The Weekend Bite™ Online: April 2018

I love spring! It's that time of the year when flowers bloom and beautiful colours return to our streets and parks. The trees begin to receive life again after the harsh treatment of winter. It's the perfect description of 'all things bright and beautiful.'

Nevertheless we don't always experience the total beauty of spring from the onset. Depending on where you are in the world, their may still be snow storms in the month of April. It can be frustrating to find the harsh conditions of winter still at play in spring. This delays the manifestation of the joys of the season for the period the storms persist. Even in other climates, there may still be parts of the year that are generally expected to be colder than others. You may experience more rain in some months, and be faced with dryness, dust and extreme heat in other months. Whichever is your preference, it can be frustrating when the benefits of a season are deferred. 

Likewise our lives and experiences are governed by seasons. A season may be approaching that signifies joy for us. It may be a new relationship, job, baby or environment. Though the season may come, the joy we expect to derive from it may be deferred. Instead of happiness, we are faced with varying emotions and difficulties. We wonder why certain storms come our way despite the assurance we had of God's promise for the season. We may find ourselves fighting the frustration of the delayed manifestation of the beauty, promise and blessing of that season.

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One thing that may help is to remember that spring will surely come. No matter how the winter threatens or disturbs your peace; at the appointed time, there shall be sunshine, flowers and showers of blessing. As time progresses, the effects of the storms begin to wane and the beauty and blessings of the season begin to rise. Soon spring takes over and the storms of the past are no more. Though they may rise again in future, we retain our confidence that they won't last forever. Joy will surely come again when the sun rises and shines!

So no matter what storm you may be facing today; it is temporary. Soon your flowers will bloom and your life will bear fruit. That promise that you are holding on to will surely come to pass. That blessing that has come your way will soon begin to yield its fruits. Arise and shine, your spring season is here!

Yours truly,

LAWAfolabi

© LAW Afolabi, April 2018