I love music. I love lyrics. And when the two come together beautifully I get a little excited! This song hit my sweet spot yesterday, and I still couldn’t stop thinking about it today. And there is no doubt in my mind that God is keeping it on my mind! Our church has been going thru a “spiritual renewal” time, and I have been so blessed by so many different messages, speakers, and classes. I still struggle with applying these new found teachings and the excitement that I leave church with, and bringing them home with me and keeping the flame alive all thru the week. I leave church inspired and fired up, I set a “goal” for myself on a certain area of life, and then I fail myself within that same week! But I think God gives us these seasons. He is re-creating me, sometimes on a daily basis even! And it’s a good thing – because I need it! We all need it! I think this song is sticking in my head too because I have said for so many years that you can’t beat Michigan for the change of seasons. The song describes each season and each of their own beauty, and that’s Michigan – we get to experience them all. And although I generally don’t enjoy winters here, I can’t imagine not watching the change from a deep sleep to new life in spring. God is constantly re-creating life, both in nature and in human life, and for that I am grateful! It gives me hope.
Here are the lyrics for Nichole Nordeman’s song, Every Season
Every evening sky, an invitation
To trace the patterned stars
And early in July, a celebration
For freedom that is ours
And I notice You
In children’s games
In those who watch them from the shade
Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder
You are summer
And even when the trees have just surrendered
To the harvest time
Forfeiting their leaves in late September
And sending us inside
Still I notice You when change begins
And I am braced for colder winds
I will offer thanks for what has been and was to come
You are autumn
And everything in time and under heaven
Finally falls asleep
Wrapped in blankets white, all creation
Shivers underneath
And still I notice you
When branches crack
And in my breath on frosted glass
Even now in death, You open doors for life to enter
You are winter
And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced
Teaching us to breathe
What was frozen through is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it is with You
And how You make me new
With every season’s change
And so it will be
As You are re-creating me
Summer, autumn, winter, spring
