The Seasons of Change

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven — A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal;A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.  A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.  A time to love and a time to hate;A time for war and a time for peace

It was just a few days before I left on my road trip down south. I still wasn’t really excited about going to CGA. In fact, the idea of leaving still had me tearing up. During that last week as I said my goodbyes I found myself sitting in my favorite coffee shop for one more intentional conversation with an incredible woman in my life and she said this, “You should be excited by now, you are just days away from leaving. Why are you so sad about it?”

I thought about it for a little while and even more the next day as I sat on the back porch with the Lord.

While I was talking to the Lord about it He brought to mind the verses in Ecclesiastes that talk about the seasons that there are in life, and there is a season for everything. He was telling me my season in Michigan was over. This season is over and I have a new season for you. In this season to come there wil be so much goodness that I have for you, and you don’t even know it yet.

I realized that I had been looking at leaving Michigan as a loss. I had only been home for a few months and here I was leaving again. I didn’t get to see everyone I wanted to see, and do all the things I wanted to do. I wasn’t ready to move farther away from my nieces and nephews and miss out on more of the precious moments of their lives and so many other things.

I had focused on what I was leaving behind in Michigan instead of looking towards what God had for me in Georgia. In that moment I decided I would mourn one last time for what I was losing, because there are things I would leave behind. After that I would look to Georgia with the excitement of what the Lord has in store for in at CGA.

I have now been in Georgia for a week and already the Lord has brought so much goodness.

I’ll save that for another blog.