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Changing Seasons, by Tim Archer
I live in Texas in the northern hemisphere. Here, springtime is just
beginning. For fifteen years of my life, I lived in Argentina in the
southern hemisphere where at this time of the year they are moving into
autumn. It takes time to become used to the differences. For example,
when people in the United States want to talk about something that is
extremely unlikely, they say, "It'll be a cold day in July before that
happens." To which many of our southern hemisphere friends reply, "Most
July days are cold."
It's my experience that all of life is this way. While some people are
living in the sunshine, others are living in moments of darkness. I
have a vivid memory of the night that my son was born. At the hospital,
I was in the lobby using a pay phone to tell my in-laws the news that a
delivery was imminent. (This was in the dark ages, in the 1990s, when
people didn't carry cell phones.) As I shared with them this message of
joy, a family burst onto the scene, obviously distraught. One of the
young men picked up a large piece of furniture and started to hurl it
across the room before someone stopped him. It was a scene of grief
that stood in stark contrast with the joyful moments that I was living.
That's how life is. Some rejoice while others weep. Some receive while
others lose.
The changing seasons of our lives require faith.
Just as the earth moves and the seasons change, so sorrow and joy ebb
and flow throughout all of humanity. If we live long enough, we will
have moments of great happiness and we will have moments of great hurt.
Our circumstances will change from year to year and even from day to
day. Some of us will experience more suffering than others, yet we all
will pass through those hard times.
I want to invite you to watch some of the videos on our website,
HopeForLife.org. These videos tell of people who faced moments of pain
and loss, hard times and difficult days, yet who came through it all
with hope. They did so not because of their own specialness, but
because of the God who saw them through those times with an unending
hope. Along with the videos, you can read articles that speak of hope
and how to find it.
If you're in a moment of pain, I hope you'll take the time to hear some
words of hope. If you are living through a good time, I hope you'll
take the time to prepare yourself for the not-so-good times. As always,
I'd love to hear from you. Write to me at tim@hopeforlife.org or leave
a comment on our blog at www.hopeforlife.org/blog.
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Contact us at info@hopeforlife.org)
Are you presently experiencing a new life? God's word says, "if anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has
come!"
This new life is a free gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ. If
you want to know more about this life that only Jesus can give you,
sign up for one of our Bible courses. Wherever you are in life,
whatever you've done, you can begin again.
You may also contact us at info@hopeforlife.org if you have questions
about becoming a new creation.
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(c) 2008 Herald of Truth
RELATED LINKS:
* Skye's Story of Rescue
http://hopeforlife.org/profiles/stories/step2.asp?id=4
* Profiles
http://hopeforlife.org/profiles/
* The Healing
http://hopeforlife.org/blog/entry.asp?ENTRY_ID=32
* HopeForLife
http://www.hopeforlife.org
This article can be found on the web at:
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200804/20080423_seasons.html
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