Ecclesiastes 3:1
This verse has played over and over in my mind all week. See, I just entered a new season in my life.
It is a Season of Change.
Even though I've been out of school for 16 months now, I still divide my year into semesters. While friends were posting statuses about gearing up for the next semester of college, I was gearing up for my own "semester". I knew this was coming. I knew as soon as I was accepted to The World Race everything was going to change. But, it still seemed to creep up on me. I guess I thought it would be more gradual. I guess I thought it would be spread out over the WHOLE semester.
I guess I was wrong.
In one week's time, I've seen changes in my job, in my personal life, in my conversations, in my focus, in my attitude, and in my spirit. I feel like I crested the top of a huge roller coaster, and I'm on my way down. Except, I'm not sure when/if I'm going to pull into a station and stop.
Have you ever experienced a season of life that has a clear expiration date? For me, something about life changes in those seasons. It becomes vivid. Seriously. Colors seem brighter. Moments become louder. The world seems to spin in a whole new way. Suddenly every moment counts. You make the most of the time that's left. No thing is taken for granted. You relish in the good times, try to quickly forget the bad times. You try to hold on to some precious things knowing that very soon, you will have to let them go.
So goes this season. I look back at this past week and pause, because really, it has just started. I can already see some even bigger loops and twists and turns ahead. I have one month to move out of my apartment. I have to start the process of passing my workload onto someone else. I have to start tackling the packing list for the next year of my life. (The mathematics behind packing my backpack would make Einstein's head hurt.) Money must be raised. Affairs stateside must be settled. I've pledged to do one thing a day and take it one day at a time. After all, there is…
…a time for every purpose under heaven.
