For Everything There is a Season....

​“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1).  There is a season for each of us in our roles throughout our lifetime. After I had my baby, I remember a friend saying the days are long but the years are short. As a child, I remember my mother saying she couldn’t believe how fast time goes the older you got. 
The older I get, the more I see the wisdom in these words throughout different seasons of my life.  Part of this current season includes seeing my parents begin to age.  I begin to feel a sense of urgency to talk to them more often, twinged with some regret from the times that I took them for granted, was too busy to pick up the phone when they would call, or laugh at their lack of ‘tech skills’.  I value every conversation a bit more.  A lot more really.
We know that one of the Ten Commandments is to honor our father and mother (Exodus 20:12).  This is a key element of God’s instructions for us.  I remember memorizing this for a religion test at school.  These words have now become alive, have flesh on them, as I age and wish for time to now slow down so I can breathe in every experience now.  As God’s children, we can ask Him to love us through these seasons and feel His grace, for every purpose under heaven.  Can you ask Jesus to accompany you through your own season of life?

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