Unshackled Moments ~ June 22, 2018 ~ Seasons Of The Day

Summer has officially begun, although I don't believe that nature pays much attention to the calendar. Summer has been here in my area for about a month now. I am sure there are areas where it still feels like spring. Some places have mild summers that bear little difference between late spring and early fall. Some bake the life right out of you, if you aren't careful. But the earth has seasons.

Personally, I believe God created it that way in order for the planet to survive the effects of death entering into the world.  There is a time of birth and growth, a time of warmth and work, a time of harvest and a time for hibernation. Winter may feel and look like death, but it's really just a cooling down period of rest and recuperation. It's followed by the warmth and new life of spring, which is followed by the heat of summer where everything is intensified.and spent before gradually cooling and exploding into color and heading toward rest after the work is done. There are cycles of work and rest, growth and decline, life and death, and what is true of the earth to create balance and not have the planet constantly stressed and striving is also true of us.

We have seasons, or should. There are times of quiet preparation followed by times of action and intensity, times to slowly unwind and reflect and times to rest and recoup. This could be seasons in a single day, from the new life of morning spring preparing for the heat and labor of the day, followed in turn by the color and rest that follows the effort and finally ending in rest and recuperation through the night. But we have longer seasons of life as well. There may be periods of growth, new life and preparation for what is to come. There are times when the heat is on and everything is work and effort and giving everything we have while the sun is high. There are times of reflection and beauty and color where the work is winding down and the rewards of the labor are being realized. And there are times when we must cease the work, rest, hibernate, replenish the soil of our soil and recuperate. If we do not have the rest, we can not have the growth, work and the reward. If we do not have the work, we also can't have the growth or reward and rest becomes death. All the seasons of life are necessary in order for balance and life to be maintained.

Don't neglect or become stuck in any one season. Growth must be used. There is a time for labor and intensity.  Wisdom is birthed in the times of reflection and harvest. And without rest and replenishment, there would be nothing in us to give for service and new growth. Don't despise rest. Don't worship it. Don't sacrifice your entire life on the altar of effort and labor, but also don't run from the heat. There is a purpose for every season under heaven, even the seasons of our lives. Learn to appreciate them and use them to create the balance and flow in life that enables us to be most effective in our service to God and others.


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