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| Day 5 |
Waiting for anything should not last a lifetime. But, what do
we do while waiting?
Yesterday I wrote about trees bearing the winter while waiting for spring. But while waiting, it is nearly impossible to see the internal
cellular processes trees endure during the cold months. We know that trees do
not die during the winter although they appear to be lifeless. So this tells me
that life goes on even while awaiting the change of a season.
I have lived in several cities where the residents withstand
a winter while looking forward to the change of season promised by the spring.
But while I’ve gotten used to the cold, every year during the winter I feel
that my enthusiasm to participate in activities escapes me. It's like I would
rather hibernate. As though the cold robs me of motivation.
But it doesn’t take long living in a city acclimated to
winter to realize that life goes on during the cold months. People go on with
their lives as during any other season. Bad weather does not hold them back. Their
routines are not interrupted. Daily life continues. They jog. They work. They
go grocery shopping. Etc. Winter does not paralyze nor surprise them because
they know that each year the cold will come again.
The reality of life is that seasons change. So if our lives
are marked by seasons, how come we resist changes when they grow near? No
season is permanent. Every season in our life is nothing more and nothing less
than a visit marked with a beginning and an end.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 insists "There is time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heavens." I think this serves as a
warning to the changes that we should accept in life. We are called to live waiting
for the next seasonal change.
I encourage you not to be surprised by the changes this year
promises to bring. Know that changes will come. Accept them. Embrace them. Do
not be put off-guard by seasonal changes in your life.
So true!! Loved the Bible reference!!
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