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Seasons.

Recently, I realized I was in a season of transition. A housing change and upcoming move is bringing with it a new place, a different neighborhood, new neighbors, new experiences, and a different perspective.

But it is bittersweet. I don’t want this season of my current home base to end. My time here, in this place, has been the richest and sweetest time of my life.

Why do we so often cling onto our seasons so tightly?
Does this keep us from seeing the opportunities ahead of us, and the areas of growth that are waiting to happen?

It’s so easy to try to hold onto where we are, rather than eagerly anticipating what is ahead of us. But, when we have a confident hope that there are good things planned for us, what do we have to worry about?

We have a choice: to start to lean towards and embrace a new season, or to try to cling to the one we are leaving.

Seasonal changes in our lives can provide a perspective and lens to view things differently. They can allow us to see the world in a different way. They can allow us to experience things in a different way. They can challenge resilience and ignite growth. Hard seasons, like the death of someone we love, divorce, a job loss, injury, or loss of relationship, are not as difficult to want to leave behind. But there is still opportunity for fruit to grow in these.

What season is ahead of you?
What are you clinging to that you don’t want to let go of?
Do you doubt that there can be good things ahead of you?

It is possible to prosper in every season, regardless of what each season holds. Regardless of the circumstances those seasons bring.

Psalm 1 says that those who delight in God’s Will, in his guidelines and principles, will be like trees planted along a river. They will bring forth fruit in EACH season, their leaves will NEVER wither, and they will prosper in whatever they do.

With this directive, there is hope that we can prosper in EVERY season we find ourselves in, if we remain planted in this truth. 

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