Hubby & I were going through the self serve at our local supermarket the other day, when we overheard a conversation. Unfortunately the conversation was quite loud between two women that hearing it was unavoidable. However, one of the comments had me thinking & I thought we would reflect upon this today.

But before we do let’s grab our cuppa’s, a treat & get comfy. I’m having a mug of Chai Tea Latté with a gf toasted Fruit bun, what are you having my friend?

The Comment

One woman’s comment was really complaining about the intense Summer we’ve been experiencing here on the east coast of Australia.

You see we’ve been experiencing some rather hot sweltering days again, after the short cool break, in fact it’s not only hot but very humid. Her comment was;

“When I took my dog for a walk this morning down at the waterfront, there wasn’t even a cool breeze coming off the water! I’m so tired of this season I’m looking forward to Autumn.”

‘I’m so tired of this Season’

that really caught my attention, as the word Season (original Heb meaning ‘appointed time’) can be viewed from so many different perspectives as I found out in 2023 WOTY.

However, I understood her lament as we do get tired of extreme weather conditions, don’t we? I know that our Northern Hemisphere residents are very tired of their extreme winter & looking forward to Spring. As we in the Southern Hemisphere are to Autumn.

When hubby & I walked to our car I made the comment that I too am looking forward to cooler weather. Because overall this Summer has been a very hot & dry one with the Bushfires coming a little too close for comfort as shared Here.

Quenching Thirst in a Dry & Parched Land

Have you noticed that not only us humans get weary but even Nature gets weary? I have & here’s why, our garden started looking rather droopy & parched from the heat this past week.

I thought, oh no we’ll start losing some of our beautiful plants & bushes, I knew it needed a good watering which I did immediately.

But what was really interesting was what I noticed the next morning when I went out to water again, the Rhododendrons were looking fresh & standing up facing the Sun again rather then looking downcast, sad & droopy as they had the done.

There’s a lesson in this, don’t you think?

For the season hadn’t changed it was still hot but it only took a refreshing drink of water to quench the thirst of our garden. 

Are you longing for a Seasonal change in LIfe?

Many seasons come & go in life, don’t they? But some are far more challenging then others. And we can get very weary in those seasons longing for change.

We hope, pray & look forward to a different season to come.

But are we actually tapping into the refreshment that is available to us in this season?

Let’s get personal;

As shared over the years, in this little corner of cyberspace, two decades ago a season of ill Health began in my life. I can tell you that I was not ready for this season nor did I appreciate it at that time!

At first I thought the symptoms were acute & would soon pass, as all the illnesses in my life had done up to that point.

However, when this didn’t happen I struggled. Unfortunately, a wrong diagnosis had been given back then & I plodded on until a new physician did appropriate medical tests & sent me off to a Specialist who diagnosed several Autoimmune conditions that were going to be life long ~ in other words Chronic.

While these diagnoses explained so much of what I was experiencing, it was a shock to realise that these conditions were going to be chronic. Especially when there are no cures for any of these conditions (yet) & some have no effective treatments either!

I must admit it did take me a while to come to terms with these diagnoses as I kept on working thinking it was too important not too. Having just reached the pinnacle of my professional career, that I had worked so hard to reach, where I was Clinically Supervising, as well as Counselling this Region’s (1,000 sq km area) adolescents & their families.

But alas, two & half years after that correct diagnosis I knew I couldn’t continue to work, even with having significantly reduced my working hours & Counselling load it was taking too much out of me.

The time came for what I thought would be a short ‘sabbatical’. Although, forever the optimist & praying for a miracle I continued professional development to maintain my professional registration for when the ‘sabbatical’ would come to it’s end & I could return to work.

However, after several years I realised that this sabbatical was indeed coming to it’s end but not as I had hoped it was to end in retirement, so after much prayer I fully retired from my profession, that season had ended.

But this was not the end of serving my Lord, for within those sabbatical years I had continued to look to God to quench my spiritual thirst with His refreshing strength, wisdom & love through the Holy Spirit in what seemed to be a very dry & parched season.

As the following personalised scripture explains;

Then God gave me the following scripture;

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old (the old season).

Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming.

Do you not see it?

Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.”

Isaiah 43: 18-19 BSB

A new Season within the Season Arrived

Then suddenly God opened up a new season within this season, one that fulfilled my heart’s desire (since childhood) & that season my friend is a very joyful one within these challenging health conditions.

The sub season is one of writing, blogging & sharing my journey with you! Sharing the adventures I have with Jesus, both life changing & in the every day. Because He is in both!

The Take Away

We do need to get into that Sanctuary (time out) with God to see His power & glory in our struggles. Because what I hadn’t realised at the beginning of this Chronic health season was that I was focused on doing for God rather then being with Him.

And in having to be still to know that He was God, in the inner Sanctuary of my life, I realised I had to let go of the former season to make room for what His plan was for the rest of my life. 

Look for the refreshing something new that God has coming your way my friend because maybe, just maybe it’s a season within a season that God is going to bless you.

Until next time,

Jennifer

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