“To everything there is a season…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Right now we are all pretty anxious and excited for the new
summer season to arrive. It was nice
when the official start of spring came also but with that I believe that we all
saw that as a short rest stop to the two months of warm, sunny weather we all
look forward to during the long stretch of winter.
If we think about life as we do about the four seasons, I
think we’d all be a lot more happy and hopeful.
We tend to get bogged down during those times of challenge that seem to
linger on forever. We lose hope that
anything will ever change; that anything will ever truly get better. We wonder if these moments of anguish are
somewhat of a consequence for something we did wrong or even we sometimes ask
God, “is this your plan for my life?” I
know for me, I rarely see hard times as moments in time, I often go to that
extreme thought that “this just might be my lot in my life; my burden to bear;
and maybe I was meant to suffer while everyone else enjoys the good life. When you somehow adopt that way of thinking,
it’s very hard to dispel it and reprogram your mind to move on with a more
positive thought pattern.
As I think about the scripture above it redirects my
attention to what God truly wants us to focus on. His word says that “there is a time for every
purpose under heaven.” “ There is a time to weep and there is also a time to
laugh.” We have to use our energy to
meditate on the fact that times change, just as seasons do. This is God’s design, so no one bad day, bad
month, bad year is meant to stay forever…that season will and MUST change. God said it and He is still in control of all
things!
When I was younger, I’d read stories and there was often a
line that said “it came to pass that…” I
never knew what that statement meant until I became and adult and began to
closely think about words and phrases, as I tried to find meaning in it
all. That statement is truly profound to
me now though because every single thing that we face on this earth has “come
to pass”, these things did not come to
stay! If we can just hold on to that
thought, I know we could be more joyful and expectant and we’d leave no room
for hopelessness or despair.
As we look forward to this year’s warmer season, lets also
look forward to a new season in our personal lives and let’s go one step
further and expect that the season we are entering will be filled with new
answered prayers, new relationships, and
new opportunities to grow and prosper in everything we are on this earth to do!
Song to listen to: "Praise Him In Advance" - Marvin Sapp
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