Seasons

In the third chapter of Ecclesiastes, Solomon speaks about the different seasons that we encounter in our lives. In verse one, he says

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."

He goes on to say

a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.



These verses have really been relevant to me recently as I feel I am entering into a new season of my life. For a while now, I have really been in a season of growth in my mind. Over the past year and a half I have learned so much about the Word of God and yet sometimes I feel like I am just scratching the surface. But in the midst of learning and growing in knowledge, I had lost a sight of something that has always meant so much to me, and something that defined who I was for a long time. I had lost sight of the journey of life.

One of my favorite quotes is "life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be lived." For the last year and a half, most of the time I have viewed life, as well as people, as problems to be solved. I don't think God made life that way.

So I am really excited that The Lord has broken through all the intellectual restraints I put up sometimes. He has a funny way of doing that. :) He used a band from Northern Ireland to remind me that worship is a lifestyle meant to be filled with joy and life is truly a journey we must embrace as we cross the thresholds through this side of eternity.

So as life moves, and we are taken through the seasons it brings, may our lives sing jubilant melodies to our marvelous, boundless, wonderful, sacrificial Savior, and may we know that He loves us.



filled with the joy of our Lord,

JN