by Desiree Bustamante

Through every season, God is there for you and loves you.

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 New Living Translation

Life moves in seasons. There are seasons of planting and harvest, seasons of laughter and tears, seasons of busy abundance and of quiet waiting. Just when we settle into one, another arrives. A child grows up, a job ends, health changes, a loved one is gone, or a new door opens. We can feel as if the ground is always shifting beneath us.

Yet Solomon’s words remind us that no season, whether joyful or painful, is permanent, and that God appoints and oversees each one. The dry season will not last forever. Those who stays rooted in God will yield fruit in season. Notice the phrase in season. A tree does not bear fruit every day of the year. It bears fruit at the right time because its roots stay near the water. When we remain rooted in God and His Word, He sustains us and He brings fruit in due time.

Some seasons feel like wilderness, unfamiliar and barren, and we can’t see the way forward. Yet God does not leave us stranded between one season and the next. Even when we cannot understand the pain or the change, we are assured that in all things God works for our good because we love him.

While our seasons change, His season of loving and caring for us never does. God’s faithful love has no end. His mercies are new every morning, and His care for you is not tied to the calendar, to your circumstances, or to how well you are doing. Whatever season you are in today, you are held by the One who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is with you always.

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