NEW SEASONS
I hope everyone is enjoying the new summer season. School days are ending, and the days of vacations, softball, new births, and weddings usher in joy.
Summer often embarks on new beginnings, such as weddings, the birth of a new baby, or the commencement of adulthood with high school graduations. A familiar door may be closing, as a new, unfamiliar door is opening. This can bring feelings of excitement accompanied by feelings of being overwhelmed.
Going into the unknown often brings a lack of self-confidence. A fear of being incorrect or completely failing. It is human to feel this way. The familiar will always bring us comfort. But unfamiliarity brings growth. Even if we live to be 100, we will not stop growing in attaining new goals. Many times, these goals may not be familiar to us. God has a plan for each of us, and that may involve leaving our comfort zone of what we know to enter into a territory of what we don't know. Each day we emerge into the plan He has for us. It will not always be easy, but keeping love and faith in the middle of every unfamiliar task will guide us on this new pathway.
Keeping faith in God, we can trust that we will be guided fully. As we embark on new positions in life, know that He will give you the knowledge, strength, and wisdom needed. Keep love as your center of every thought, deed, and word. This simple verb, love, will carry you through the easy and the most difficult situations.
During this new season, remember two words:
1. Faith, keeping your trust and focus completely on your Heavenly Father.
2. Love, using this action in all you do.
Remember, “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT
If this season is the same familiar adventures, or you have a new adventure as a wife, mother, or legal adult, I hope this summer will bring you and your haven joy.
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