A Season, Right?

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April 19, 2013

"A Season is a Season, right?"

Scripture Reading:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (HCSBO)  There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven; a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot;

Devotional Reading:

As a pastor, I get the privilege of sharing life's journey with someone.  It is an exceptional blessing to share the journey when life begins or ends. There is, perhaps, no greater opportunity to appreciate life and all it offers us than when we can see it and share it through the eyes of someone who is seeing things for the first or last time. For a person to be able to do both within a short space of time is perhaps one of the most rare and special gifts we can be given.  I have been given the honor and privilege of sharing the last months, weeks, and days of life's journey with people. Back in New York, I was given perhaps one of God's greatest gifts, and felt as if I had been placed right in the circle of life. I had the honor of sharing a week with a terminally ill person, and then was blessed to be able to share in the time of a set of twins (and in Deep Creek a set of triplets) born pre-mature and together weighing about a pound and half.  It was amazing to see these small little babies God brought into the world.  They had all their parts except everything was really tiny.

Our journeys leaving and entering this life are very similar; they can be long and/or difficult; quick, or eased. We can leave or enter either in or out of pain, crying or peaceful.  Our births and deaths may be in sterile, crude, or special surroundings. We may or may not be accompanied by loved ones. We must trust that God is with us as we begin and end life's journey, no matter what the circumstances. And we must also trust that He places people in our presence whom He determines should be there.  It is not just life and death that has beginnings and ends.  Many things in our lives stop and start.  Some may be struggling with a new relationship in the early seasons of life.  It may be Spring and coming alive.  While others may be dealing with loss or grief from a relationship in the winter of life.  The energy is gone and the emotion is drained, but your season is not over, for Spring is right around the corner.  A certain situation may be new to you or you may be reaching the end of a milestone, like graduating from school.  A new season opens a door to a new ministry or opportunity; while another door is closed as the season of that life has faded into glory.  Through all of this brothers and sisters, I encourage you to stay focused on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.  He is the same yesterday, today and forever.  The most important thing to remember is He is today, in the season we call, NOW--the I AM.  Do you know Him?  Would you like to?  Send me an e-mail if you don't  I'll point you to the garden spade so together well Cultivate, Plant and Reap!!!!

Keep the Son in your eyes,
Pastor Ben J Lahay 
Galatians 2:20