectacular,

Brighter by far

Than the gentler, quieter,

Softer shades of June.

Late summer sings

A much louder tune,

Boldly, brightly, daringly,

As vividly the colours

Grow to glow and glow further.

The lower slung sun

Impacting by direct beams,

It does now seem

To gleam on every petal,

Till it is as if

There will never be,

Cannot be an equal.

Thankfully our Creator Father,

Accomplished at making many a marvel,

Does provide a sequel.

Not too far away

From a late summer’s day,

Awaits the blaze,

Direct daze of the woodland,

Still under God’s command.

His almighty hand at work

To keep colour coming,

In three months of autumn glory,

A story so lovely to behold.

But let us not miss out

On the beauty of today,

Currently all around us

In the garden’s splendour

Of later summer colour.

Work, careful labour undertaken

Always carries a reward.

Thus the Lord God,

Our all loving, ever giving Creator Father,

Does keep the colour coming,

Blazing in every corner of August.

Surely we must offer all thanks,

And never take this for granted?

The work of God’s hand

Is truly one of beauty,

Which is wondrous and most marvellous,

August, the finale to summer.

Love keeps the colour coming

To reward the gardener,

And satisfy very admirer.

How amazingly good to us

Is this love most generous,

For beauty ever uplifts us,

Offering us days of happiness.

Lord, Creator Father, You do keep the flower colour coming in later summer through to the first frosts when it is then lost. But not before You plan further delights in store as time enters into autumnal splendour.

Thank You for all of this pleasure, enriching our life with many days of happiness. We do appreciate this, Your all loving gift. Amen.