Change of Seasons

As we arrive back from Medicine Hat and start to settle in to our daily routines again, I look around and see that Spring is arriving. Maybe part of that is because it is +10 degrees Celsius today instead of -20, but it could be due to the sunshine and birds too.

I see that the seasons are changing. Outside, the trees are thinking about coming back to life and the animals are venturing out of their hidey holes for the first time since winter began. Outside, seasons are changing.

And I see that they are changing for our lives too. Since the beginning of January, our family has really focused on listening for God in our lives. We spent a season coasting on what He had told us previously, and then we kind of stopped listening and set the spiritual train on cruise control. Thankfully, our God is forgiving and continues to have His great plan in mind for us, whether we are aware of it or not.

As we become more aware of Him speaking to us all the time, we look around and see the work He is doing in this season. We can see glimpses of what He is preparing for in the next season, and we notice that right now we are in the midst of those seasons changing.

Now we have a choice. He will continue to do His work whether we watch and listen for it, or turn back to our lives and intentionally ignore it. We can choose to stand idly by out of fear...fear of change, fear of loss, fear of inadequacy...the list goes on. Or, we can choose to step out, step up, and trust in Him. Trust that He will provide, trust that His plan is better than anything we can come up with. Trust that we will be blessed by listening to and obeying Him when He calls.

The choice is never easy, although it should be.