I love this time of year when the leaves begin to turn colors and eventually fall off the trees. It’s a constant reminder that life is all about seasons.
Some seasons are more difficult than others… but if you know how to adjust your expectations and find the good in every season, life can be much more enjoyable.
Over the years I’ve met several people from warmer climates that couldn’t handle the winters in Wisconsin. They would batten-down the hatches as soon as the temperatures fell below 50 and prayed for summer.
They were miserable for a significant part of a year all because they didn’t learn to adapt to the current climate and still enjoy the journey!
I think this “seasonal dilemma” has potential application for all of our lives. You see life has its way of throwing curve balls at us thus creating some difficult seasons that we must walk through.
Sociologists have created a term calling this adjusting to the “New Normal.” When things change and difficulties arise we must adapt & adjust to the new nuances that this season of life brings without crawling in a hole and wishing things were back to the way they were.
Like my friends that quit living when the temps dropped many people quit living when seasons change.
But here’s what I found out… the human body has an incredible ability to adjust to just about any environment given enough time & the right attitude.
So as we approach winter this year… even though it may get cold, the trees may be leaf-less & the snow may come in abundance, If we approach it properly and embrace this new season some wonderful things can happen within us.
And even though things may look barren on the surface, there is much going on beneath the surface. God is drawing us to Himself causing the roots go down deeper, our relationship with him to grow and our faith to be strengthened.
All this is preparing us for a fruitful new season of life as spring approaches.
Enjoy the journey!
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Posted on Oct
31, 2009 by Glenn Smith
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