Never in a million life times would I have thought that my life would look the way it does today. In the last four years I have moved from my home town of 17 years, graduated from a high school that I only attended for my senior year, got engaged and married in the same year, and on top of being a newlywed I have spent 5 out of 9 months apart from my husband who serves in the United States Army. As if all of that doesn't make me seem like a champion of change, this week I am now preparing to make the biggest move of my life thus far.
However, this particular year has been the biggest year of change, trusting God, and testing times, but through it all one thing has remained constant, one thing has remained clear: the unwavering trust I have had in our heavenly Father. If I could give any advice to someone who is dealing with what I like to call “A season of change” no matter what you are going through, this is what I would say.
TRUST GOD- When I was a junior in high school, my father came to me and my siblings and said we were moving from our home town we had been in since birth to a town hours away where we knew not a single soul. We would have to change churches, make new friends, adjust to a new school our senior year of high school, try to make relationships work from 3 hours away. It was hard but it was in this transition and the years to come I realized that my trust in God would open doors that I myself would not be able to open. At that time and that season I didn’t quite understand that God had a plan, but as I reflect on the last 4 years I now know that when you put your trust in the one who holds your future you will never be disappointed.
“SHE WHO TRUST IN THE LORD WILL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED” – ISAIAH 49:23
IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY- I know it doesn’t seem like it right now, but with time things will work out for your good (Romans 8:28). If you are walking in a dark season of life, remember that God has a plan. He has a purpose. He will use what you are going through to bring praise. There is a blessing coming your way if you will just press through your season of change.
I went through a tough season my early high school years. I was hurt, I was broken, I hated life and I hated myself. I thought, "If God loves me, why does he let all these things happen to me."
Why wasn’t He keeping me from feeling like I was walking alone in the darkest season of my life? That is when I finally understood that in that season God was testing me, growing me, and molding me so that in the years to come HE could USE me. I've been blessed with the opportunity to share my testimony with many young girls who have went through or are going through the same type of season I did. But if I wouldn't have gone through what I experienced, I wouldn't have been able to help them get through what they are presently working to overcome. It was then that I learned it was going to be okay because joy comes in the morning and God will use your test as a testimony. Press on.
“THE PAIN THAT YOU’VE BEEN FEELING, CAN’T COMPARE TO THE JOY THAT’S COMING” – ROMANS 8:18
THERE IS BEAUTY IN EVERY SEASON- Whether you are going through a new marriage, a failed relationship, about to start college, a new Christian, a new parent, or you are just in a season, like me, of transition, I hope you are able to see the beauty that is about to take place.
Every Autumn things begin to fade away and die off yet we still take drives to see the leaves change and fall to the ground. Then a few months later spring is here and a rebirth begins to happen, and we notice the beauty in the new season. Remember, there is even beauty in dying seasons, there is beauty in the growing seasons, and there is beauty in the season of waiting and the season of transition. No matter your season of life, step back and take a look at what is taking place because God is about to transition you to a higher, new beautiful season of life.
“THE SEASONS CHANGE AND YOU CHANGE, BUT THE LORD ABIDES EVERMORE THE SAME, AND THE STREAMS OF HIS LOVE ARE AS DEEP, AS BROAD, AND AS FULL AS EVER.” – CHARLES SPURGEON
