It’s About Time – by Sheila Graham
A brown leaf drifts slowly to the ground outside the window. There’s a sense of quiet expectation. Though the trees are still green, the smattering of dry leaves across the lawn hint at what’s to come.
We know we can look forward to the cooler temperatures now. It’s that brief space of time between the seasons’ triple-digit heat and below-freezing cold, the lovely time of fall.
Springtime is the same. It’s as if a switch has been thrown. The searing heat of summer and the icy cold of winter seem to be endless, but whatever the season we know relief is coming. Fall, winter, summer – no matter the season, we know springtime is coming.
A wiser than me once wrote: “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, KJV). Yes, if you read all the chapter, you learn he was a wealthy old man jaded with life, but his words ring true, nevertheless.
It’s the same with the seasons of life, whatever season we’re in, whether it be the springtime of youth, the summer of family and career, the fall of retirement or the winter of old age and eventual death, there’s a time for everything. But, no matter the time or the circumstances of life, we can always be sure of one thing, God’s forever promise that springtime is coming.
Sheila Graham has a master’s of arts in religion from Azusa Pacific University and a master’s of arts in women’s studies in religion from Claremont Graduate University. Among her many published writings is her book From Fear to Faith, which includes personal accounts of discrimination against women in an authoritative, legalistic religious sect. From Fear to Faith is available on Amazon.com.
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