Seasons

Seasons. Isn't it such a blessed thing that the world was made with four seasons?

Fall. Spring. Summer. Winter.

It is always changing and every cycling. I am always seeing other believers refer to their current reality of life as a season... artists writing lyrical melodies or poetry speaking of the seasons in this journey called life.

I just find endless hope that life is made up of these seasons. I confess there are so many times that I hope that winter, the cold, the snow will melt and dissolve soon- but it is just a season. And the Lord is ever present in every season. Every moment. Currently, I hope this heat in the Arizona desert passes sooner than later or the things to come will come soon. My heart feels so impatient sometimes, and I find myself on my knees to ask for Him to help me wait on him. I am so incredibly insufficient without Jesus, that I even must ask for His presence and power to wait well.

More than anything the seasons that make up this life completes a cycle. And that cycle is restoration in the Kingdom of God. He brings dry bones back to life from winter to spring. He allows us to have utter dependency upon Him in our dry wilderness seasons. He brings us into His chambers. He lets the ground rest so it may grow in full bloom like a Tennessee summer... vibrantly green (just how my Grandpa loved it) and never-ending.

My prayer for each person that happens upon this blog post- is this. Crown Jesus as King. Crown him when you feel like you don't need him. Crown him when you feel sad or meaningless. Crown him when your heart aches for the more of God that you have tasted, but haven't seen. Crown him when you need him to tell you that you are loved, wanted and honored. Crown him when everything is falling apart. Crown him for He is worthy and forever good to us- to me- to you. And may in the crowning, you realize you are building His Kingdom rather than your own. I believe that even though we may never fully understand or see it, the amount that God honors our faithfulness in seeking first His Kingdom and His righteousness is insurmountable on this side of Heaven.

I hope for faith in Jesus Christ... the kind that when it comes- you know it did not come from you. That this, this is just so beyond me and what I am capable of. In every season for faith. Faith that doesn't dim when you become shaken by the happenings you cannot stop staring at. Faith that says, "Lord, I have no idea what you are doing, but I come close to you, my source of life, and I won't stop running in your direction. The Word says few make it to the finish life- may I be one that makes it even when life never stops coming at me- be my defense and offense all in one." Open Heavens. And that we may receive God as the kind of Father that we always wanted and needed. Asking for things we never thought we would ask for and seeing the abundance of His hand provide every single time.

You watch. You wait. You'll see. ~ Anne Kiemel