Appreciating the Season You're In

Here recently I've been really caught up in the future, and by that I mean it's literally all I think about. I think about graduating college, getting engaged, getting married, buying a house, raising kids, and so on and so forth.

What's the harm in a little dreaming here and there? Probably none.

But for me, these dreams haven't been "here and there," they've been consuming my every thought. 

I'm rushing through each season of my life just to get to the next one as fast as I can. It's seemingly never ending, because I always have something else to anticipate; a lot like how in the fall how you can't stop dreaming about a white Christmas or how in the spring you begin making your summer plans to the beach, but before you know it... that season is gone, and it is on to the next. 

As you dream of the next season, you forget to enjoy the one that you're in. You miss the colors of the leaves changing, and you miss spring's beautiful blossoms in your garden.

I do the same thing with my life. I waste the away the season I'm in because I'm so busy dreaming of the next one. 

The other day at work my sweet boss reminded me of how precious each season of our life really is, and that once it's gone, it's gone, and we won't ever get it back. (How thankful I am for such a Godly boss to remind me of such an important lesson in life!)

It got me to thinking, I have to take advantage of each day that I have while I have it so that The Lord can fully shape me into who I need to be for the next one. And not only that, but as I'm in each season of life, I'm also in my own mission field that I need to focus on.

I'm not going to get my college years back, nor will I have the opportunity to witness to my friends and classmates so easily again. And is sharing the Gospel not the real purpose of my life here on earth anyway? 

As I'm selfishly wasting away my days dreaming of tomorrow, I'm also passing up opportunities to further The Lord's Kingdom.

I'm in each period of life for a reason, and I want God to use me in ways that only He can.

My prayer is that I will stop wasting away these precious seasons of life that God has blessed me with and that I will fully hand them over to Him so that He can shape me, mold me, and use me for His glory.

"For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1