Well, it is already on the news. I knew this day would arrive. I have prepared my winter closet for the inevitable. The meteorologists have been discussing the frozen white stuff....the "s" word that rhymes with know. It is predicted between Friday night and Saturday morning. Although white is my favorite color...this frozen precipitation is not on my favorite list. Yes, it is beautiful. But it only comes in one form...frozen....and that means it will be cold outside. I am not excited about cold weather....or sNOw.
However, I cannot control the weather. Nor can I control the winter season. In fact, I cannot control any season. Sure, I have personally wondered why it cannot be spring and summer the entire year. But that's not up to me. God designed the four seasons for His own wonderful reasons. I will accept and respect that. So...I will embrace each season for the beauty and purpose He intended.
I began thinking. Life brings many seasons, too. There are seasons of renewal and revival...loss and grief...growth and maturity...confusion and searching...disappointment and discouragement...celebration and excitement...learning and leaning...hoping and believing. Some seasons are pleasant while others are challenging. Yet in each season, we have choices. Those choices may not change the circumstances...but they may change how we handle it. As the years pass, I am learning to simply focus on the One Who holds me through each season. He knows my name, my heart, my life and my purpose. He loves me and never abandons me. May I be grateful for His faithfulness...in all seasons...as He leads me Home for the most wonderful season of all.♥~thl
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perserverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, Who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinful men so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews 12: 1>3
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