As I look out my bedroom window, which is the place where I write every Saturday morning, I realize how wonderful nature is. It is amazing how each day during the spring, the little leafs start to grow on the trees and the little buds start to come out. It’s almost magical. What was bare and colorless is turning all green and picturesque. The frozen creek is now flowing water with turtles, ducklings, and frogs making a home of it.
This scenery reminds me of how we also go through seasons in our lives when we feel bare and lonely, with no one around us to encourage us, and lifeless activities surrounding us. How do we get out of these seasons? I think there are several ways. First, we must remind ourselves that seasons are just that—a season, a time period—and they will end. There will be a change in site. It’s just a matter of time. Just like the winter in Minnesota that sometimes, those of us who live here, feel like it will never end, it does. It always ends. Spring comes around each year and then the summer. Then the fall comes and hopefully we had time to get re-energized and rejuvenated during the warmer months.
The second way we can get out of a long, dry season in our lives is to surround ourselves with positive people, those friends that always look at the bright side even in a cloudy day. We need those friends. They have the gift to lift us up when we’re down and to remind us that we are not alone. Don’t get closed up and stay in your cave at home. Go out, even if it’s cold and dry outside. Go out in the rain and enjoy the smell of rain touching the dirt and melting the snow. Go out at night even when it’s dark. You can still laugh and create new happy memories with friends in those days.
The third thing we can do to not remain in our low times during our lives is to cling to God. He is our daily companion and the One who loves us no matter what or where we are in our journey. When we are alone, it’s easy to turn on the TV and seek entertainment that way but wouldn’t it be better for our souls to sit down and read the Word of God? That is true enrichment to our souls and our spirit. Let us “be still, and know that He is God” (Psalm 46:10).
So enjoy today. Enjoy every season of your life. Surround yourself with those who love you to get you through the hard seasons in your life and then be there for your friends when they need you. And most of all, don’t let go of Jesus during every season in your life.