Seasons
All the seasons of the year have their peculiar glory. Winter has its bitterly cold days with bone-chilling rains. This makes a good fire seem like a taste of Heaven. In the wintertime, the barren tree branches look so dismal and ominous from a distance. But look closely and you see the swelling buds that hold a promise of spring.
Then springtime comes. The buds on the trees start to explode scattering a magical dust that carpets the world with sneezes. The ground starts tantalizing us with tender blades of grass. Birds come in pairs. They look for a safe place to raise a family. The days are warmer and you see people outside digging in the dirt dreaming about homegrown tomatoes.
Springtime is followed by summer. The gardens we had such high hopes for, now seem like more trouble than they are worth. Of course, down here in the south, we know it’s not the heat. It’s the humidity that makes a shade and cool breeze a blessing from heaven.
Then comes Fall. This must be God’s favorite time of the year. Look around. See the weeds you fought all year, now they are doing a yellow victory dance. The leaves have fulfilled their obligation to the trees and now proclaim God’s glory with a blast of colors.
The cool nights make you reach for a blanket and the mild days are forerunners of heaven’s comfort. And look at the sun. At this time of year, God puts on a brilliant show with His sunrises and sunsets. It seems that even at midday the sunlight has a special shade of Glory.
God in His kindness has appointed every season with unique blessings. For this reason, I will rejoice and be glad, because every season is a season that the Lord has made. So, I give thanks in all seasons. Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, I know His mercy falls fresh on me.
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.
He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”
Daniel 2:20-23 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/dan.2.20-23.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
email – douglas@pavementendsministry@gmail.com
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