Time gives us hope for a change
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…” Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is so much truth in this simple little line. There is so much hope as well. I don’t know what season you are in, but it is utterly important that we remember that there are seasons in life.
The crisis that you find yourself in right now will not last forever. The pain you feel will fade with time. The season will change. If there was one thing I would like to tell young people, it would be to trust God through this season of your life.
I was recently told of yet another desperate person who took their own life this last week. My heart goes out to them and to their family. He, like so many people his age, felt like the problems he faced were the end of his young world.
He felt like his life was broken too badly for him to go on. He didn’t understand that seasons change. I remember being a teenager and feeling exactly the same way. I had been through some devastating events in my life. I had seen some horrible things and experienced pain that I thought would consume any chance for happiness in my future.
All I could see was the moment I was in. I could not understand the healing and restoring nature of God. I actually prayed for God to come down and take me away from this world, and not only once but daily for years. Now, I am 43 and I can look back on my life – pain and sadness included – and I can see God’s hand in everything. I can see how He moved me and led me through those dark times for a reason. Don’t give up on God.
What the scripture says
Look throughout scripture and you will see a host of broken and damaged people that were made new. Hannah was childless… God sent her a son. (1 Samuel 1) Gideon was afraid… God made him a powerful leader. (Judges 6) Rahab was a prostitute… God gave her a new life and made her an ancestor of Jesus. (Joshua 2 and 6) Matthew was a tax collector… God made him an apostle. (Matthew 9:9-13) Seasons change.
Give your broken season to God and trust Him to lead you into your next season. Don’t give up. God hasn’t forgotten you, and He will never dismiss you as too far gone to fight for. Who you are now is not who you will become. You are worth the cross to God. For you he came. For you he died. For you he rose again. That is how important you are.
