Lord of Every Season

Have you noticed how perfectly the calendar has coordinated with the weather this year?

We had the most beautiful summer most of us can remember in Ohio. The skies were blue and the clouds formed pictures for us almost every day. Fall arrived on the day the calendar announced it, as the weather began to turn cold. There were still beautiful days, and the leaves fell with time for us to rake and blow them to the appropriate places. This week, snow began to fall on December 1st, and it’s beginning to feel like Christmas. I love the sights and sounds of this time of year. I’ve been streaming “classical Christmas” on my computer and enjoying the nostalgia of each song that is being played.

As “perfect” as this season has been, it fades in comparison to the reality of the meaning of Jesus Christ’s coming into our world. Paul write in Galatians 4:4, “But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.” That’s perfect timing! That’s a perfect plan- and I pray that whatever we experience this month, we’ll appreciate what Jesus has done for us, in each and every season.

Brent