Seasons

Oh how i love that the Lord gives us seasons...it has felt so much like fall and spring lately i forgot that it is winter...so now that snow flakes are dancing outside my window i actually am excited for some winter, at least for a day......i mean it is Kansas, you never know what to expect here....it's a funny thing, i don't do well with change at all so i am surprised that i like the seasons but i feel like there is something about completion, an end to something and a beginning or start to another season......you can truly apply that to every stage of our life, from friendships, to work, to our children, to dieting, to our health, or to just being in a bad streak....there is a beginning and an ending and a little change shaken in here and there....but how they go so quickly as we age...maybe it's having children, maybe it's the technology that drives us faster to connect to everything, it shows no mercy, it knows no time, it doesn't care about the simplicity and joy of just being in the moment...it must connect to the next moment in a hurry so we don't miss anything!!! after our trip to mississippi to visit family i evaluated life, time, seasons, family, and what you miss by trying NOT to miss anything, by hurrying to the next appointment, event, or activity......i cut some things out of my life, and my kid's lives....i decided to TEACH my kids how to be bored, how to stare at the clock and wonder what they should do next...how to entertain themselves, how to play with blocks, sticks and dirt...how to sit outside and stare at the stars and wait patiently for a star to fall, how to love time and put it back on their side......it was wonderful to un-plug and play with nature.....as i sit here in my comfy warm coach feeling the cold air sneak passed  the windows and brush against my skin, i think back to seasons and wonder why it seems time stops when those snowflakes fall? i just want to bottle that! maybe that's why we are obsessed with snow globes, it's like 'time contained'....they are beautiful and last forever....those beautiful snowflakes are such a great reminder that it still is winter, spring is coming...a warmth lay ahead, new life, new growth, new problems, new challenges to overcome....gosh what would we do without it? it's a comfort that seasons come and go, they end and then begin....i could never tire of seasons, they are gentle reminders of a greater plan that the Lord has for each of us and our need for change whether good or bad.