Seasons!!!

Ecclesiastes 3:1 ERV says, There is a right time for everything, and everything on earth will happen at the right time.

In our everyday language it will translate to “everything happens for a reason” “nothing will happen before it’s time.”

One thing we know for certain is that no one season lasts forever, even though it may seem like some seasons do last forever. We know that there are four seasons in the natural: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. As it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual, we live life and go through seasons. One thing we associate with seasons is change; change in temperature, change in how we dress, change in our moods, change in activities, change in weather conditions, change in the length of sunlight and daylight hours, change in how we eat, change in body weight, you name it if you can think of it.

In the natural we know when to expect the change in season because there is a set time and date assigned for each season to begin and end. Each season is assigned three months, equally split. However, somehow it often appears that you hear people complain that one season seem to last so long, and another seem to be so short. Depending on the individual, the vote on the longest and shortest season varies. However, what you will notice is that the season we love the most will always seem too short and the season we are the least fond of always seem to last longest.

One thing we cannot deny about seasons is that whether we like the season or not, it will come and there is nothing we can do to stop it from happening. As it is in the natura, so it is in the spiritual. Each season serves its own unique purpose. Let us look at nature, there are certain things that take place with trees in only in the winter, certain things that only take place in the spring; same is true for the summer and fall. For example, flowers bloom in the springtime and if they try to bloom in the winter, they will die. Certain seasons and the conditions that come with that season are necessary for life and survival. Not all seasons are willingly welcomed and embraced but they are necessary for our survival, growth and development.

We will begin a journey in the upcoming weeks and months to come about the four different seasons. We will explore the different seasons, the characteristic of each season, what happens in each season and how we should dress (prepare) for each season. Another thing we know about seasons is that it is very important that we dress appropriately for each season. As it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual.

As we journey through, it is my prayer that we will be able to identify the season we are in and embrace each season equally, because we all have to go through them. When we understand more about the season we are in and we recognize and accept that it is needed and necessary, we can have a better attitude. When we have a good attitude, and we embrace each season and do the work that is needed we will realize it will impact, improve and influence how long we will stay in that season.

When we enter a season, we will ask what is the season designed to teach and prepare us for and then find out what it is that we need to do be doing while we are here, rather than why me? How long will this last?

I will leave us with this food for thought: The Lord created, (yes He designed seasons)in our lives to shape us, to mold us, and make us into who He created us to be. He uses seasons to show us that He is good and can “make everything beautiful for its own time” Ecclesiastes 3:11. So, no matter how painful or uncomfortable or pleasant a season, no matter how “good” or “bad” is, it is designed as a way and means for God to capture our hearts and attention and grow our faith.

Seasons were designed for God’s glory and for our good!

When we believe in our hearts that all things work together for our good, when we understand that nothing happens to us, but everything happens for us as stated in Romans 8:28 we will welcome and embrace every season with joy, gladness and high expectations of what God wants to do and will do in our lives if we patiently endure each season. We are expected to bear fruit in each and every season of our lives, and the fruits we bear in each season will and should differ.

Blessings Beloved of God!