BETWEEN SEASONS

Joni Canastraro / Graphic Artist

Spring in Western New York rarely arrives all at once. One day feels warm and hopeful, the next carries a chill that seems to reach deep into your bones. The shifting temperatures can make it hard to believe that a new season has truly come.

And yet … the evidence is all around.
Daffodils push through cold soil.
Hyacinth’s bloom despite the frost.
Trees begin to bud, quietly and steadily.

Creation doesn’t wait for perfect conditions—it responds to a deeper calling.

In much the same way, our hearts can feel stuck between seasons. We long for warmth, for renewal, for peace—but still experience cold moments of doubt, weariness, or uncertainty. We wonder if change is really happening at all.

But God works like spring beneath the surface.

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19)

Even when the “temperature” of life fluctuates, God is already at work within us—softening what has been hardened, bringing life where things once felt dormant. His Spirit moves gently but persistently, calling us into renewal long before we fully feel it.

Like those early flowers, we don’t need to wait for perfect circumstances to begin growing. God’s breath of life is not dependent on outward stability—it flows from His constant presence.

So, when your days feel inconsistent—warm one moment, cold the next—remember this:
The season has already changed.

God is still bringing life.
Still restoring.
Still making things new.

And just like spring, what He begins quietly will soon bloom in fullness.