10122025 Constant Seasons

Dear Missionary Lady,

Greetings in the name of our faithful God.  He does indeed continue the same year after year.

A few days ago I was on my way to work when I saw it. There it was - on a shaded bank – the first frost of the season. While man cannot know from year to year precisely when that will happen, we can rest assured that it will happen every year. Why? Because God said so. “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (Genesis 8:22).

Unless we escape to a balmy tropical climate, the number of times we see the first frost is the same as the number of years we have been alive. Some years trend warmer or colder than others, but God faithfully maintains the seasons. He also faithfully maintains the days. Winter daylight is shorter than summer daylight, but regardless of the length of the night, the sun always rises to start a new day. I can take the number of my first frosts and multiply by 365 and add in a few leap days. And God has never failed to bring day and night.

My life is such a short representation of God’s faithfulness. If we consider that the earth is approximately 6000 years old, that’s how many times God has gone through the faithful rotation of seasons. (Unless seasons didn’t start until after the Flood, but still an impressive, unbroken streak.) As far as day and night, that’s over two million times that He has made the sun rise. Without ever failing once.

This faithful God walks with us day after day – loving us, forgiving us, guiding us, meeting our needs. He doesn’t fail at that job either. May you be encouraged as you continue to trust Him for the days that are yet to come.

Love in Christ,

Peggy Holt

member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA