Seasons of the Spirit: Finding Joy In the Changes of Life

One of the greatest challenges we all face in life are the unexpected changes that we experience. We go along in life and suddenly one day everything turns upside down. Our mind is filled with questions: “How am I to explain this?”, or better yet, “How do I respond to it?” In Genesis 1, the Bible describes many amazing creative works of God. Among them it describes how He designed four distinct seasons as the integral parts of one year. Each season is distinct. It has its own characteristics, and all of them are important for the success of the whole yearly cycle. The premise of this book is that we can use the natural seasons to understand our own lives. The book starts by looking at the characteristics of each of the four seasons. It follows this by looking at how Israel’s religious calendar coincided with the four seasons of the year. Their yearly calendar offers patterns for reflection about where we are in our own process of growth and maturity. The goal of this book is to provide material to help everybody understand their season of life. We’re all at different places in our journey, but we can gain helpful personal encouragement by understanding the cycle of the Seasons of the Spirit.