Consider the birds, the flowers, and more
Sherry Koole reflects on the spiritual lessons that parents can teach their children by observing God's work in nature during springtime, particularly how the renewal and growth visible in creation demonstrate God's sovereign care and mercies. The article encourages godly families to contemplate creation as instruction in God's providence and to cultivate spiritual growth in their children by recognizing how the Lord renews both nature and His people.
Mrs. Sherry Koole, wife, mother, and grandmother in Hope PRC in Grand Rapids, Michigan God blesses His people with four beautiful seasons throughout each year, each beautiful in its own way. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the season of spring has now sprung. The birds chirp. The flowers bloom. The trees begin anew to yield their fruit. And farmers plant their fields with the hope of a plentiful harvest. How true then, as we sing in Psalter #169, "new life is all abroad." As the...
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