Grateful for Seasons

Seasons.

I love them.

And for all the reasons i sometimes think it would be cool to live in some other state than Nebraska, it's times like today, like this month and the ones on its heel that I am grateful to live here.

And so grateful to God for making seasons.

Sometimes it seems that the hot, sticky, suffocating temperatures of summer make a glaring reflection on the human lives and emotions that are sweltering under its full sun. Emotions burst the mercury on the thermostat of tolerance when presented with a particularly trying situation (misunderstandings, impatience, nit-picking, kids irritating each other) ... Tempers come up short when facing a challenging circumstance (mower breaks in 100+ temps, car's air conditioner unit breaks down in jammed evening traffic).

Summer just seems to have some of the qualifications for a pressure cooker. Hot, steamy and times of barometric pressure (at least for some. lying on a beach or poolside with no responsibilities is another wonderful story).

But Fall.

Ah, fall. Cool air that has been blown through the puffy clouds rather than a whirring air conditioner unit gently kiss your cheeks, blow your hair into a new carefree style.

Beautiful leaves wave from their precarious places in the sap-filled trees, delighting the eyes and stimulating the brain with their new splash of color.

The cool outside makes the inside feel all that much cozier.

Kids play comfortably together, sharing warmth and toys in the frosty mornings.

Lunchtime is devoured by appetites that have chased crunchy leaves for hours.

The dinner table steams with hearty dishes and heart-filled companionship of family safely home for the night.

Seasons seem to make me appreciate either what i have been blessed with (see previous) or with what i don't have at the moment (hot temps sound so good while shoveling mounds of snow).

That's why i found my heart brimming with gratefulness to God for creating and giving to us these different seasons.

Appreciation of what is in my life now.

Refreshing from what was in my life before now.

Anticipation for what is to come in my life after now.


Seasons in life.

May i learn something from each one.
And find something to enjoy in each one.

Thank You, God, for Your Season(ing)s!