It's hard to believe that Summer is upon us! In January, I remember walking to work in the long dark days and dismal weather - some mornings I really didn't feel like it yet I set off all wrapped up, and others just took the car! The beauty however was that in January the sun rose late, about 8am and I would often be amazed how I would set off in the dark but end up walking into the most amazing sunrise as the Lord painted the sky into glorious day. (Psalm 19: 1-6)
If you are undergoing a tough season right now, as I shared yesterday, the harvest is coming, with the heat of the Son you will burst forth into a new season. For many dark and difficult years I kept the words of a song on my kitchen window and dared to believe, year after year, that the Lord had a new season for my life.
"THE ROSE"
"Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
An endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
And you its only seed.
It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken,
Who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live.
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose."
My friend sang this song as a solo on our wedding day, only my heavenly father and I knew the real significance of how many times I had hung on to this promise that the Son's love would see me through the dark seasons. Such seasons do not always come from the enemy, often God is chastening, cleansing and purifying - like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, freedom and flight come only after a struggle.
Dawn Milward
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