Saturday,
September 22, 2018
IT’S
FALL Y’ALL!
Gen
8:19-22
19 Every beast, every creeping thing,
and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went
forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the
Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered
burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the
ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from
his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have
done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime
and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and
night shall not cease.
According to my calendar today is the
last day of summer and tomorrow is the first official day of Autumn. Heavy
rains have pushed into North Texas and this morning’s temperature is a cool 64
degrees. There is a crisp feeling in the air.
Pumpkin spice now permeates everything. I love the changing of the seasons!
Christians look for God everywhere – and find Him!
Today I find Him keeping his promise that “while the earth remains” there would
always be a rotating change of seasons. With the flavorful aroma of sacrifice
still in his nostrils, God gave Noah a weather promise! The promise has a broad
application if we condense it into one popular phrase: “This too shall pass!” Whether you are enjoying your current
“season” of life or enduring it, you need to know that it will not last.
Seasons of joy should prompt us to prepare for harsher times while seasons of
difficulty and pain should encourage us to wait for the seasons of joy.
James
5:7-8
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the
coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman [farmer] waiteth for the precious
fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early
and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your
hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Dear Lord of Harvest, thank you for the promise of a
season of refreshing. AMEN
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