“Like The Seasons”
"The Seasons of My Heart" Part I "
Like the seasons – a measure of time God created, our level
of time with God can fluctuate, if we let it.
I desire to stay in the Spring for its beauty, the harvest for its
bounty, but I know the Spring is only half way to the harvest. Although a beautiful time, in the Spring the
fruit is not yet ripe. The Summer rains
and heat are needed and after the harvest, the Winter must come as to let that
which grows rest to prepare for the Spring and new growth once more.
Lord, I look to you for the season I am in and to ‘glean’
from your word that which I need most where I am. So that my Spring is rich
with new growth and sweetness; and so that my Summer is dancing in the rain and
rejoicing in the heat – like the fire that removes the dross from me. The harvest that is full of bounty. It fills
my soul with richness and your word that I might be fully nourished. The winter, with its stark views, hiding a
resting, renewing ground, with its cold and wind – only drives me closer to
you, Lord.
