Embrace THIS Season

I have been working through Rebekah Lyons' Bible Study, You are Free and this morning I read Ecclesiastes 3. I am sure you have read it or heard of it...

For everything there is a season,

a time for every activity under heaven.

Rebekah said, "But God has something specific for us in each season and seeing it, celebrating it, confessing it, declaring it, and embracing it will open you up to more joy in the current seasons and freedom to live right where you are instead of wishing it away." 

When I read that a thought fired across my synapses...oh my, I haven't been doing this with raising my children. Looking back I am not sure I took the time to enjoy the season they were in because I was so intent on getting through that particular season. You know anxiously awaiting when they will sleep through the night, stop bottle feeding, start smiling, crawling, walking. Anxiously awaiting when they will start school, start becoming more independent, finish high school, get a job...Oh, Father, I am sorry that I have not taken the time to enjoy Your blessings in each season. So many magical moments forfeited that I can't get back...

My children are teenagers now. Two sons are 17 and my girl is almost 14. How the time has flown. 

Yes, the regret is heavy. I can't go back and do the seasons over.

But I can start today. 

I can see and celebrate this season. 

I can stop counting days and live in this day. I can embrace this season. 

This is my challenge to you today. Stop counting the days and start living EACH day...today...this season. This is the season and this is the time...don't miss the magic. 

Dearest Father,

Thank you for this season of my life. Forgive me for always counting my days away and anxiously awaiting the next season and the next season. You tell us in Your Word that there is a season for everything and a time for every activity under heaven. Open my eyes and my heart to this season that I am in right now. Thank you for speaking to my heart before it was too late to reflect, confess and act on what You have shown me.