Seasons of God

By Jesse D. Yeakel PhD

Have you ever watched a beautiful sunset and become absorbed into its hues of red, yellow, blue, pink and purple? Have you ever walked in a forest and listened to the insects, the burbling of a brook or the wind blowing the Autumn-colored leaves? Have you ever felt so alone and aftraid, crying for help from God’s son, to lift you up and bring you to Him? I have experienced all these things and have attempted to capture the feelings I had, and the hope I cherished, in words and verses. These poems were written out of feelings of joy and despair, times of comfort and fear, enduring pain or feeling the golden glow within after praying to Christ for aid. I hope these verses can give you warmth, empathy, gratitude, hope and faith that in the end, God is in charge of all and He will never fail you. That even in human death, He is there; and where He is, there is life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664215603

Jesse D. Yeakel PhD

Jesse D. Yeakel, PhD is an active member of a United Methodist Church in Sugar Land, Texas, where he teaches adult Sunday School and sings in the choir. He has been married to the same woman for 46 years and he has two sons and three grandchildren. He was trained as a scientist, receiving a doctorate degree in geology in 1981. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and has lived in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wyoming, Texas and Nevada. He has studied the Bible and read many books on history, church history, theology, death, Heaven, and Hell. He was influenced most by the works of C.S. Lewis. He enjoys travel, hiking and reading. He currently resides in Richmond, TX.

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Seasons

of GOD

JESSE D. YEAKEL, PHD

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Contents

Introduction

Creation’s Seasons

Spring

A Time of New Beginnings

Spring Fire

Cataract

Spring’s Promise

The Dream

Summer

The Season of Maturity

Summer Storm

Summer Sun

Night

Moonlight

Autumn

The Season to Bear Fruit

The Apple Tree

Autumn Song

Thanksgiving

Winter

The Season of Rest

Winter

Winter Spirit

Winter Night

Human Seasons

Birth and Life

First Kiss

The Fellowship

Life’s Goal

Mothers

Beth

La Honda’s Song

The Soldier

My Father’s House

Seasons of Despair and Loss

Despair

Hell-Bound

The Prison

Oh, God

Words

Eternity’s Moment

Elijah

Seasons of Hope

Despair’s Answer

Lost and Found

The Keepers

Lonely Woman

God’s Love

The Guardian

God’s Day

The Way

Seasons of Togetherness

The Road to Forever

The Trees

Redemption’s Fire

The Season of Going Home

The City at the End of Time

Beginning’s End

Destiny

Christ’s Fire

The Fire of Heaven

God's Seasons

Salvation Song

The Fall and Rise

Moses Before the Burning Bush

The Visitation

Glorious History

Christmas Dawn

Bread and Wine

The Burning Cross

Last Night

The River of Life

Breath of Heaven

The Advocate

The Tomb

About the Author

Introduction

Many people would argue that God does not experience seasons. They base this on the fact that God by nature is eternal and consequently lives beyond what we know as space and time. God is not subject to space or time as we understand them. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow (Hebrews 13:8). Yet, based on the experiences I have had in my relationship with God, I believe He does have times when His behavior toward myself, or the world, changes. Therefore, I believe that God does experience seasons, but they are His seasons. They do not alter or transform Him; they are part of His character.

This book is based on the archaic use of the word season. Here, a season is meant to be a proper or suitable time, or an unspecified period of time. These periods of time can be identified by differences in physical condition, mental condition, or spiritual condition in the physical world or within the consciousness and subconsciousness of a human being. For example, a season may be the time when snow falls and it is cold for several months; a time when we are sad because a loved one died; or a time when we are constantly questioning the validity of Jesus’s claims and teaching. But can we talk about seasons with respect to God?

First, God created the seasons of this planet, this universe, this world. He made creation so that it would have variety in both space and time. Therefore, when He created time, He built in different physical manifestations to mark the passage of time: night and day; summer, autumn, winter, spring; dry seasons, wet seasons, monsoon season. I believe that God loves variety and enjoys the seasons of the physical world.

He made the world to have variety in times, which we call seasons. As it says in scripture, "And God said, ‘Let there be lights