Gò0dNews for Life
Seasons Come and Seasons Go
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by Leslie Bennett
aylight hours are getting longer. Trees are
It isn’t possible to always live life in the season of the
beginning to turn green again. Flowers are budding
soul we choose. There are reasons for the deeper, darker,
as they get ready to bloom. The earth is bursting
colder seasons. We must take the time to look deep within
with new beginnings. Spring is here! However, there are seasons of the year and there are
ourselves. We must reflect on the mistakes we have made, the opportunities we have missed, the losses we have
seasons of the soul. The problem is, the outward seasons do
experienced, and the disappointments we have felt. We
not always match our inward seasons.
may feel frozen, trapped, buried under our circumstances.
The internal seasons go deeper into the depths of our soul. They are personal and interwoven into the human fabric of our being. We experience different stages of
It is during these seasons that we must be still and wait on the Lord. “Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to
spiritual development. Although spring has arrived, you
acknowledge Him. As surely as the sun rises, He will
may still be stuck in a season of winter inwardly.
appear; He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth” (Hosea 6:3). If you are still held in a season of winter, don’t rush it! Allow God to speak to you there. You have not been abandoned or forsaken. The Lord is preparing you for a new path ahead. Spring is just around the corner for you. There is hope! “The Son Is Shining” As the rain beats down on the dainty daisy, Its delicate petals bow low. After the rain when the sun starts to shine, The daisy lifts up its face all aglow. A Christian under a similar burden may fall When troubles and trials weigh him down. Yet when he feels the Son shining on him, He lifts up his face free of frown. —Leslie Nolen Bennett
22 // June 2020
About The Author
March 16, 1979
Leslie Bennett is a kindergarten assistant at Michigan Avenue School. She is a member of First Baptist Church and sings in the adult choir. She manages a blog at ohyesshedid.org.
