For most of June & July, in Northeast Florida & South Georgia, the weather was extremely hot and dry; there was very little rain. Lawns were brown, the blades of grass were withered/looked dead. My front yard looked like a dust bowl! But towards the end of the month God blessed us with a significant amount of rain. Upon arriving home this afternoon, I got soaked by torrential rainfall and as I ran to my front door from the driveway, I noticed how my lawn has come back to life and plants I once considered dead have sprung up from the ground with beautiful leaves attached to strong stems!
That's when it hit me...just as changes in the weather (from sunshine to rain/cold to warmth) is needed for trees to bear fruit and seeds to grow, God also uses change in our lives to purify/perfect us so that we will emerge better individuals than we were! So if you're going through changes in your life, understand and have faith that God knows what He's doing.
Look to the hills from whence cometh your help for your help comes from the Lord. And remember that your faith can turn your sighs into songs, adversity into assurance, despair into deliverance, pain into peace and grief into gladness! For the Lord is your strength and your shield. Believers must always trust in Him for help when you're going through. I know that I do and when I'm helped I emerge just a little stronger and a little wiser and I rejoice greatly, praising Him with my whole heart! Hallelujah!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the encouraging word He has given you. Yes, indeed it seems we all go through different seasons in our lives,and there are definitely "dry" seasons in our lives also. Thank you again, and have an awesome weekend in Him!
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