Why Pumpkin Spice Lattes Cause Such a Craze

Seasons. 

Nature demonstrates natural rhythms for us to model. Trees do not always have buds or green leaves or colorful leaves or no leaves at all. They bear their fruit in time and carry on throughout other seasons.

Even fruits and vegetables, in their prime, grace grocery stores at specific points throughout the year. There’s a reason people get so excited about Pumpkin Spice Lattes (Pumpkin Cream Cold Brews are vastly superior in my opinion) because they are only around for a particular season. When we try to buy things out of season, they are simply not as good or are not even available. It’s not their time.

Interestingly enough, only one out of four seasons bears fruit. 

That feels really freeing. 

The majority of the time isn’t meant to bear fruit. Other things are going on. 

He is like a tree

    planted by streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

    and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

Psalm 1:3

I’ve been meditating on this part of the verse for a few weeks now:

“That yields its fruit in its season.”

Beautiful. 

Simple.

A tree does not try to yield fruit in every season, just in the right season. 

So should we. Not every season is meant to yield an abundance of fruit. Some seasons, like winter, may feel like nothing at all is happening, when in actuality, so much is happening unseen.

Are you content with waiting on your season? Are you in a season of yielding? Are you trying to reach into a season of bearing fruit that is not yet in season for you?