Seasonal Mindest - Lesson 1 Creation/Life

 

Seems this concept, seasonal living or seasonal mindset is everywhere of late.  It's not a new concept.  People have lived this way since the time of creation.  Oh, but there wasn't social media, so that didn't count...ahaha.  I do feel that social media plays a role.  No time in history have we had access to so much information.  What we spend our time looking at or listening to, can build us up or tear us down.  

I've shared about seasons of a woman's life, but now thinking more of a "study" on Seasonal Mindset.  So let's begin our lesson here at how we were created.  I'm taking notes from nature and lessons from the Bible for this study.  

In Ecclesiastes 3:1 says "to everything there is a season."  

In the "Spring of our life" we are a bud or blossom.   We are new, young, growing, vibrant, supple and energetic.  We are busy trying to attract - bee or other pollinators.  

Proverbs 31:30: "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised".  

Jeremiah 29:11:  "I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

In the "Summer of our life"  we are the fruit or flower.  We are bursting with productivity, beautiful, peek performance, satisfied and growing steady waiting until the harvest. 

Psalms 127:3:  "Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him."  

Proverbs 31:17:  "She sets about her work vigorousley; her arms are strong for her tasks."  

In the "Fall of our life" we are the harvest or beautiful display of colorful leaves.  We are fulfilled, happy to supply our families needs, adaptable to change (pumpkin to pie) and looking forward to slowing down to rest.  

Proverbs 31:27 "she looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.  

Galatians 6:9 "and let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

In the "Winter of our life" we rest.  We are wiser, accomplished in our tasks and complete.  We become weaker, dependent on others to help us but relying on our experiences to help us rest. 

Proverbs 16:31: "Gray hair is a crown of splendor, it is attained in the way of righteousness."

Proverbs 31:26:  "She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue." 

Our life, how we age, grow, change and pass on, we were created to be seasonal.  Nature shows us in all her beauty.  The bee loves the nectar, he busily carries legs full pollen back to the hive, he feeds the baby bees, fills combs to become honey for us to enjoy.   

We can get caught up in wishing our season away; "when I leave home, when I get married, when we buy a house, have children, get my perfect job, pay off my debt or retire."  These stages of life, we should look forward to, but don't forget to enjoy the one you're currently living in.  This is the social media pit fall.  It's all too much, therefore this slowing down, seasonal living is why this topic is trending.  

Remind yourself, that each stage of life is a season.  Be present in the season you're in, good or bad.  Live it, feel it, enjoy it, miss it when it's over and look forward to the next.  Time passes on and carries us along.   

Psalms 104:19:  "He made the moon to mark the seasons, the sun knows it's time for setting." 

Ecclesiasetes 3:11:  "He has made everything beautiful in it's time, Also he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end."  

Seasonal Mindset - Lesson 2 Family/Home 

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin,