Life is a series of seasons. In the spring my garden is bursting with buds and blooms – daffodils, hyacinths and tulips – where just a few weeks ago there was only what looked like barren earth. The magnolia buds are ready to ‘pop’, and the weeping cherry and flowering crabs won’t be far behind. I love spring! The rebirth of my garden is wonderful to watch.
Easter morning two millennia ago, the world thought that Jesus’ life was ended. Then the season changed – and He was Risen! His ‘end’ was really The Beginning.
Seven weeks later, a new Church sprouted in an upper room only fifty (penta) days into the new Season – blooming with love and enthusiasm to tell the world of the wonder of Christ’s new Life… and the possibilities for ours.
God has given us the gift of seasons. Not only has He given us four Seasons of rest and growth, every day is a new beginning – a new season. He has promised that while the earth remains seedtime and harvest… winter and summer… day and night shall not cease. (Gen. 8:22)
As the earth warms, there is lots of work to do. It is seedtime. The tilling and planting and weeding and ‘garden stuff’ that gets done now will insure a plentiful harvest of beautiful beds and blooms all summer long. I love the feel of rich earth in my hands. I savor joy the excitement of a visit to the local garden center to check out the variety of annuals, perennials and shrubs.
I enjoy the planning and the planting, the anticipation of a summer of color and beauty. I will see the results of what I do today – several tomorrows from now when I’m sitting on the deck admiring my garden in summer.
Every day is the beginning of a new season, and the ‘seeds’ planted today will bloom in their season of harvest. Seeds of love, compassion, effort, ideas, faith, even good money management will result in a harvest of goodness, plenty and peace. They have to – seedtime and harvest shall not cease.
The world is going through a season also, a season of harvest from seeds sown through the ages of greed, hatred, anger, frustration, and selfishness. But… what looks like the end will become a beginning. God promised it. And He gave us the seasons so we would always be reminded to have hope. If it looks like the end, it’s really the beginning.
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Ruth Seebeck has built a reputation over the last three decades as a life-skills coach, mentor, Christian counselor and friend. She is a business owner, author, community volunteer and event coordinator whose passion is helping others overcome life’s challenges.
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