A Time for Everything
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens.
-Ecclesiastes 3:1
I think to some people, this verse is comforting. "A time for everything" seems nice. It can be sweet to think about how there's this "right time" for... well... just about anything! It makes waiting for good things easier and it helps us look toward sunnier skies when things are hard.
I, however, have been pretty frustrated by the season I'm in currently. What do you do when you recognize that there are times and seasons and you just flat out don't want to be in the season you're in?
Knowing there are seasons doesn't give us control over how long they last.
The duration of the seasons is far out of our hands. And this, my friends, is where gets hard.
My current season is singleness. I just got out of a long relationship and that season of my life has been over for about two months now. I'm in a new season... one where I don't have someone to call on the way home from work, and one that leaves me without my go-to restaurant partner. One without late-night "I miss you!"s or early-morning "Have a great day!"s. It can be a really lonely season. It can be an anxious season. It can be a hopeful season, but it can also be really, really painful.
But if there's a time for everything and a season for every activity, then I have to admit that whether or not I like the season I'm in, I'm here. I'm in it.
I guess I'm just trying to make sense of it all. I'm trying to believe in my heart what I know in my head. Because I know full well that God is at work and what He's working on is marvelous. I know He's the one in control and I can take peace in that, because His ways are higher than mine. I know He loves me and knows my story inside and out. I know He died to save me and will never leave nor forsake me.
And yet, here I sit. In a single season. Here's the thing, though:
I don't want to rush God's timing just because I'm uncomfortable.
Part of trusting in God is trusting that He is GOOD, no matter the season. And even though YES, it's only 7:43pm and I'm sitting in my pajamas with a belly full of dark chocolate, I don't want to just lay around moping all the time, waiting for the next season like a bump on a log.
There are gifts in this season, and God is blessing me and working through me all the time. I can look with confidence toward the future with my eyes fixed on Him.
Just like we have no control over how long winter will last, we know that spring is coming. And there are beautiful, wonderful things that happen in the wintertime that don't happen during any other season.
Here's to embracing the season you're in, wherever you are.
and a season for every activity under the heavens.
-Ecclesiastes 3:1
I think to some people, this verse is comforting. "A time for everything" seems nice. It can be sweet to think about how there's this "right time" for... well... just about anything! It makes waiting for good things easier and it helps us look toward sunnier skies when things are hard.
I, however, have been pretty frustrated by the season I'm in currently. What do you do when you recognize that there are times and seasons and you just flat out don't want to be in the season you're in?
Knowing there are seasons doesn't give us control over how long they last.
The duration of the seasons is far out of our hands. And this, my friends, is where gets hard.
My current season is singleness. I just got out of a long relationship and that season of my life has been over for about two months now. I'm in a new season... one where I don't have someone to call on the way home from work, and one that leaves me without my go-to restaurant partner. One without late-night "I miss you!"s or early-morning "Have a great day!"s. It can be a really lonely season. It can be an anxious season. It can be a hopeful season, but it can also be really, really painful.
But if there's a time for everything and a season for every activity, then I have to admit that whether or not I like the season I'm in, I'm here. I'm in it.
I guess I'm just trying to make sense of it all. I'm trying to believe in my heart what I know in my head. Because I know full well that God is at work and what He's working on is marvelous. I know He's the one in control and I can take peace in that, because His ways are higher than mine. I know He loves me and knows my story inside and out. I know He died to save me and will never leave nor forsake me.
And yet, here I sit. In a single season. Here's the thing, though:
I don't want to rush God's timing just because I'm uncomfortable.
Part of trusting in God is trusting that He is GOOD, no matter the season. And even though YES, it's only 7:43pm and I'm sitting in my pajamas with a belly full of dark chocolate, I don't want to just lay around moping all the time, waiting for the next season like a bump on a log.
There are gifts in this season, and God is blessing me and working through me all the time. I can look with confidence toward the future with my eyes fixed on Him.
Just like we have no control over how long winter will last, we know that spring is coming. And there are beautiful, wonderful things that happen in the wintertime that don't happen during any other season.
Here's to embracing the season you're in, wherever you are.
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