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FROM THE EDITOR
What Season Are You In?
Whenwe say seasons, we often think of Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall according to the climate outdoors.
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But did you also know we have a spiritual Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall season(s) in our lives, unrelated to age?
It is important to recognize the spiritual significance of your season, how God gives us His grace to navigate through each season, and what happens when we fail to recognize our season.
Our spiritual Winter is when we may sense the need to escape the hustle and bustle and take more time to nestle down and take stock of our lives. Winter is a time to renew our faith, regain our focus, and establish our purpose.
Our spiritual Spring is when the seeds of new ideas, strategies, creativity, and a new purpose are planted into our hearts and minds, so we can experience new growth from that which died in our Winter. It may seem like there is no opportunity for new growth, but God is growing a seed inside of you.
Our spiritual Summer is when God brings forth that seed we have been carrying because He has been nurturing it to full term. The light of God brings forth – a new idea, pattern, relationship, or promotion seemingly from nowhere that was hidden or covered.
Our spiritual Autumn (Fall) is when God shows us the splendor of His majesty through the culmination of our Winter, Spring, and Summer, characterized by His beauty and maturity, manifested by our harvest. All harvests are predicated upon the maturity of the crop…and so it is in our spiritual lives. Our spiritual harvest of peace, love, and joy is predicated upon our spiritual maturity (to listen and obey) to handle the blessings we receive in the Winter, Spring, and Summer.
As long as we have breath in our bodies, spiritual seasons will continue to come and go. No two people’s seasons are the same, and our previous Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall will not be like the others.
Trying to hold onto a season that has passed or enter into a season before its time…can be detrimental to our faith, well-being, relationships with others, and the Lord.
– No matter the calendar month, now is a good time to find and embrace the season of life you are in and celebrate your season!
Ecclesiastes 3:1
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
