“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
It was a moment of perspective. It was Saturday morning…early. The skies were cloudy, and it was cool…not unpleasantly cool but enough where my shoeless toes were just a bit cold. I had settled on our small front porch and was just looking and pondering. Our maple tree, Herman, was strutting his stuff, full of mostly red leaves. My wife Judy and I have had the privilege of living here long enough to see him grow from a twig to a real tree and he is beautiful.
As I looked and as I pondered his fall beauty, it occurred to me that soon, too soon, he would be stripped of his foliage and his truck and limbs would be left bare. What a stark change…but what a necessary change. You see, our Creator God, knew not only the value of seasons and cycles for our world and nature, but also for us. It was only a few weeks ago that Herman was fully green—fully full of life. But as time passed the time came for the beauty of fall followed by the starkness of winter. But, if all things continue, next spring, life will return.
That, dear friends, is the way it is meant to be—for us. While nature is on a time schedule, we are not but still the seasons come and go. With our lives full and our limbs filled with the green of life—we live. But one day, the leaves will begin to turn, and it won’t necessarily be a time thing—it will be a “His time” thing. But surely, they will change, and we will face the prospects of winter—when things die back so they can live again in Spring.
If you are like me and constantly amazed how quickly life is sprinting by, understand that while the leaves of our life are slowly changing and one day will be gone—we will not. We who can call God our Father have the promise of Spring—of new life—not here but there. But know this—it is as sure as—well anything—and more. His promise of life after this life is rock solid. Heaven is real and it is waiting for each person who puts their faith in Jesus—God’s Son.
So, what are we to do? We are to enjoy the seasons…which ever one we find ourselves in. Herman is magnificent now in all his color, but he is also magnificent in summer and spring—and yes—in winter for winter is the promise of a coming spring. So, enjoy where you are and know that no matter what—no matter if the leaves of our lives are healthy and green or slowly fading and falling—He’s got this. Bro. Dewayne
Grits with Grace 