COMMUNITY SPIRITUALITY A Season of Faith by Donnetta Austin Every season of life will take you through a change. Your days will be accounted for so make the best of it in righteousness. We are called to live for today as if it were our last. Tomorrow has enough worries of its own. We are to pray in any situation that we face,“Lord let it be your will,” to give us the help, guidance, and direction to see us through. If you have spent time and lived in the Midwest, you know that every season is very different and distinct from the others. You have to learn to withstand the traumatic change of all four seasons. Have you ever thought about which season resembles what you are going through, experiencing, or feel like in your own life? Maybe you’re in a season that feels a little like winter. The temperature is negative below and cold. This season seems to be lasting longer than expected. What opposition are you up against? Are you prepared for an emergency? Do you have your winter emergency kit close by and available in your vehicle if needed? As an example it is possible that a massive winter storm with destructive winds and blizzard conditions could be approaching by 6:00pm. At this point you begin to think of all the errands you need to run beforehand. Your checklist may consist of trying to get off from work slightly early around 4:30pm no later than 5:00. You need to pick up the kids shortly thereafter, stop by the store for a few items or groceries that will last. Meanwhile you are feeling a little annoyed because the first grocery store you arrived at did not have in stock the supplies that were needed. You then decide to get back into your car and head towards another store. It is now 5:30pm along the way you noticed that your gas is getting low. At 5:45pm you are driving on Interstate 235 and get caught in traffic due to an accident. There is a delay, traffic is being detoured a different route. At 5:55pm your vehicle comes to a halt and hesitates to start up. You look up at the dash board to find that you are running out of gas and the sensor has also alerted you to replace the battery. You become frantic and worried. The blizzard has begun what are you going to do? Examples such as this tend to happen at the wrong time. Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up: do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. September 2019 The URBAN EXPERIENCE 17
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