Tuesday, September 7

It Yields It's Fruit In Season

Yesterday the sun came out.  I couldn't help it...I had to go and look!  I took my camera round the park, and discovered that, seemingly overnight, spring has begun.  After a very long, cold winter, wondering if it would ever end, I found myself out in my hoodie and vest-jacket.  I don't know how this mystery happens.  But I'm glad it does.

I found myself full of wonder, and sucking in as much fresh, crisp air as I possibly could, knowing that in Glasgow you take days like this as they come, and never for granted.  I couldn't help but throw my head back and bask in it.

I also couldn't help but notice that there were trees that had not yet begun to flower, and that there were still dead leaves piled over the grass beneath...signs of death in the midst of this new life.  The metaphors were endless.

A phrase from Psalm 1 resounded in my mind... "It yields it's fruit in season"... Creation knows this cycle is continuous.  Every year we experience the depths of winter where it feels like spring will never come, and that first spark of green on the branches outside the window, promising that the thaw is coming. 

Why do we have a hard time remembering this in our own lives (or am I alone here)?  Our own souls are compared to this fruit tree...we yield fruit "in season."  In John 15, we are promised that we will be pruned, so that we bear more fruit...one requires the other.  Just as the trees in the park flower and leaf at different speeds, so the members of the body of Christ grow and expand and bear different kinds of fruit appropriate to the season. 

Today I rejoice that the signs of life come forth, and my heart savors this moment with God.

 

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