Changing of the Season

I recognize the signs as clear as day. They are ever so subtle and are probably overlooked by many, but they are there. The days are starting to get longer. I can see new random sprouts on some plants. This can only mean one thing; spring is approaching! This is actually music to my ears because winter is not my favorite season. Don’t get me wrong I prefer the cold weather, but winter days seem so dreary. It is just down right depressing. I am so excited to see the signs that winter is almost over and we are about to usher in a new season.

We experience changes of seasons in our lives as well. Of course the seasons we experience are not as concise as the physical seasons. We face seasons of loss and seasons of gain, seasons of sowing and seasons of reaping, seasons of brokenness and seasons of restoration. Just like the signs of the physical season change, I wish God would give me signs to indicate the changing of the season in my life (especially as I am in the difficult ones). Maybe He does? Perhaps it’s that I get so caught up in what I am experiencing at that moment that I miss the subtle signs that indicate that it’s almost over. His sign could be an encouraging word that He sends my way, revelation from the scriptures, or the simple yet profound way He chooses to speak to me. I know I need to be more tuned in, more aware of my spiritual seasons like I am in the natural. I know that the seasons will come and go, easy ones and the difficult ones. I am also well aware that they are all necessary to mold and shape me into who God wants me to become. I am beginning to sense that there is a new season on the horizon in my life. What about you?

~ To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the Heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

~ “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Matthew 24:32-33