I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the seasons. I’ve been thinking about the literal seasons, and also seasons in our lives. Lately it seems like everyone has spring fever, including myself. The truth of it is, we’re sick of the cold & wet. Just like the nasty season of winter, we sometimes have nasty seasons in our lives. These times in the valley are hard. Sometimes they make us question God. Sometimes they make us wonder why we always get the short end of the stick. These seasons wear us out, and stretch our limits. But these times also make us grow. They make us cling to those close to us, and grow deeper together.
Just like a spoiled child, if we got good things all of the time, we wouldn’t appreciate them. We would just expect them. But because we are sometimes deprived of things, it makes it all seem that much sweeter when we get what we really want. So, I am going to try to appreciate the hard seasons, because I know a good one is just around the corner.
