Philippians 4:12: I know what it is to be in need,
and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being
content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living
in plenty or in want.
As much as I
tried not to, I wound up pulled into the craziness of the season…but only for a
couple of days. It was definitely a challenge season, trying to juggle it all.
What pulled me out? Reminding myself that I don’t want to start the New Year
like I was beginning to end the old one!
Welcome to
Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power and the final Wednesday’s Word for 2017 with
Trench Classes United.
Just like
the Season of Christmas, we experience “seasons” in life, seasons of plenty,
seasons of scarcity, of trials and of victories, seasons of desert valleys and
seasons of streams of refreshment and revival. It’s not so much the type of
season that matters, but how we walk through that season.
The reality
is that without sadness, how would we know happiness? Without pain and
suffering how would we experience with all of our being well-being? Without
times of scarcity, how could we really appreciate times of abundance? It is the
not-so-good that helps us to appreciate the good.
Have you
ever seen two children laughing incessantly with those sweet childlike giggles
that just warm the soul as they ride a teeter-totter? Often the laughter of the
child on the top is suspended…for just a moment until it’s their turn to
descend.
Life is like
that, a teeter-totter that is. We must find our childlike joy to enjoy the
ride, through the ups and downs, with our faith unwavering, because when all of
our seasons run out, the only thing that will matter is how we walked through
them and “Who” we clung to.
As this year
comes to a close and 2018 is now within our sight, may we learn to hang on
through all the seasons He brings us to and through, and may we remember, we are
not on the ride alone.
Love,
Evinda
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