Seasons Change...

I was tidying up the kitchen tonight after supper and was washing a few things at the sink. Nathan was reading to the girls in the other room so I found myself lost in thought while going through the motions of my mundane task. I happened to look up and on the shelf right in front of me something caught my eye. I have some decorative blocks that are glued together and each of the four sides represents a season. I realized it was still on WINTER and I thought to myself, "How sad, I missed the SPRING." As I said those words in my head, an even deeper meaning began to resonate in my heart.

Ecclesiastes 3 says, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven." I have often referred to various times of transition in my life as a season to try and give myself some perspective. Life is a series of transitions and change is certain just as the rhythms and design of the earth's seasons. It is inevitable. So many times, though, it seems I get stuck in whatever season I am in. I spend so much of my energy adapting and work so hard at surviving that I forget to expect a new season. Worse yet, is realizing that the Lord has blessed me with a fresh new season with it's unique beauty and never seeing it or being able to enjoy it for being consumed with my current reality.