Seasons are short, but their effects are not.
This is a tough lesson I am learning..AGAIN. I’m sure this
lesson applies to a myriad of things, but TODAY, for me, it applies to
people.
Tonight I was torn between two relationships, two cities,
but ONE time. I could only choose one place. That was the fact. It was in this
moment that I was flooded with emotion, with regret, and with tears.
Instantly, these are the questions/thoughts that weighed
heavy on my heart:
There is not enough time!
Did I waste the time I had with these people?
How could I have invested more?
Are seasons really that short?
Does anybody stay long-term,
face-to-face, in my life?
Who is in my life now, that may not
be physically near me a few months from
now?
Is it always going to hurt when you
can’t be near the ones you have invested
so much in?
Seasons. They’re short. They change. BUT I’m the constant in all my seasons.
I CAN invest more. I CAN make every second count–every
day worthwhile. I desperately need
to learn this verse,
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12�
I don’t get more time. YOU don’t get more time! We don’t get
to relive any moments. The people in our lives today are in our lives TODAY!
There are so many people in this world that I absolutely
LOVE, not just like…but LOVE. They live in the Dallas area, Oklahoma City area,
the east coast, the west coast, several countries, and a few continents.
However, there is a difference between those that live around the world and
those that live in Gainesville, GA with me.
All of the people I love outside of GA have already been in
my life for a season, some will get to be in my life for another season, but
some won’t. Not because I don’t want them in it, but because they are having
their own seasons.
So God, “Please help me to not take a single person for
granted in my TODAY! I know I have in my yesterday, but please help me not to
in my TODAY! I don’t want to waste another season!�
This blog was inspired by people like Vanessa Johnston, Jory
Billiot, Cayce James, Lindsey Burnett, Gabriel Hensley, Keirsten Russell, James
Jones, Liz Martin, Chad and Misty McCaslin, Graceann Hector, Zak Martinez,
Tracy Griffin and Debreon Davis. Thank you for the seasons we shared. The
effects of those seasons are still with me today!
* There are countless more but I had to stop typing at some
point.
