A New Season

Greetings to all,

It is time for a new season. I'm not talking about winter or spring or summer or fall. Those recycle and return. What I'm talking about is a new season of life. The Bible says, "This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it." Every day is a new day in and with God. So no matter what today holds, let us rejoice and be glad in it. I tell you, it will surprise a lot of people when you go through one of the worst days in your life with a smile on your face.

Struggles and strife are normal to people every day. Some days are better than others. So when we go through each day with joy because this is a day that the Lord has made, we have a different perspective on the day. It's normal to be upset and angry when things go wrong. It's normal to be sad. And it is also normal to be happy and joyous. Yet what's not normal to people is to recognize and believe that this is the Lord's day. He made it. He created it especially for us. This day is a new day and a new season.

For me, I want to know the answer to the question, "Why?" Why is today a new season from yesterday? Why would we rejoice, especially when the day is wrought with sickness, sadness, and grief? The reason why is a day that occurred long ago that we call "Good Friday." This is the day that Jesus died. It was a day of horror, grief, betrayal, and death. It was a sad day for all of those people who loved Jesus. And even for Jesus it was a painful and bloody day. But for you and me, it is a joyous day. It is the day on which God saved the world from sin, death, hell, and Satan. Through all that grief, sorrow, blood, pain, humiliation, and death, we receive the gift of life. We rejoice every day, because Jesus died for us all, so that we have the promise of sins forgiven. Now add Easter Sunday into the mix. Easter is the day that God broke the bonds of sin and death through Jesus' resurrection. So now we live in the reality of a new resurrected life. We are free from Satan's so-called power and we live in the power of the almighty God. The problems of life and death attempt to bring us down. Yet we rejoice through our sufferings and struggles because of what Jesus did for us.

So every day is a new season. Every day is something new to explore. Every day is a new season of life. Every day is God's day. Remember why each day is a day of rejoicing and rejoice.

Your servant in Christ,

Pastor Robert