If we look carefully, we can find some light in every season we are in.
As I sit and write this post, I can hardly believe that it’s September already. The summer seemed to fly by at a faster than normal pace this year. I suppose the older I get, the faster it goes.
Those of us who live in the Deep South, know that summer and its heat are not nearly done with us yet. We will have many more hot days here before summer begrudgingly yields to fall.
Yet, all seasons, whether we love them or hate them do eventually end. Even though it’s still really hot during the day time here, this evening, I am able to sit on my porch with my laptop and actually enjoy God’s creation, without sweat running down my back.
When did that happen? The slight cooling of the evening air, seemed to happen overnight, even though I had desperately been hoping for it for weeks.
But, seasons are like that, aren’t they? Some seem to drag on forever and we wonder if they will ever end. We sometimes find ourselves praying through our own sweat and tears during hard seasons, wondering if the heat will ever break and then suddenly, we can feel some coolness, some refreshment, some hope.
Other seasons, like spring and fall, seem to speed by at some kind of turbo pace and we would give anything to slow the season down just a little, just so we would have more time to bask in the beauty and soak it all in.
The truth is, our lives are marked by all kinds of seasons, short and long, ugly and beautiful, chaotic and peaceful. The Bible tells us there is in fact, “a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
That same chapter also reminds us that, God has made everything beautiful its time.
Whatever season we find ourselves in, we never walk alone. Jesus holds our hands when we weep and He rejoices with us when we celebrate. He helps us up when we fall and always welcomes us back to the fold when we stray.
And even in the darkest, or rainiest, or hottest of seasons, there is always some beauty, some light, some hope because we have Jesus.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:5
“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” 1 John 1:5
Whether we are in a season of beauty or a season of downright ugly, we are loved and treasured. We are His and that never changes, no matter the season.
A little breeze reminded me. Perhaps you needed reminding too.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂