Season's Greetings to you all! But it's not Christmas! Well, it is a season anyway. Not only is this winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern, but in each life, we are at different “seasons”. This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately, and hope to articulate some things to you through this blog post.
I am at, perhaps, one of the easiest places in life! I can take care of myself far more than I could as a baby or young child, but I'm also still at home with food, and other necessities provided by my parents. I don't yet have to work full time, or “worry” about finances. Other than babysitting or helping watch/play with kids (non-babysitting) I have no responsibilities for taking care of children.
But also, at this time of life, I have a lot of things to learn before I'm “pushed out of the nest (to soar)”. This growing list of things to learn and do within the next two-and-a-half years or so, is very daunting to me: learn to drive, learn to sew proficiently, get better at piano playing, learn more about cooking, finish Algebra 2, study physics, and learn other housekeeping and scholastic lessons, necessities to have under one's proverbial belt.
But, I realize that my pre-highschool-graduation season of life is not the only season of life that has major changes. My babysitting boy, three-years-old, doesn't realize the change he will go through in the next three years or so. He will need to learn his alphabet, numbers, and other things, and his life will slowly but surely get to the place where he plays less in the daytime and instead goes to/does school daily, like his older sisters.
As I wrap up this post, I ask my readers to pray for me, as I'm going through this season of my life: preparing for adulthood. Sometimes I picture myself as a flower bud, who feels like my flower will only bloom after an eternity's wait. Oft-times I get impatient as I wait for “the future”, but I have to stop and realize that this is the best season of my life for me to be in right now.. yeah, that's pretty profound isn't it? But sincerely, I'm not yet ready for “life”, so I need God's help to patiently wait, and heartily work* ... in this SEASON. I like this definition of contentment from Dr. Phil Brown: "Contentment: the satisfaction that comes from knowing that God is sovereign over my circumstances and is giving me what is best for me".
* (“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.” - Col. 3:23)
