A Time For New Beginnings

Well, today is the final day of winter and God has given us a beautiful day. Springtime is my favorite season of all-- a time for new beginnings! I love seeing trees flowering out and the daffodils and tulips already springing forth adding beauty to the dead of winter. There's just something magical watching the dead of winter become alive again with new growth, new blossoms, and new beauty for our eyes to behold. Ecclesiastes 3 tells us,"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; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace." We are often too quick to just read the first couple verses and stop, but each verse connected to this segment holds wise advise and good learning for each season of our own personal life: times for birth-but also death, times for sadness-but also times to rejoice, times of war-but also times to make peace, times to be broken-but also times to restore what was broken; seasons for every thing God has created!  Springtime seems to hold new life springing forth; bringing a new hope that in due season, things that once hindered and caused dismay, shall pass away, and there is coming a brighter day. God promises in His Word that He will walk with us through every season of our life; to lead and guide, to advise and instruct, to comfort and give peace, and to turn our sorrow into joy. Seasons may come and seasons may go, but God's plan will surely show, because His Word remains the same forever. I pray that you enjoy this new season in your life and that you can learn to dance in the rain, rejoice in good times and bad; and choose to be happy and enjoy life; one day at a time, one season at a time!  God loves you and so do I~~