I’ve lived the last twenty years in a series of spiritual seasons. Each unique and yet entwined with each other.
When one season would begin, another ended. Just like how God created the four seasons to change.
What do I mean by a spiritual season?
It’s a non specific time frame where you learn one or two or three life lessons at a time and it seems like everything in your life points to those lessons for a “season”.
For a while there I was living a new learning season every three months. But now it varies a little longer.
I look back at the last 8 years and see growth. Physically and mentally and emotionally and spiritually, the life lessons are all are meshed together.
One in particular that sticks out to me right now is lessons in grace.
Extending grace to others and receiving grace. Both equally difficult.
A lot has been going thru my mind today. Some good. Some bad.
Like how we all have to face each day and choose what our attitude is going to be.
Like how we all have responsibilities and the choice to fulfill them or not.
Like how we often pretend to be something we are not just to get thru the day.
Like how we tend to blame others for our problems.
Like how we have a choice to be kind or not.
It’s not easy being human. It’s not easy being kind. It’s not easy to keep our responsibilities straight.
With the wedding coming up, I’ve been putting a lot of thought into how my life is going to change. Pastor Steve made a good point in our meeting with him this week. He said, “Marriage is about putting the other person before yourself.” So simple yet profound.
I have a lot of thoughts about this concept that I’m not going to bore you with. But I want to end with this:
Oftentimes the sacrifices you make go unnoticed by all except for Jesus. He sees it all. The responsibilities. The kindness. The times we put on a brave face. And He knows that we struggle. That I struggle. And just like that He gives grace upon grace for every situation. My task is to simply accept that grace every moment that I can and to give grace just as freely.
I’m not good at it but I know that Jesus will be there to help me live this season of grace.
