Beauty in the Changing Seasons of Life

Fall is my favorite season. I love the gentle cool breeze coming in from an open window while I’m drinking a warm latte. Not to mention the wonderful taste of pumpkin spiced goods or the pleasure of watching football. It’s my absolute fav. Like the changing weather seasons, the only thing constant in life is change. As a pessimist, I struggle with this a lot. I hate it. I want things to stay the same, I want them consistent and to remain in place. I don’t need or want them to shift or waiver. I’m comfortable in my bubble, inside my box, not outside. Change will sometimes take me me out of my comfort zone. Change sometimes hurts too. While change is a struggle, I’ve learned it can be a good thing in my life as well. I’ve gotten better at handling change by looking at it in a different perspective. Like the changing colors of the leaves during the most beautiful season of the year, there is beauty in the changing. But if I only look at the negative, I won’t see the beauty. I’ll see broken branches and leaves that have literally fallen down and are no longer attached to the tree that once held them so close. Sometimes situations in our lives can leave us feeling broken, knocked down and or separated from the one place we were once apart of. While that may be true, there can still be beauty. It’s a process friend. The trees are experiencing a beautiful God given natural process. While winter is ahead, Spring is sure to follow. Where branches will become cold and brittle, even fragile… new life will eventually blossom after. I know you may feel broken or beat down. I know you may feel alone or separated. You may even feel like something has died within you or around you. But God is working even in this and He is preparing you for the the next season in your life. He promises to work everything for our good and to bring beauty from ashes. You are not abandoned. You are loved beyond measure by a God who gave Himself for you, and for me. He is always with us, never against us. He is making beauty out of this. He is always making something beautiful and while the seasons continue to change, He remains the same. Constant and true, faithful and never ending. Run to Him friend, He is able to hold you close when you need it the most. Run to Him again and again, and again.

// prayer //

Father, Thank You for the changing seasons in my life that remind me once again that only You are in control. Thank You for doing a work that only You can do. Help me not lose hope when things fall out of place, when it all begins to change, when the tears begin to fall. Remind me of Your promises Lord, keep me safe within Your arms. I will trust that You are making beauty out of this, I will trust You in every season of my life. Be with me now and always. In Jesus name, Amen.