As I was hanging out with friends, one of them told me simply: "After winter comes spring.. wait" encouraging words, hard to take in, but TRUE. Spending time with family the next day, my sister, grandmother and I were talking about seasons in our life, and they could tell I was in a peaceful time in my life. Things have definitely changed over time.
Its true: I feel like I'm in such a peaceful time right now (yes even with the good and bad days). But it is like winter right now and I'm having to BE STILL. It reminds me of the snow in Russia. For the city of Moscow to be such a gloomy dirty place, the snow made it beautiful, and in the spring, the tulips would blossom everywhere, even while the snow had not yet melted. Talk about a BEAUTIFUL SITE!
The snow works as a blanket, to protect the flowers. Who would have thought? I feel like it is definitely that season: Its beautiful, peaceful, and I'm blanketed in place... God's working on my... before the spring will blossom through. Its not easy sometimes, because I want to go and achieve, but its not that season yet. So I am STILL, and I soak in the AWARENESS that God is at work.
For You and Me: What season is it for you? And are you content in that season you're in right now? All seasons are beautiful in their own way and they happen for a reason.
"For Everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven..." Ecclesiastes 3:1
I must be summer... Hmmm... or maybe Fall. I am at a "change" in my life right now dealing with being stressed because of school. It has affected my emotions and others as well. So maybe my leaves are changing colors and falling off so I can prepare to be covered in the winter to spring forward in a few months...
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ReplyDeleteThats my favorite season... a time of surrender, beatiful colors that shine through when taking on the trials of the cold air, aroma of coziness, the harvest... you are autumn indeed.. a beautiful season sister
A few years ago it snowed at Easter here. It was beautiful to see all of the bluebonnets with snow all aroun them. this post made me think of that.
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