I love this time of year. Fall is just around the corner. Ok, so it doesn't always feel like it here where it is 100 degrees for days in a row, but still I know it's coming. Volleyball is starting. Summer soccer is ending. School has started (not just for us homeschooling, but all throughout the state and southern portion of the country). And I am feeling more like myself. Yes, that's how I know the seasons are changing.
Ecclesiastes lists out all the times in our lives are just seasons. We will undulate through them like a raft in the ocean. I find within myself, that when you stay in a season for too long, you lose the raw emotion of the season. We need to move and flow and not become stagnant in our lives. I can't be the only person that feels the tug within my soul to move on to something new. I get this anticipation for what is to come until I finally get into the new season. Lately, I've been longing to create, It always comes with the cooler weather of fall, but this year it hit me sooner. I realized how I have spent more time working on signings and events than anything else. In that time, I haven't had the ability to create. My writing has suffered, my knitting, candle making, jewelry, everything. Last week I began making it a point to create. Every few days I am making something new. And just like that, my soul comes to life. I have found joy in the things that used to find annoying. The season changed. No more running around. No more craziness of life. We settle into our new routine and life is hectic, but enjoyable. I was nervous about volleyball season starting. I felt it came to soon. But by Tuesday afternoon, all I could think about it was that it was time. It was time for something new. It was time to shake the rust off. It was time to come together again and restore friendships. I can't lie, I was dreading the season in June. I was strongly considering not playing. But I know that it isn't me. It isn't me to wuss out. No, it's my season to get on the court. What season are you in? Are you counting down the days until the next season starts or holding on to where you are? There will be a time to mourn and a time to rejoice. There will be times of pain, and times of joy. You will have times of struggle and hardship, but they won't last forever. The highs will be high and the lows will be low. And through it all, God is still God. He is still sovereign. He has designed our hearts to move with the seasons, and He will see us through.
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