THE SEASONS OF OUR LIVES
"To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven".
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)
Here in the tri-state we have been known to experience four seasons in one day with temperatures rising and falling like a weather roller coaster. I pity our local meteorologists.
Autumn is my favorite season of the year. Trees delight with their breathtaking color, wood smoke perfumes the evenings. As the nights cool we enjoy warm homes with family and friends. The season's pinnacle comes on Thanksgiving and then we look to Christmas joys.
The changing seasons reflect our lives. Some transitions are joyful: a marriage takes place and the joy of love swirls around us. A baby is born and new life begins. What will that life hold? We move to a new home, a different job, make new friends.
Life's winters come. We lose one we love dearly, our finances don't provide for everything we want, we go through a period of ill health. Joys and sorrows; through them all our heavenly Father watches over us, strengthens us in time of trouble and sadness, rejoices with us in happy times. He is always there, every second of every day.
Keep in your heart that there is for each of us a "time to every purpose under heaven" even if we have difficulty understanding why. God knows and understands and watches over us. After all, He is our Father.
Jean Dean
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