Seasons Change

In the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1 it says “ To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”.  When I was in school many moons ago, there was a song out called Turn, Turn, Turn by the Byrds. I would sing it and think “yep, that’s right…everything has a season.” But when a season dealing with people becomes a reality in your life, it isn’t always easy to accept. We have a tendency to want to keep people in our lives forever. It’s hard to think about them not being a part of our everyday life. But here’s something you need to remember: Your destiny is never tied to people who either walk away, move away or drift away. You can cry over it, question it, hate it, even beg them to stay. But the bottom line is this: the people who are meant to be in your life are still there. The rest of them were there for a season. That doesn’t just apply to people we love or friends. What if it’s someone who has been helping us grow spiritually? They spent hours building us up and pushing us forward. Even they have a season in our lives, a limited time to minister to us. And as hard as it might be to say goodbye, they served a purpose. Once that door closes, it’s time for us to move on to the next season of our life! If you think about it, we can’t use that bathing suit we bought for the beach in the winter time. And we can’t use that snow suit in the summer. Just like the things we own and use are for a season, God knows exactly what we need and who we need for every season we will be facing. Life is always teaching us something if we pay attention. If we look back at the relationships we’ve had that are no longer the way they used to be, we learned something. It’s all part of making us the person we are today.