Springing Back to Life

Ah, this pic I recently took highlights the beauty of the in between… the weather and blue sky were lovely that day and yet the tree branches were still bare…. This image reminds me of the winter a few years ago when we were driving up to visit my sister. The day was dreary and gray and the road was lined with bare trees.

My dear Dad, who loved nature and agriculture, remarked, “It’s too bad for people who arrive in this country at this time of the year because they look at the trees and think they’re dead.”

That thought struck me back then and has stuck with me ever since.

The trees may look dead during the winter, but we know they’re only dormant until it’s time to spring back to life in the next season.

So, too, are God’s promises in our lives. They can seem dead for weeks, months or even years. All hope can seem lost.

But God is working!

And in due season, His plans and purposes for your life will sprout and you’ll bloom and blossom right on time.

May you find the joy in every season.  

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV)

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