IN SEASON AND OUT
Today's reading: Psalm 1-2

I'll be able to make it through the cold, long days and night of winter now.

Yes, the new blanket I received for Christmas will help. Yes, I've gotten out all my favorite pairs of butter socks. I have my bottom drawer piled full of long handles, cozy undershirts and heavy socks. But what really and truly gets me through the howling winds of winter?

The seed catalogs I receive in the mail!

As I look out over my garden, it's a sad state of affairs. Old vines. Spindly, frost-bitten remainders of plants. Cold, hard dirt.

But with the seed catalog, I'm envisioning bumper crops, vibrant greens and fertile, black as night soiled tilled and ready for long lines of beans, tomatoes and beets.

I hold great expectations for our little plot of land...even out of season.

I guess the Lord expects the same from me!

"They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper." Psalm 1:3 NLT

The season I'm in in life is capable of producing a harvest. The things I can do now are different from what I was called to do last year, five years ago, ten years ago--but I'm still called to be fruitful in the things of God.

There are no winter breaks for godliness. There are no dormant days for righteousness. Lazy, napping, resting and unprofitable seasons do not exist in the life of a believer!

In season all the time, friend.

What's He expecting you to produce today?