Do you ever have a word that is speaking to you? Everywhere you go, everything you do it is that same word. That has been me lately. I believe this is one of God's way of communicating with us since we don't always listen any other way.
That word for me lately has been SEASON. The word has been everywhere lately and culminating on Sunday when both the sermon dealt with that and then on the way home from church they were discussing things on the radio. The word used over and over on the radio was SEASON. There it was again.
I've been pondering this a lot lately. Although this may not be the official definition of season, I have come up with the definition that God has been putting on my heart. And that definition is CHANGE. The sermon Sunday, if you step away from the word season, was talking about how we are different at different points in our life. We change. We go through seasons. The speaker on the radio was talking about how we have different seasons in our lives, referring to, again, change. Even in my cooking we have been playing with seasoning our food with different spices to explore the change that comes with that and the wonderful new flavors that can be experienced.
Right now my new SEASON is that my daughter is going to college. This is a huge change in my life. My daughter has lived with us for 18 years. We have watched her grow to a beautiful young lady. Still, as any parent would tell you, I can look at her and see that little toddler that needed my help for most things she did. I am very proud of her and how she is pursing her dreams.
Looking back just on the last 3 years there have been many SEASONS in my life. Beginning with the diagnosis of cancer. To having surgery and radiation. Learning to walk with a walker, to finding out that I would be having my hip rebuilt and learning to walk again, this time without a walker. The seasons have been ever changing.
How does this relate to my Goals and Dreams you ask? Well, I am looking forward to the new SEASON and not looking back on the seasons that have passed. Embracing the change and not ignoring it or burying my head in the sand. We all have Seasons of CHANGE and if we don't embrace it, we may just miss out on all of the blessings that are wrapped up within that Season. And remember, just like the seasons on the calendar, another SEASON in our life will be just around the corner. Looking forward and not backward will keep you excited about what is just around the corner.
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