Changes in seasons are one of the many things I love about God.
He knew I'd eventually get tired of having sand in my hair, cold winds in the early morning and not being able to wear white skinnies during the fall and winter.
He knew before all of time and creation that for my personal, physical, emotiona, and spiritual growth that I would need the seasons to eventually change.
Changes in the seasons of life aren't quite as easy as the simple color change in the leaves.
Seasons can be tricky. Some are seasons of blessings, some are seasons of doubt, some are seasons of loss, etc. We've all been through various season changes in our life time whether we like it or not.
When I go through a season change, I get anxious. I know whatever is in store for this season has a great lesson in it, but halfway through the season, I have a hard time trusting that God is going to ever bring me out of it. Let me tell you a secret... He has carried me through every single time. Not once in my life have I been permanently stuck in a season, even though it may feel like a life time, I've never been left behind.
You may be a recent divorcee learning to love life and live independently again.
You may be a single mom who just lost her job.
You may be a teenage girl who has found herself with no true friends.
You may be a college student who feel like you're not being successful enough.
You may even be an elderly lady who thinks her life isn't quite fulfilled yet.
In all these various changes in life, there will always be thoughts of doubt.
"Does God truly love me like He says He does?"
"Why would He allow me to feel this loneliness?"
"He promises good to us but this doesn't feel good at all."
"I wonder if God even cares about me since it seems like no one else does."
These are thoughts that I have had in my own season changes of life. I have a tendency to think that God might not understand how painful some seasons are. Some seasons rip you to the core, expose your heart and leave you desperately turning towards God because that's the only sense of relief you get. In these seasons, God is breaking you. But not to see you fail, not to see you weak, and not to see you in pain. He does it to mold you. In 1 Corinthians 6:11 it says, "but some of you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of Jesus". Only through the name of Jesus can we be refined in these seasons of changes, only through Him do we survive the stedfast whirlwind of changes.
When something is broken down, melted and refined, it is a purer version that it was before, that is molded into something new. That's the purpose of your season change.
Endure the flames, endure the heat, endure the refining process. When it's time for the season to change again, you'll see that all along He was making you into the wonderful creation you were always meant to be. You'll walk away from the fire brighter, purer and more genuine with a deep appreciation for the flames.
Changes in seasons aren't always bad, sometimes they're necessary.
