Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
—Robert Frost
"...No good hope dies without leaving a child behind it—a younger and fresher hope. The year's fruit must fall that the next year's may come, and winter is the only way to spring." —George MacDonald
"While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease."
Gen. 8:22
"Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.
He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed,
Shall indeed come again rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."
Ps. 126:5-6
"Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning."
Ps. 30:5
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease."
Gen. 8:22
"Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.
He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed,
Shall indeed come again rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."
Ps. 126:5-6
"Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning."
Ps. 30:5
What do you think?
1 comment:
Encouraging thoughts, actually. It is interesting how common this theme is in God’s creation. I was thinking about a similar concept a while back, and that verse in Genesis came to mind, probably while photographing a Sunset. Every sunset is also a sunrise on the other side. I think that God gives us things like this to remind us that in the end, He works all things together for good to those who love Him. The sun has to set before it can rise. The flowers fall from the tree before the fruit comes. A grapevine is pruned before it produces much fruit. A seed dies before it is planted. Yet in the end, though we don’t always see it clearly, it is all part of God’s perfect plan.
In Christ,
Luke
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