Seasons

In Genesis God set up the seasons: “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

So those of us who long to be rid of change, settle into the “perfect” life, aren’t aware that seasons and change are part of what God set up to be!

Seedtime is maybe not so fun, because it’s hard work planting and digging.  But oh, then comes the harvest.

Cold or heat may not be our choice, because we’d like 72 degrees, but the heat makes us appreciate the coolness of the day, and the cold makes us enjoy the warmth of a fire.

Summer and winter – two opposites in terms of temperatures – and yet both are part of the circle of the year.

Day and night – a time to be busy and a time to rest – all part of the change from light to dark and then back to light again.

I actually love the change of seasons, except I wish the seasons where l live were a little more pronounced,  But changes in life aren’t near as welcome…unless they’re good ones that suit me!

If God set up the seasons, which he did, then we can trust that if we are suffering in one season, another one is coming where the sun is more visible and the rain is not so hard…and that he is in control of the changes.

And that makes them good.