Seasons

Life offers many seasons as we know.  Learning to accept, enjoy, and thrive in the season we are in can sometimes be a challenge.  However, once we embrace the beauty and uniquness of the season we are currently experiencing,  our lives become richer and more meaningful.  

The only time we really have is the present.  Learning from the past and planning for the future is  important.  But dwelling on the past and wishing for the future (if only this, if only that, when I'm this, when I have that...) only brings stress, worry, and dissatisfaction.   So, learning to not only accept but embrace the present frees us to experience all that the Lord wants to send our way.  We can be present and focused on our family, our relationships, the whisperings of the spirit, answers to our prayers, promptings we receive.  We can experience peace amidst the confusion.

The season I am in right now, as challenging as it is,  is actually turning out to be a glorious season of unexpected joys and growth.   Seeing others as the Lord sees them is unquestionably one of the greatest gifts I have received during this journey.  In this case, seeing my husband as the Lord sees him is allowing me to show forth greater love, greater patience, and greater understanding.   I love him more now than I ever have.

I'm not certain when it happened, when the Lord bestowed this gift upon me, this tender mercy, this answer to my prayers.  But I am so thankful  He did, for it has made all the difference. 

Noelle