74 Intégrité: A F aith and Learning Journal F ive Seasons Spring Blossoms appear through all the land. The time has come to sing; the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance.
(Song 2:12a NCV) (Song 2:13a NRSV)
Summer My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. , DP P\ EHORYHG¶V DQG P\ EHORYHG LV PLQH he pastures his flock among the lilies.
(Song 6:2 NRSV) (Song 6:3 NRSV)
A utumn The time to harvest has come, and the fruit of the earth is ripe. Open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. They planted seeds in the fields and vineyards, and they had a good harvest. The harvesters are paid good wages.
(Rev. 14:15b NCV) (John 4:35b NIV) (Ps. 107:37 NCV) (John 4:36a NLT)
W inter Like a flower, we blossom for a moment and then wither. Like the shadow of a passing cloud, we quickly disappear. All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field. All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass dies and the flowers fall when the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.
(Job 14:2 NLT) (Isa. 40:6b HCSB) (1 Peter 1:24a NRSV) (Isa. 40:7 NCV)