| I'm looking at a photo of a mill in Idaho during | | | | does deal in Seasons. And those of us who live by |
| Summer. How happy the tree leaves look! And why | | | | faith in His sovereignty must understand that faith is |
| shouldn't they be happy? They are well-watered, | | | | not about "what could be" or what should be". Faith is |
| have plenty of sunshine, and they have been | | | | believing in what IS. Whatever the situation right |
| programmed by The Creator to "show off" their | | | | now, it is as it should be in the grand scheme of |
| plumage! it's like every thing is wonderful and will | | | | God's will. It may not feel like it, but it is! |
| never change. | | | | Here's an example. When my marriage of more than |
| Now I am looking at a photo of the same mill, but | | | | 25 years ended unexpectedly, my faith had to learn |
| the Season is Autumn.What few leaves are left are | | | | to say, "Lord, I don't understand this, but I accept |
| either gold, red, or crusty brown. Are these trees full | | | | what is right now and I trust You with it." God is |
| of angst over the changing season? Are they | | | | neither constrained by time, nor blind to it. He |
| depressed unto death? No! Without any faith on their | | | | foreknew I would be left alone, and He had already |
| part, they're just accepting the inevitable! | | | | set in motion several miraculous avenues of support |
| With the changing of Daylight Savings Time, most of | | | | and provision. All He required of me was to accept |
| us (except those in Arizona) have been made acutely | | | | "the season" and trust Him with it. |
| aware of our energy levels. It's dark so early now, | | | | I think plants are lucky. They don't, to my |
| and because our bodies are so influenced by the | | | | knowledge, wonder and worry about all the changes |
| energy of the sun and moon, we automatically FEEL | | | | in their lifetime. They just go with the flow, fit in with |
| tired earlier! It's easier to get depressed or upset | | | | the current season, and grow deeper roots during |
| now. We don't like change! | | | | the cold leafless Winter Season. I'm a human and I |
| There is a spiritual lesson in this for me. Solomon said, | | | | find it much harder to deal with constant change. It |
| "To every thing there is a season, and a time to | | | | requires strong faith on my part. And "faith comes |
| every purpose under heaven..." Ecclesiastes 3:1 | | | | by hearing, and hearing by The Word of God." |
| And in Proverbs 15:23, "A man has joy by the | | | | (Romans 10:16) |
| answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due | | | | Lord, here is what is. I give it to You, and trust You |
| season, how good it is!" | | | | with the outcome. Thank you for your written Word. |
| Psalm 104:27, " These all wait for You,That You may | | | | I hide it in my heart that I might not sin against you |
| give them their food in due season." | | | | with worry. That would be a lack of faith, and Your |
| So, with just a few of the references to "due | | | | Word says, "It is impossible to please God without |
| season" and "time" I begin to understand that God | | | | faith. |