Seasons.

Hello team.
Today I want to talk about seasons.

And about the times we are in.

It is important, to know what seasons we are in, because we do need to know.

And it says in psalm one, blessed the the person, who is planted by streams of water, that in season, sends out it's shoots.

It's important, to get things in perspective, because we can get all hung up about  one particular thing. and we over react to that.

And when we over react, we go from normal feelings to abnormal, in a very short amount of time.

I will give you an example, of what happened recently. where I was lonely, like all of sudden the tears came, and not even crying out to God helped.

I was so lonely, that everything in myself ached. I decided to ring my best friend and we talked about it, that we do go through these times, of lonelyness. you can be highly successful but still be lonely, even in marriage you can still be lonely.

So here I was crying out to God, asking him for something from a lonely heart.

I had simply had it, I was looking inwards not outwards, and missing everything that the lord has given me.

It was with that, a good friend invited me up to her place to stay a few nights, and just come away for a break, and I gladly went up, and met some nice friends, and her family.
 for 4 nights.

Now there's a lesson here my friends, don't think for a moment, things have passed you by. to me, right now, the time was right for a holiday.

And we shouldn't get bitter but a blessing to the people around us, giving them a word of blessing with whatever comes our way.

And we should always hold things very loosely, not so loose that things fall through the cracks, but hang onto the treasures that the Lord has given you.

The power of friendship, to be able to give rather than receive. and for a time God will call you to move in areas, where he wants you to go.

I have many times, not thought for myself, but now I'm thinking for myself.

Making my own choices, because too long I have been old I couldn't.

so now I'm tending my own garden heart, and tending to it, ever so carefully, not to allow anyone in just to use it.

And it's ok, dears, for this to happen, I was with a friend recently, and we were talking, about mistakes.

I have in my own family, thought I couldn't make not even one, though by doing that I have made plenty.

We place perfectionsim, on ourselves, that things have to be perfect all the time, to have people see the better side of us, not the ugly side. and to go through life, with scissors and chop out what we want.

I wanted that part of my parents, but not the other part. I grew insecure and angry, and confused for most of my life. because my parents were trying to do such a good job of protecting me, that everything was done, and therefore I couldn't make a mistake.

I was growing, but I wasn't growing in the way that was Godly, because I had a sense of self rightousouness going on. and a really big problem with it.
Because I was chopping and collaging what I wanted and what I didn't want.

I was a on a roller coaster, heading for disaster, along with the over reactions, about everything I did.

so I grew up very confused.

It wasn't until I was in hospital, for 14 days, the lord came, and said ''Chloe can I carry you on my shoulders?" and I was humanly picked up, and placed on his shoulders, and carried, and we faced things, together.

Time and time again, the Lord has come through for me, times when I just needed to picked up and understood, times when all the confusion just melted away, that I really did know him.

I didn't need to prove anything to anyone, I was simply loved by Jesus.

And that is my encouragement for you today is, no matter what season you're in. hold onto the light that you have, and pray, pray for Jesus to come to your life right now, to make it lighter, to be carried with him. through his perfect love.
to put down those scissors, and stop your chopping.

it's when we surrender to him, we know how mighty we are for him.

Lots of love
Chloe