A Weird Season

I enjoy living in Georgia where we have four seasons for the most part. Every now and then, we have such a mild winter, or a hot spring and it feels like we skipped a season. There are also more than four seasons of life. I have had seasons where I felt really close to the Lord and then others when He felt far away. I have had seasons where I was stressed at work or frustrated at work. There have been multiple seasons during my marriage, some that were amazing and some that really tested me. Tina and I have entered the “empty nest” season and it feels a bit weird. Even though our kids have all moved out, we can’t stop thinking about them and how they are doing – or what they are doing. Our trust in the Lord is reaching for whole new levels.

Jeremiah was instructed to write a letter to the people of Judah who had been deported to Babylon. The Lord was setting up this “season” and hopefully they were going to learn their lesson. Check this out…..

¹⁰ This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. ¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. ¹² In those days when you pray, I will listen. ¹³ If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. ¹⁴ I will be found by you,” says the Lord. (Jeremiah 29:10-14a NLT)

This is one of my favorite scriptures because it offers hope in hard seasons. It actually offers hope in any season of life. In late spring, there are kids graduating from high school or college and entering a new season of their life. Some are starting a career, while others are figuring out the work/career thing.

I’m still learning that the Lord doesn’t leave me whatever season I’m in.

His Presence helps me make sense of the season.

His Presence helps calm my soul in any season.

His Presence reminds me that He has plans for me.

His Presence reminds me that He wasn’t surprised by this season.

I’m going to trust Him in every season. I’m going to trust Him, even if this season has a storm brewing just over the horizon. I’m going to sing to Him and praise Him in every season. I know that He will walk with me through every season of life, the regular ones as well as the unexpected ones.

Pressing On!

Dwayne