What Season Are We In

 

Here we go people – we are entering my most favorite time of year!  For those of you who have been on the journey of Simple Faith for Today for over 13 years, you know it is coming – autumn!  I absolutely adore this season with all of the sights, smells, and experiences it has to offer.  September is that odd ‘in between’ month.  I want it to be autumn, but technically that does not arrive until mid-October.  In New England, we can feel autumn coming upon us, but we are not quite there yet.  We see a few leaves in the trees turning their spectacular colors, apples are ready for picking, pumpkins are in the patches, and the nights are a bit cooler.  The season is coming.

The seasons of our lives are not much different than those of the seasons around us.  There is the winter season that can be filled with trials and challenges.  The spring season may find us yearning to make positive changes.  Summer season can bring moments of resting on our laurels and not actively working on the changes we make.  The autumn season I always saw as a time of reflection and thankfulness in our lives. 

The question becomes, what season are you in?  Snow may not be around us, but you may feel you are stuck in a difficult situation that looks as bleak as a winter storm.  The newness of spring may be where you are now – enjoying the excitement of achieving something new in your life and working hard to make positive change.  Possibly you are holding onto summer for a couple more days, lulled into relaxing days, but realizing your activity to continue the positive changes you made are falling to the wayside.  Are you in the reflective days of autumn along with me, where thoughts turn to the goodness you have in your life?

It can be difficult to navigate these seasons in our lives.  As our verse for today states, for everything that we are enduring, there is a season for it.  The best news is that Jesus is there with us in every season of our lives!  He is there as the snow piles on, there for the uncertainty of new changes, there to help kick us in the pants when we need it and there as we reflect and give thanks.  Take time to decide what season of life you may be in and then ask Jesus for His help in guiding you through that season.  He is there, ready to take your hand.  All you need to have is simple faith!

If this message resonates with you, you may enjoy my new book, Simple Faith for Every Season.  It will be launching soon, and I will share more details in the weeks ahead!

Video that complements this post:  What Season are We In

Dearest Jesus, thank you for never leaving me, regardless of what season in my life I am experiencing.  Continue to hold my hand and guide my path.  Amen!