This morning finally felt like fall to me! I don't know if it is just because it's the first of November or because Thanksgiving is literally coming around the corner (Yay for family & Thanksgiving food!!) but either way I was excited!! I was excited for the change of seasons! Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I am never this excited or expectant when God changes my seasons. I actually turn into a heavyweight grappling champion. Wrestling, kicking and fighting to hang on to what I am most comfortable. Wearing myself out leads to submission and my submission brings a peace that surpasses all understanding, though everything else around me still seems to be in uproar.
Change is frightening. The unknown is not a place most willingly run to. Changes in our weather seasons bring rest, restoration and beauty that enrich our earth. God uses our personal seasons to do the same for our lives. Though not all enjoyable or easy, there is a purpose for everything that He allows and we can trust that it is only for our good. He is good! Let's be real, He cares more about our character than He does our comfort and I am so thankful for that!
Seasons change. Things adjust. God prunes and plants. But in order to get to the next season that God has waiting for you, you need to go through this one. He knows exactly what He is doing and only He knows how you need to be prepared for what He has in store! So enjoy it and seek the Lord in it, because before you know it you will be walking through the door to your new season.
1 Peter 1
6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Change is frightening. The unknown is not a place most willingly run to. Changes in our weather seasons bring rest, restoration and beauty that enrich our earth. God uses our personal seasons to do the same for our lives. Though not all enjoyable or easy, there is a purpose for everything that He allows and we can trust that it is only for our good. He is good! Let's be real, He cares more about our character than He does our comfort and I am so thankful for that!
Seasons change. Things adjust. God prunes and plants. But in order to get to the next season that God has waiting for you, you need to go through this one. He knows exactly what He is doing and only He knows how you need to be prepared for what He has in store! So enjoy it and seek the Lord in it, because before you know it you will be walking through the door to your new season.
1 Peter 1
6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
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