FALL 2019
Our life is made up of many different seasons. We have seasons for each area of our life, including; friendships, career, marriage, children and spirituality.
Some seasons last longer than others and we can always be assured that a new season is coming.
SPRING
Spring is a season for learning, opportunity and dynamic thinking.
Spring is an exciting time and a time of work. Spring is about new beginnings, baby birds and animals rising from their slumber as life springs forth all around us. Even the sun can hardly wait to rise in the Spring. This season is filled with new beginnings! It might be a budding relationship or graduating college or preparing for a new baby or announcing a retirement.
Spring is filled with hope and calls us to plant seeds while often times not even knowing what they’ll turn into, waiting on God to develop them. Spring is that season of planting seeds with passion, zeal, spiritedness and vibrancy.
Uncertainty as to what is ahead can also be sprinkled into this potpourri.
SUMMER
Summer is a season for reward, celebration, and fulfillment.
It’s hard to think of summer without thinking of the hazy, lazy days of childhood; riding bikes, ice cream trucks, fireworks, swimming pools, camping in the back yard and counting the stars.
Summer is a time of growth, networking, traveling, taking risks and getting out of your comfort zone. This is a time of life where you might experience courage, compassion and euphoria.
You may notice that the seeds you planted in Spring are now rooting, growing and producing fruit.
FALL
Fall is a season for harvesting, reaping and counting our blessings.
Autumn — ah the sweet smell of autumn, the crisp air blowing the colorful leaves around. Fall is harvest time. We’ve planted, protected, and now we reap. God brings us into harvest season to enjoy a full bounty. This season is filled with great blessings not only for us, but for the Kingdom. It is a season of gratitude.
WINTER
Winter is a season for rest, replenishment, evaluating past efforts/mistakes and planning for Spring.
This is the season where plants, trees and animals are resting and regaining their strength for the new Spring season.
Winter is the season to find that deeper sense of inner peace, to bond with loved ones, to journal thoughts/feelings and to think critically and thoughtfully about life — where you have been and where you are going.
MY SISTER, JOAN: Embracing Her Season
Sometimes people think that as they get older — the seasons lose their luster. Yet, when God beckons us to a new season … we need to respond.
My sister, Joan, and her husband, Dean — are healthy, vibrant and in their early 70’s. My sister heard God calling her to make a big and challenging move. After the initial fear, uncertainty and lots of discussions, Joan and Dean embraced it.
They sold their house in the city of Seattle where they had lived for 40+ years, raising 2 children. They purchased 5 acres in the country outside of Seattle and have moved there with both their adult children and grandchildren.
My sister said, “The family compound might not work for some people. And we had to endure people telling us that we were crazy. Yet we and our kids were excited at the concept of living in community as a family. It’s not only a new season for us — but a fresh beginning for the kids and the grandchildren too. This legacy will live on after we are gone.”
You’re never too old to embrace the season where God is calling you. Listen for His whisper.
For everything there is a season
and a time for every matter
under heaven;
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to harvest what is planted
— Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
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