And so the cycle continues

Norah Summers January 25, 2018 0 3

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John 12: 24

24 I am telling you the truth: a grain of wheat remains no more than a single grain unless it is dropped into the ground and dies. If it does die, then it produces many grains.

“Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain.” 

Life at its simplest is a cycle,

birth and death,

death and birth.

How often in a family do the two events come together!

Surely no coincidence.

It is easy to see that death is a letting go – 

but birth is too in a way –

it is the start of a long journey for parents 

whose task is to prepare the young to leave the nest.

That can be painful –

but it is the youngsters’ new start,

and the cycle continues.

We leave our home nest to go to school,

we leave education to go to work, 

we leave one job for another,

we may take a break for family reasons,

to look after children or elderly relatives, 

we retire from work –

every move is a step into the unknown,

a letting go of something familiar and comfortable,

to take on something new and scary.

We can’t go back –

the old is gone,

and we can’t hang on to it.

We can take its lessons with us,

the experience and knowledge we have gained,

and adapt them to our new situation –

which may just prepare us for the next one,

and the cycle continues.

Constant God,

our time here is short, and you are eternal.

Our little lives come and go,

and all the time you are watching over the cycle of life and death,

which you have shared in the birth, life, and death of Jesus.

Whatever befall, you have been there before us, 

and your constant love upholds us.