Posts from March 2021

Seasons: Winter To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV). Winter is often the least preferred of all the seasons. However, it is one of the most beneficial. Winter provides a period of rest for the earth. The ground lies fallow and absorbs nutrients from decaying summer growth. It slowly drinks in the melting snows, filtering and storing the fresh waters that sustain life. Birds migrate south while some creatures hibernate to…

SEASONS: Autumn To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV). Harvest marks the end of summer and transition to autumn. Days are a little shorter and the evenings a bit cooler. Sweaters, flannel shirts and hot chocolate are comforts in the long evenings. Bonfires make the perfect social setting. Green fades from the leaves and is replaced with a spectacular display of red, gold, orange and brown. All seasons speak in testimony…

SEASONS: SPRING To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV). The passing of spring yields to the warmth and productivity of summer. Preparation and planting over, now comes the tending of crops as they grow. A garden left untended, just like a soul left untended, is soon choked out by weeds or withers without supplemental watering. Nature provides a powerful example of the diligence required to sustain life. Go to the ant,…

Seasons: Spring To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; A time to cast away…