Seasons of Life

Have you ever noticed that different aspects of life have their own "seasons"? This has just occurred to me! Our family's life has transitioned into a new season very recently. My husband and I have just became grandparents to the most beautiful little girl in our world. (I think that most if not all grandparents claim that their grand babies are the most beautiful babies in the world.) This is most definitely a new and wonderful season of family life for us.

My role as a daughter has also transitioned into a new season. My mother is aging and I am transitioning from being her child to becoming her caregiver. I am starting to parent my parent. This is a most befuddling and weird season of life that most children experience at some point with their parents. This phenomenon happens for many reasons, i.e. when parents age, health issues develop, tragedy strikes, etc.

My family's financial situation has it's own "seasons". We currently are in a season of "financial drought", when finances are very tight. Many families are in this same situation because of the current economic climate. This season has the great potential to be very frightening and discouraging if we do not keep our eyes on God and His provision.

My career, relationships with my husband, children, parents, and friends have also gone through seasons. The one thing that I have learned about seasons is that they change! There is a definite beginning and end to each season. Some seasons I would love to have stay the same forever, but don't and some I hope and pray will pass quickly, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.

Even though our finances are in distress, I am finding great joy in my new granddaughter. Even though I am becoming a caregiver for my mom (of which is a huge honor in spite of the challenges), I am loving being a parent to wonderful young adult children.

The moral of this blog is this, if one part of your life is in a difficult season, look at other parts of your life. You may find that other parts are in fun, good seasons and you will find great encouragement from them. Be careful to NOT allow your focus to be soley on the hard seasons, find joy in the good seasons as well, for this is a choice that we all have. It does take concerted effort at times to find areas of our lives that are in a good season, but they are there. If you look, you will find them!