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THE SEASONS OF LIFE
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to
judge
things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and
look at a pear tree
that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in
the summer,
and the youngest son in the fall.
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe
what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of
promise.
The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled
so sweet and looked
so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and
drooping with fruit, full of life
and fulfilment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all correct,
because they had each seen only one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by
only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the
pleasure, joy, and love that come
from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the
seasons are up.
If you give up when it's winter,
you will miss the promise of your spring,
the beauty of your summer, the fulfilment of your fall.
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"There is a time for everything, and a season
for every activity under heaven..."
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ECCLESIASTES 3:1 |
Moral:
Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the
rest.
Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through
the difficult patches.
Learn to look at things from more than one angle. As you
circle most any object look at it, you will see a different
view.
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"And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them who are called
according to His purpose."
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ROMANS 8:28 |
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