Seasonal Changes

Ten years ago there is no way you would have been able to tell me that my then best friends would be people I barely talk to or not even speak to in passing, that I would be at the job I am at and not working in the criminal justice field that I majored in, and that I would STILL not be married. My 30 year old self had NO CLUE that God had a totally different direction for me to head than the one I had planned for myself. Isn’t life funny that way? What is odd about those changes is that I am SO glad that God knew better than I did when it came to plans for my life or I never would have grown as much as I have. I have to confess some of the plans I had seemed pretty good to me, and for that reason alone I fought against God’s way. Now I see on the back end….no way would I want to be in the criminal justice system as a daily profession, the old “good” friends I had were truly for a season of time and if things didn’t happen the way they did I would never have moved on, and being married….well I wasn’t ready for that either and we would be divorced by now if we would have married then because we both had a lot of growing and healing to do. I also see because I wanted to be within my own will it took me a bit longer than it had to just for me to get to where I am now mentally and spiritually.  The thing about these hindsight revelations is I had no clue until after I got over the kicking and screaming my way through the disappointment of things not going my way. That is when God showed me how those things not going as I planned helped me to become a better person in this season in my life. Can you imagine what would happen if the earth didn’t go through seasons and if we never had spring how the flowers wouldn’t have the opportunity to be pollinated? I personally love spring time and if I had it my way the weather would always be that way but that is not Gods design of things. Summer, Fall and Winter all have their purposes as well. It is the same with our lives. Each phase has it’s own purpose and ultimately takes us to a new level/ season in our lives that we could never get through without it.  When you look at the rough spots, or unplanned situations in your life do you see them as God not letting you have your way, or do you see it as God making a better way? I know it is hard to not get angry with the changes God has for your life especially when it looks nothing like your plan you had, but just remember it is only for a season that you will feel that way.  Once that season changes it will be spring all over again and God will pollinate you into something even more beautiful than you were before. Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven