What Season of Life are you in?

By: Cherie Sheridan

7/4/2010

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1. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecc 3:1

Too often we get stuck in the past. Unfortunately when this happens we are unable to fully embrace and appreciate our present. We fail to enter into what God has for us in our now.

O.k. ladies how many of us have those clothes in the back of the closet we hope we may one day fit into again? Get rid of them! Live in your now. Be happy with who you are. If you suddenly drop back to a new size.....shopping! Get yourself something new.

Do you find you say, "I use to..." a lot in your speech? Stop a minute and listen to what you talk about.

We all go through stages in our lives. We become discontent when we try to stay in a season when it is over. Easy example. You are dressed for winter 20 degree weather except it's no longer winter it's spring. It's beautiful and it's 80 degrees. Obviously you can't dress the same way. Why then do we do that with our lives?

We are moving into middle age and we are trying to dress like the kids that are 20. Come on, that looks ridiculous. Everyone knows your not 20, you might as well accept it. You can be a stylish middle age person with class.

I want to free women who are going through menopause. Our bodies change, some people gain weight so people loose it. Don't beat yourself up over it. Do your best to stay fit and healthy and if you have some love handles...love them! Eventually you'll be out of that stage and your body will change again. There is no reason to live unhappy during this time because of some extra bumps. Shut off the t.v. with all those tiny models and be content with who you are and the season you are in.

Sometimes we miss seasons in our lives. They are seasons we may never get back again. They were dreams, aspirations, hopes...but we make choices. Our choices affect our dreams. Others can affect our dreams through tragedy, death, accidents or their choices. There are some dreams we can only fulfill while we are young, strong and healthy. Others we can fulfill throughout all stages of our lives.

God should be in the center of all the seasons of our lives. Not just someone we relegate to the end of our lives. Ask God what He would have you to do during each season. Do it. Live fulfilled. Let go of the past. Move into your current season with God. Embrace it!

Even in the things of God we must be sensitive to move and shift with Him. We must recognize Him as He appears in every season. Move with Him. Change with Him. Flow with Him.

Make a decision today to live in your "Now". Embrace what this season has for you.