It has been almost five months since my last post, not that I haven’t thought about posting – life got and remains busy. I finished my second masters this summer and being the type A that I am, I jumped into an aggressive study program to pass another professional certification. Thank God I passed because it was one of the hardest exams I have taken. At any rate, I’m back.
To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.
These verses not only tell us that there are different seasons, but that
each of these seasons has a purpose. I
will not pretend to understand the purpose of our current times, but one thing
I can say is that we are to learn and grow from each season we find ourselves
in. It is through the wisdom and peace
of God that we can walk through each season with the understanding that God is
there with us, helping us along the way.
The other lesson I take from these verses is that we are to be active
participants in each season, being watchmen/women. Not only being watchmen/women of the present
season, but also being vigilant and preparing for the coming seasons with God’s
guidance. I leave you with the question, how are you participating in this current season and how are you preparing for the next?
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