Why do we have seasons?
As the earth spins on its axis, producing night and day, it also moves about the sun in an elliptical (elongated circle) orbit that requires about 365 1/4 days to complete. The earth’s spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane. This is what causes the seasons.
What are the 2 reasons for the Earth’s seasons?
Extending the Learning Remind students that the two reasons seasons occur are the tilt of a planet’s axis and its orbit around the sun. Ask: A planet’s axis might have a smaller or larger tilt than Earth’s.
How do seasons happen?
Seasons occur because Earth is tilted on its axis relative to the orbital plane, the invisible, flat disc where most objects in the solar system orbit the sun. Earth’s axis is an invisible line that runs through its center, from pole to pole. Earth rotates around its axis.
Why Are All Seasons important?
As the seasons of weather change, so do our lives. Like Summer our life can look dry, like Fall we can enter new beginnings, as Winter we can be cold and barren and as Spring, we can be blooming. Through every season there is purpose.
How long is a season in Christianity?
approximately 7 weeks
Why is God’s time important?
The importance of timing. Part of knowing God’s will is knowing His timing for events in our lives. There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens (Ecclesiastes 3 v 1). ‘ God operates outside of time as we know it, and He hardly does things according to our schedule.
How do you trust God’s timing?
Pray like David- give your situation over to God and wait for him to show you the path to take. Declare Him to be your stronghold and to keep you in His safe-keeping. Trust that he will see you through. Make it a habit to trust in Him each day; one day at a time.
Who waited the longest in the Bible?
Having died at the age of 969, he lived the longest of all human figures mentioned in the Bible….
| Methuselah | |
|---|---|
| Stained glass window of Methuselah from the southwest transept of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England | |
| Known for | Exceptionally long life |