The Transition to New

It's almost spring! Good-bye cold and blustery winters. Good-bye white stuff that shall not be named. Good-bye layers upon layers of clothing. Good-bye early dark days! HELLOOOO SPRING! Hello to chirping, colorful birds, beautiful green grass, budding trees, fragrant flowers - the newness of LIFE!

We aren't there yet exactly, but we are close. Two more days. But even with the coming of the actual day of spring, we will still be in transition before we can fully say "good-bye" and start a new season. This transition is hard. For example, just yesterday I was riding around with my windows down, wearing no coat, and in my flip flops. Today when I will finally go outside, the heavy burden of shoes, socks and a jacket will be in order. Before I actually smell the fragrant flowers, and budding trees I have to be bothered with the irritants of pollen. This transition is tough.

Although it is tough, I definitely don't yearn for winter or "what was" though. I don't want to go back. I want to move forward (and I'm sure the people of Boston would agree!). Wishing for what once was does no one any good. It makes no sense to try to hold on to the dreaded white stuff when the sun and earth work together and say "no". It does no good to lament over the cold weather when you will miss out on at least a good nine months of life passing you by. So, what do we do?

Thankfully I serve the God that is always moving forward. He encourages us through our transitions. He helps us deal with the irritants and the heavy burdens we have to experience before we can see the end of transition. In order to go through transition, we have to admit to ourselves the former thing is over and something new is about to begin. Newness can be scary...for anything new is something that hasn't been explored and we are often afraid of things we don't know. But be encouraged that our Father is bigger than our fears and nothing is new to Him. His word says:

Ecclesiastes 1:9 English Standard Version (ESV)

9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

Transition is tough, but it is nothing new. There will be no trouble that the Father hasn't seen and took someone through. There is no irritant that a person hasn't felt that Yah hasn't helped them overcome. There is no burden too great that a person carried that the Father hasn't offloaded onto His Only Begotten Son for us. So, as we watch the end of a season come to a close, relax and enjoy the beginning transition because at the end you will be able to enjoy the newness of another!

YAY SPRING!

Have a good one!!

Ecclesiastes 7:8-10 English Standard Version (ESV)

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.

Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.