SILENT SEASONS OF THE SOUL
Spring Brings New Life
As I peered out the front window and seeing the rain pour down, just as with the cold Winter season, I had to remind myself that the rainy Spring season has its purpose as well. Our outdoor plans would have to wait.
After a cold and harsh winter, we always eagerly anticipate Spring. What do I like about Spring? Springtime makes me think of new beginnings. Spring brings New Life!
During the Spring season, we can experience many rainy days. Rain is a necessity to all life. When rain falls after a long dry spell, all nature undergoes a refreshing or a revival. Little or no rain results in barren land. The ground is parched – desperate for the rainfall to quench its thirst. Rain is much needed to bring growth. Flowers popping out of a hard seed, pushing their way up through the dirt, a deep dark place is opened, eventually tasting the bright rays of sunshine and finally blooming in all their glorious color. Trees budding. The sound of birds singing. New life of beauty springs forth.
Rainfall or the storms of life, as we may refer to our life's trials are never fun, yet they are needed. Just as God brings rain to wash the impurities from the atmosphere, for the same reason, the storms of life come to purify our hearts. We receive a lot of rainfall in our lives at times, but we must realize that trials in our life helps us to grow in the Lord.
Hebrews 6:7 "For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God."
In the end, Springtime brings us our
biggest hope when we celebrate Easter. When Jesus was crucified on
the cross, He did a complete work for us. He said, “It is
Finished.” He took our sins, our struggles, our inadequacies, and
all our fears to the cross with Him. Just like the world may think it
has victory over us, Satan thought he had victory finally over Jesus.
But the story didn’t end there. Jesus not only took our punishment on the cross, He conquered death and rose again on the 3rd day.
We not only serve a God who creates amazing beauty, but we serve a God who loves us so very much that He sent His son to die on a cross for us and defeated death by rising again. I can't think of a better time than on beautiful Spring days to reflect on the love the Father has for us. The troubles of this world will fade away, but the love of God, the work on the cross and his victory will last forever.
In longing for some future good, we forget that every day—regardless of the weather or our circumstances—is a gift from God to be used for His glory. We must stay the course because the things we experience today will lead us to where He needs us to be tomorrow.
Isaiah 55:10-11 “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”
Connie J. Schmoll
