Summer to Fall: The Seasons of Life are Always Changing

After a restless night of sleep, today turned out to be probably the most beautiful day of the year so far.  There was a crisp breeze in the air that reminded me we are yet again fixing to enter into a new season of the year.  I love this time of year when a changing of seasons takes place.  If you haven't taken a look at my posting titled My Changing of Seasons, you should definitely give it a read. 

All of us are always going through a changing of seasons within our own lives.  These changes can be felt to a great degree when we allow ourselves to take them in.  Sometimes, we may not want to open ourselves up to them because it may appear that changing from one season into another is a tiresome and exhausting task; however, we should always remember every season brings forth opportunities of growth.  Even the seasons that we dread entering into, good can come out of them. 

Not all seasons in our life are we going to look forward to.  Some people don't look forward to Fall and Winter, just the same as some people dread Spring and Summer; however, each season has its own advantages.  By successfully making it through each season, the ones that follow become that much more sweeter. 

If you are entering into a season of your life that you're not looking forward to, take time to identify the things in your life that you are thankful for.  In doing so, your fear and anxiety tied to the future will quickly fade.  Thankfulness can wipe away your worries of defeat.  If you are entering into a season in which you have for a long time been anticipating, take time to thank God for the season he is blessing you with. 

I was reading Joshua earlier today and what I have gathered so far out of this amazing book is that God can help us become victorious over any struggles that we may be facing in our life.  Every season in our life will present its own troubles, but God can help us joyously overcome them.  This book also pointed out that we are most vulnerable to be defeated after a victory has been obtained.  We would be wise to take these words to heart just like every other word written in the bible. 

Through God we can reach victory.  But, victory is many times followed by defeat because we often times forget who the victory was achieved through.  Everything we have we owe thanks to Jesus for.  Every season is presented to us only by his grace.