… on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. – Revelation 22:2

It is National Doughnut Day. Doughnut shops around the country are giving them away. The Salvation Army started the celebration in 1938. It seems that during World War I, some of their members went to the battlegrounds to serve baked goods to soldiers. The day honors those volunteers.

Every special day has some sort of history, meaning, significance, or ulterior motive behind it.

Did you know that May 3 was Lumpy Rug Day?

That’s OK, because the next is National Candied Orange Peel Day and next Sunday is Clean Up Your Room Day. There are about 20 special days in May and in every month of the year. They are proliferating.  

They are as predictable as the flow of a mighty river. Solomon was right when he said that for everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.

It is OK too! There are "God-Made" Holy Days and "man-made" special days and God made every day for celebration of life and commemoration of His presence.

John saw a vision of a day when our experience of God’s blessings would be consistent, day after day, month after month.  May, June, and January are all the same in God’s city. The river of life supplies refreshment to the tree of life, and life grows from her.

What John saw in Heaven is a future promise and a present spiritual reality. That which flows from God is ever new and always refreshing. The river that nourishes the tree of life nourishes us and produces healing fruit in our lives.

Remember, every time you see a flower, that it is seasonal and dependent upon the right weather, food, and water.

Remember every time you see spiritual fruit that it is also dependent on the right spiritual conditions, but especially, an eternal and consistent source who does not depend on special days, months, or seasons to bring life.

Remember when you see a doughnut, that it is probably not as good for you as the fruit that grows by living water … but you have permission to eat one … maybe …  today .

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