Seasons of Change

​Can I hear an AMEN from those of you who like change? Most of us do not, and yet change is an inevitable part of God’s plan for us.
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Let’s consider the telephone. This device went from needing an operator to make a connection, to a round dial, then a push button interface, a handheld with a battery so we could roam, 

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flip phones so our roaming distance could increase, and now we all depend on our smartphones. (Does that make all other phones “not” smart?)

The book of Ecclesiastes goes into detail on seasonal change. Chapter 3:1-8 describes the inevitability of those seasons.

“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven”.  We may not understand or thrill to these ordained shifts, but if we stop to think about it, they are all part of a divine, orderly plan.

Change is constant. Because we are constrained by time, it is difficult to fully grasp the beginning or end of God’s time. Understanding the fact that the shifts in our lives are not random, we can fully engage in our “current” season and trust God through the transition.

Doesn’t it fall upon us to be resilient in that knowledge and stay constant to our faith in God?

“A time to gain, a time to lose”. Be glad for the “gains”, be humbled in our losses, and find strength from the fact that the loss also has a purpose.

“A time to laugh, a time to weep”. Laughter is medicinal, just as weeping is also medicinal and perhaps just part of God’s “purpose” to guide us through times of great trauma.
We should be grateful to God for ALL the seasons, consistently thank Him for his wisdom in the purpose under heaven, and then perhaps we can be at peace for those difficult moments in our lives that we don’t comprehend. The Byrds sang about it in 1965:

​There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late

​In His Name, Craig