Every Season

I thought this was a fitting post, with the weather we've been having in Ohio. We are covered in snow and ice...and somehow this song (by Nicole Nordeman) keeps running through my head. The song reminds us that God is at work in us during all the seasons of life.

I am posting the lyrics on here as well (below), because I think this is such a great song. I especially love the last couple lines: "So it is with You and how You make me new,with every season's change.And so it will be as You are re-creating me:
Summer, autumn, winter, spring".

I like the idea of God re-creating me...that somehow HE as it work in us, even during those seasons where it feels like nothing is happening.

Phiippians 1:6 sums that up: "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." It's like that bumper sticker which says, "Be patient...He's not finished with me yet". We are all works in progress, but I am grateful to God that He is bringing me closer to His likeness with every passing day. I pray that we will each experience HIs presence and His refining work in our lives...even during the seasons that feel like blizzards.

Be Blessed!
Tina

"Every Season" by Nicole Nordeman:
Every evening sky, an invitation
To trace the patterned stars
And early in July, a celebration
For freedom that is ours
And I notice You
In children's games
In those who watch them from the shade
Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder
You are summer

And even when the trees have just surrendered
To the harvest time
Forfeiting their leaves in late September
And sending us inside
Still I notice You when change begins
And I am braced for colder winds
I will offer thanks for what has been and what's to come
You are autumn

And everything in time and under heaven
Finally falls asleep
Wrapped in blankets white, all creation
Shivers underneath
And still I notice you
When branches crack
And in my breath on frosted glass
Even now in death, You open doors for life to enter
You are winter

And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced
Teaching us to breathe
What was frozen through is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it is with You
And how You make me new
With every season's change
And so it will be
As You are re-creating me
Summer, autumn, winter, spring