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“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”  Ecclesiastes 3:1 (ESV)

Seasons come and seasons go and sometimes seasons even overlap. If you live in Central Virginia, you experienced that firsthand this week as we were beginning our tans on Wednesday and back in parkas and gloves on Thursday! It was the craziest of crazy weather weeks, even by Virginia standards!

My grandson, 3, was glued to the window enjoying each snow flurry! He could not wait to go sledding with his daddy and get all of the joy snow brings. But that was not to be. Within an hour or two, the snow was gone and the sun was peeking out again. Many of us were thankful this season was short lived! My sweet grandson was not because snow was a season of joy for him.

Watching the seasons overlap in real time gave me insight into our lives as Believers. We desire that each season is marked by a beginning and a clear end and once we have made it to the spring, we do not want any reminders of winter again.

We all have seasons of joy, seasons of mourning, seasons of growth, seasons of stagnation, seasons of love, seasons of hurt, seasons we want to stay in and seasons we cannot wait to get away from. Our lives and the lives of those around us are full of seasons. Just like the weather, circumstances come and go, and we have no control over them. Not only for ourselves, but for those around us.

Just a few quick thoughts as reminders for this week:

-We are not all in the same season.

-When you feel stuck, remember seasons do come and go. Keep trusting the One who created them.

-Have grace for those whose winter is taking longer than you ‘think’ it should.

-Don’t be surprised when our (or other’s) seasons overlap, spiritually or emotionally.

As the great theologian, TobyMac, sings in Cornerstone,

Seasons comе and seasons go

They take mе high, then leave me low

But I’m still standin’ on the only Rock I know

You’re my Cornerstone

“Father, help us to cling to You as You walk with us through every season.”

For His Glory

Terrie  Tollerson  (www.TerrieTollerson.com)
TRBC Women’s Life