Dear Parents,

“The beans are turning yellow.”

I heard that the other day, and I panicked. That sounds bad; but it is not. In fact, it is great news! It turns out in agriculture vernacular, yellow beans in September is a sign that crops are ripening. It is a confident statement that God is at work in the field temperature because he is a God of change and growth.

The psalmist writes in Psalm 113:3:

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.

We are now 11 days into the school year. While the beans are turning yellow, in the fields, we see God at work in the lives of His children our students. Just last night, a young man came up to me to shake my hand and say, “ Hey sorry about the other day.” It was a beans-are-turning-yellow-education spiritual growth moment. I thanked the young man and thanked God moments later, for being at work in our lives.

From soybeans to sophomores, we need to stop and reflect, notice and rejoice in our God for the ability to move, to breath, to create and to change. He is always in season and at work.

Wayne Dykstra