“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven”
- Ecclesiastes 3:1
There are seasons of sadness, loss, joy, newness, and growth. I believe we all have gone through it this year. We have experienced sadness because of the loss of a friend, a loved one, or a family pet. We have celebrated joy at a friend’s wedding, a birthday, on a vacation. We all have grown from a new job, a new title, a new school. All of these life seasons are intentional and God’s influence in them should be acknowledged. There are planting seasons and harvesting seasons. It is all part of God’s great design.
If you are in a certain season of life, you can be confident the season will come to an end at some point. Whatever God takes us through, it has a purpose, perhaps to deepen our faith or to help us achieve a breakthrough in an area of our lives. Good Shepherd is going through a season of uncertainty, and we want to make the best choices. I have come to experience blessings in the storm with my congregation. We will go through hardships, and enter new seasons that will bring relief, hope, comfort and justice.
We trust in God, and we know he is in control of all things. He is with us in our hardest battles, he guides us, because he knows what is coming ahead for us and he will provide what we need to get through. God is always present and always leading us through each day. We may question God’s timing as difficult, or late, or hard to understand, but God’s timing is perfect and always comes to pass in a way that will bring us goodness.
I love to see the trees change colors, and when sweater weather comes. I also enjoy hot chocolate and warm sweets in autumn. Change can be difficult, but I ask that you pause to reflect on what God’s presence and the direction he is taking you this season. I hope to see you at bible study on Thursday night at 7pm. Enjoy the journey and trust in God.
Sandra Silva
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