Greetings one and all in the name of Jesus!
Sorry this is arriving a day late, but I've had a pretty busy week so far.
Spring is the time of flowers, weddings, and Graduations! And we have all three this week. So let me say Congratulations to our graduates, Tosha Overton, Audra McKown, Alex Rodriguez, and Ronnie Overton, who got his GED this year. I pray that life is good to you, but more importantly, that you let God's hand lead you and His voice speak to you.
And then also congratulations to JP Ford and Samantha Lawrence as they prepare for their wedding this coming Saturday.
Spring is a season of hope, the wonder of God's beauty fills nature with green leaves and colorful flowers. It is as if nature is experiencing a rebirth after a long, hard winter.
So from where do the seasons come? Whose idea was this? Well, the answer is found in Genesis.
Genesis 8:20-22
20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and sacrificed on it the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.
21 And the LORD was pleased with the sacrifice and said to himself, "I will never again curse the earth, destroying all living things, even though people's thoughts and actions are bent toward evil from childhood.
22 As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night." NLT
The idea of spring, summer, fall, and winter, is God's idea. I think that He gave them to us to not only mark time, but to remind us that there are seasons in life.
We can look at life in the long view, where we enter the harvest and winter season in old age, but I think it applies even before then.
There are times in life when we enjoy the beauty of spring, everything is coming up roses for us, life is sweet and good. Everything seems to be blooming. But Spring is good for something else. It's the time of planting. We sow seeds in the spring. There is plenty of grain, so we sow some for the future, looking forward to the harvest that is to come. Spring is that season when you are preparing, planting things, getting things ready, knowing that all that you are doing now, whether it's time spent studying in school, blessing others, giving to the Lord, will one day return as a harvest.
You may be in springtime in your life right now, just know that while you may not see the results yet, there will be a harvest. Spring reminds me that there is a harvest. If we are not careful we will miss it, we will enjoy the beauty of the days and forget that this is the time to sow, to give, to be generous, knowing that we will receive a harvest in due time.
What do you do if you are in a summer season, or a fall season, or (gasp) even a winter season? I will write those seasons later. For now, enjoy the spring!
God Bless...
Pastor Craig
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Pastor, this message is so timely. I've been so blessed to have enjoyed many seasons of growth and challenges and through it all I can say without hesitation, that God IS so faithful. In the springtime of my life I was so blessed to have received seeds of faith through the preaching of the Word. Thank you for preaching to me.
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