Seasons

 It's the season for sprucing up the yard, getting it prepared for mowing and removing the weeds. It's a time for planting spring flowers to grow throughout the summer months. 

     There seems to be a season for everything throughout summer, winter, fall, and spring.
     However, there are other seasons as well. Just as we cannot always predict when seasons of weather will come upon us, it is even more difficult to predict when our seasons of happiness, sadness, sorrow, or health will spring forward or fall behind us. Following are my thoughts on the seasons of life.

Seasons 

                                           

 We’ll always have seasons

We know not when or the reasons

I had a season of childhood:

A season when all was good.

Then there was the season of despair

When troubles seemed to float through the air.

I had problems with the season of distrust;

All was not right or just.

Seasons come and go,

Never knowing how I’ll grow

Or how they’ll flow.

They spin on a dime,

Appearing in life’s time;

We can expect seasons in life 

To come with peace or strife.

The season of waiting

Is always frustrating.

When, Lord! When

Will a new season begin?

When will this season pass

As the sand flows through the hour-glass?

“In my time, my child.,” I hear

As God draws near,

Listening to my prayer.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson. 4/27/2023

 

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens… He has made everything beautiful in its time.” 

Ecclesiastes 3:1,11 NIV  

 

 

Who Am I?

 Many struggle with the question, "Who Am I?" We seem as only a dot in a large world never going anywhere, but God sees something different. He created us and wants us to be a part of His Family. That why He sent His Son. To be an heir of His, all we need is to believe in His Son. 
     I may seem as a dot in this big wide world, but I am proud to be seen, to be loved, and to be a part of God's own. I am proud to be a child of God. That is why I wrote the following: 

Who I Am 

 

Who am I?

Let me brag a bit,

For I am correctly put together and knit.

I am a chosen one.

Planned and spun

Before my breath begun.

I am a princess actually,

Born into a royal Family.

I’m destined to be rich;

An heir!

Of sorts, a billionaire.

Who am I? 

I shout it abroad,

For I am awed.

I am a child of God!

 

Mary Crisp Jameson  4/26/2023

 

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.” 1 Peter 2:8

 

 

The Senses

Our five senses are sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell, but Christians have another sense which comes from the heart- the Holy Spirit living within who speaks to us. We are constantly talking to God (usually asking or telling), but how often do we just sat and listen, letting Him speak through the Spirit? 

     To hear we need time to focus. We need quiet time-free from distractions, and we need His Word at hand. We also need an attitude of responsiveness. It’s not easy, and it takes committed practice.

God Knows How

The first sentence in my Sunday School lesson was...God knows how to _______________, and we were to fill in the blank. I came up with the following: 

God knows how to...accomplish His will
                                be a friend
                                change lives
                                love unconditionally
                                make a heavenly home
                                punish the ungodly
                                rescue the godly
                                save the sinner
                                touch the heart 

                                 

   

On Display

     In past years, during school, when children acted out the teacher might sit the child in a chair facing the corner for a "time out." Or, she might draw a circle on the bulletin board and have the child stand with his nose in the circle for a "time out." It was done to discipline the child. It was for his good. However, the child was also put on display in front of all the other children. Maybe the display was for the benefit of the other children, as well, so they would not "act out" in kind. 

     Have you ever thought about Jesus, hanging there on the cross? He was on display. He knew no sin, yet He hung in front of the crowd. His display was to show the world He cared. It was for our good. 

   We all sin. We all fall short. Yet God in His grace makes us right in His sight. "for God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin." Romans 3:25

Mirror On The Wall

 Mirror reflections can be deceiving just as people can.  In other words, "All that glitters is not gold" or "Appearances can be deceiving." 

Mirror On The Wall

 Mirror, mirror on the wall.

Tell it all.

Do not deceive

Show what others perceive?

Reveal what’s in my heart.

Does it reflect God’s goodly art?

Does love show in my outward face,

And am I deserving of God’s grace?

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

Reflect it all.

Beauty or vanity!

Humanity or Christianity? 

Show what’s seen;

What others glean-

Not just the wrinkles

But what’s in the mind.

What do you find? 

Are thoughts kind? 

Am I, with Jesus, aligned?

Shadows here and shadows there-

Within my view I see a glare-

My reflection not always fair.

Standing in front of you, 

Tell it true!

Help me see what others view. 

As the light above me shines

And shows the lines,

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

Please, tell it all. 

 

Mary Crisp Jameson  4//16/2023

 

 

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”  Matthew 5:15 NIV

 

Early Morning

It gives me joy to write verse in the early morning after my devotionals. I feel a closeness to God as I strive to express His love. Below is the one I wrote this early, beautiful glorious day God has provided. 

Early Morning

 

I awoke 

As morning broke.

There was a hunger within.

Birds were chirping and life about to begin.

I took delight in my hunger;

Always there whether older or younger. 

Only one thing would quinch the thirst upon my lips.

It was the Living Water at my fingertips!

Only One who could quiet the rumbling noise; 

Only One to give day’s joys!

As morning broke,

My mind was filled as God spoke.

Tossing the sheets aside,

Hunger eased.

I was pleased!

There was peace, knowing God would be my guide;

No need for fear should I slide in day’s ride.

Hunger would be satisfied

With God walking by my side;

My thirst was stilled, yet ignited-

My thoughts excited!

With God, comes the morning-

A yearning in the dawning!

In the shadow of His wings 

I rejoice in what day brings. 

 

“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is…Because thou hast been my help, therefore, in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

Psalm 63:1,7