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.
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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.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven..."
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.
ROMANS 8:28
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose."
