I find it truly amazing how we get excited about the arrival of spring. We hear the birds chirping and see the flowers blooming. Yet when the rainstorms roll in, we panic and complain. I actually love the spring. I even enjoy the summer heat and all the fun that it brings, but there is something about the freshness of spring. Surprisingly, I delight in the rain showers because I know that the beauty of God’s canvas will be painted with color soon thereafter. What had been drab and bear all winter now becomes bright and lush.
I believe our lives are organized in seasons, too. We have periods of intense heat or bitter cold. We also have times of pruning and regrowth. God has designed our lives to not be all one thing all the time. If it were summer all the time, the land would be a desert. If it were winter all the time, the short periods of sunlight would do damage to our mental and physical lives. What a blessing it is to have a heavenly Father who has planned out every step and planned for every misstep in our lives.
As we approach spring, let us also do a personal inventory to figure out what season we are in. Once that is determined, we can begin to either maintain our lush spring gardens or dig out of the snow and ice left by a winter storm. The severe seasons of summer and winter are juxtaposed by the mild seasons of spring and fall. Let us thank God for His mercy to give us mild times. Let us also thank Him for his grace during the severe times. Believe and accept that seasons change and during the process, so do we.
Devotional Reading: Psalm 143
