Change of Seasons

Now that most of us are laughing about "global warming" and the politically owned scientists have now changed the term to "climate change," there is something I've been noticing for some time now.  Scripture mentions many times that rain in it's season is a blessing.  Although the climate does vary around the globe, even deserts have a "rainy season" which, although brief; is usually in spring or late summer/fall.  Even with global information, we seem to need reminding that we all enjoy or endure different climates.  This area, as did many, had a terrific growing season this year, but it's also the year before Shemitah, so the harvest is abundant.

In my years of homesteading, the animals have made me much more "weather aware."  Social media has greatly improved my awareness beyond my own little corner of the world, and having a friend who is a weatherman has definitely expanded my knowledge and broadened my interest.

As our nation and world continue to spiral downward in greed and immorality, the blessing of rainy seasons, spring and fall, are becoming shorter.  The gradual change of temperature between summer and winter is giving way to sudden shifts of wind direction, thus sharp temperature change.  Technically it's still summer, yet snow has already fallen in some northern states.  As we look at statistics and general weather history, we may not see what I've been watching.

When I first began homesteading, I was told lettuce and peas were to be planted February 14.  Even before discovering the pagan roots of Valentine's Day, I had no romantic interests, so planting lettuce and peas seemed the perfect way to spend that day.  The first year in this lifestyle, I had to cover the young leaves once to protect them from frost, and the same the next year.  The following year in my ignorance of Shemitah, I was protected from misusing the land as the temperatures hovered around freezing until March, I was still serving as nursemaid, and a tornado tore through the region in May . . .

In the past six years, records have been set in many places for latest freeze or snow in the spring and earliest freeze or snow in the fall, not to mention excess snowfall in winter and extreme heat and drought in summer.  Some will say it's all cyclic and has happened before.  That may well be true, but we must consider the reality that seasonal shifts also serve as warnings and judgment.