To every thing there is a season . . . (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
I love the fall of the year. It is beautiful and peaceful. But it comes at a cost.
Those beautiful leaves don’t just happen. The trees go through some stressors before the brilliant colors arrive.
Because the length of daylight decreases and the temperatures drop, the leaves stop making food, causing the chlorophyll to break down and the green to disappear. This causes other chemical changes to occur.
So, one might say, the leaves are starved of their usual food, which creates the brilliant colors we see.
Some of us may feel that once the summer of our lives—that season of high energy and production—has passed that we don’t have a lot to offer. Our energy is lower. Our activity decreased.
But that is not the case. We have a lifetime of experience—of pleasures and sufferings—and, as Romans 5:3-4 reminds us, that “suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
There is a reason this season of one’s life is compared to the fall of the year, for a life surrendered to God will produce the beautiful colors of peace, character, and hope for all to see, enjoy, and take inspiration from.
I love the fall of the year. It is beautiful and peaceful. But it comes at a cost.
Those beautiful leaves don’t just happen. The trees go through some stressors before the brilliant colors arrive.
Because the length of daylight decreases and the temperatures drop, the leaves stop making food, causing the chlorophyll to break down and the green to disappear. This causes other chemical changes to occur.
So, one might say, the leaves are starved of their usual food, which creates the brilliant colors we see.
Some of us may feel that once the summer of our lives—that season of high energy and production—has passed that we don’t have a lot to offer. Our energy is lower. Our activity decreased.
But that is not the case. We have a lifetime of experience—of pleasures and sufferings—and, as Romans 5:3-4 reminds us, that “suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
There is a reason this season of one’s life is compared to the fall of the year, for a life surrendered to God will produce the beautiful colors of peace, character, and hope for all to see, enjoy, and take inspiration from.
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