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To grow and change as a person, it would only make sense that your circumstances should follow. Life now is likely super different than it was 5 years ago. It will likely be super different in another 5 years—Ideally; don’t stagnate.

I find that when I cling so tightly to a season wanting to pass, I miss sweet fruit of the season that I am in.

It is really hard to say goodbye to some phases of life. And it doesn’t help that our minds have a way of tilting things to the positive.

We remember the highlights and higher than they actually were, and the pain of the phase gets muted or totally forgotten.

See the phases for what they are. I find journaling helps. This may not be the case for everybody, but find a way to see the phases of your life candidly and accurately.

When you see something for what it truly is, no matter how uncomfortable, that opens you up to learning and growing from it.

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Change causes me discomfort because it forces me to leave something known for something I can’t see yet—a future with a lot of question marks.

Even when we know a season needs to end, there is comfort in its familiarity. We know the people, the routines, the problems, and even the disappointments. The next season doesn’t offer us that certainty.

But throughout the Bible, change is almost inseparable from growth. How could it be any other way?

Abraham had to leave home. Joseph went from favored son, to slave, to prisoner, to ruler. David went from shepherd, to fugitive, to king. The disciples left behind the lives they knew to follow Christ.

None of them could have become who they were supposed to become while insisting that their lives remain exactly as they were.

Stagnation and comfort have killed more dreams than imaginable.

Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a season for everything. I think part of wisdom is recognizing when one of those seasons has ended—and having enough courage and faith to let it end.

That doesn't mean it won’t or can’t be missed. Some chapters of life deserve to be missed. Some people, places, and experiences leave marks on us that we should carry forward.

But there is a difference between carrying something with you and trying to go back to it.

I think Life can be described as a collection of seasons we are asked to faithfully walk through.

Enjoy the season you're in. Mourn it when it passes. Learn what it had to teach you.

And then be willing to walk into the next one.

Weekly Ponder

Am I resisting change because the new path is wrong, or simply because it is unfamiliar?

If I knew this season was temporary, what would I appreciate more about it today?

Am I asking God to restore what was, when I should be asking Him to guide what comes next?

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