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Rhythm in music is about timing.
It's a pattern also found in nature.
We all ebb and flow, cycling
through Spiritual seasons; yet,
unless we understand this... we can struggle to
understand why our lives are going in directions
we had not expected.
The gardener and farmer knows that there is a time
for sowing and a season for reaping. An experienced
farmer knows, reaping is in the sowing because the
seeds sown into the ground contain the harvest.
A farmer is more likely to be delighted in reaping
a harvest than in getting the soil nurtured, prepared,
sowing seeds, tending, removing troublesome weeds,
etc., from the crop or garden, but we cannot be
gratified by one... without the other.
Our senses are aware of the rhythm of the world
around us. Moments before it rains, an earthy smell,
known as petrichor, permeates the air. The smell actually
comes from the moistening of the ground. It is a distinct,
generally pleasant smell. The smell of the air lets us
know what kind of weather is likely to happen.
Even the transitional storms in our lives are
necessary to clear the atmosphere of those things
that may be keeping us from fully experiencing
the seasons. Sometimes, the hardest storms to get
through are the ones our souls need most, to fully
experience life.
Whether we are prepared for our season or not,
the seasons of our lives, and seasons of uncertainty,
are going to unfold.
Our journey through life along with its trials,
tribulations, sorrows, and joys have the same
unfolding, emergence, movement or tendencies
as the cycle of the seasons and rhythms of nature.
Life is full of physical, emotional, and Spiritual
storms. Storms are a natural part of life's
rhythm God sends us, for our growth.
Rain is grace. Rain and snow are key elements
in the Earth's water cycle, which is vital to all
life on Earth. Rain and snow are the key
elements that fill our lakes and rivers, rejuvenates
the underground aquifers and reservoirs. The rain
and snow provides water to plants and animals.
Without rain, there would be no life.
No matter how strong the storm is or was… at
the appropriate time, the sun will shine again...
flooding our path with light and driving out the
darkness.
Life's Rhythm helps us recognize what season
we are in, and it helps to bring into focus who
we are and why we are here.
Life’s rhythms are genetically
"hard-wired" into our cells,
tissues, and organs.
The human body has visible rhythms like the
natural movement for the heart to open and
close rhythmically thousands of times
throughout the day and the very act of breathing.
Through bodily functions that affect our ability to
switch between wakefulness and sleep...we can
find God’s planned rhythm.
The grace of universal rhythms is expressed in
the New Moon, First Quarter Moon, Full Moon,
and Last Quarter Moon phases.
We can embrace the rhythms expressed in the
extraordinary ebb and flow of the tides.
Rhythms are also expressed in the earth’s rotation
on its axis relative to the sun every 24 hours.
According to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, the cycle of
seasons is caused by Earth's tilt toward the
sun.
The planet rotates around an (invisible)
axis. At different times during the year, the
northern or southern axis is closer to the sun.
During these times, the hemisphere tipped
toward the star experiences summer, while
the hemisphere tilted away from the sun
experiences winter.
God carries out His plans in
seasons...
always a fitting time.
God is God of seasons,
and God is at work in all seasons…
even in seasons when we don’t see much activity.
The changing of the four different seasons that
rotate throughout every year happens...
rhythmically.
God nurtures us and grows us
through different seasons until we
are equipped for the harvest.
God has planned the seasons of our lives
with infinite wisdom.
He has ordained each one,
knowing exactly what fruit is to be harvested
during each period.
Our lives cycle through seasons, and we are
synchronized with God's divine timing.
God created the seasons with a specific
purpose. Just like the seasons in nature,
we all move through spiritual seasons
of spring, summer, fall, and winter.
We move from one spiritual season to the
next. Some of them are upbeat and jubilant,
and some are dismal, sorrowful, and bereaved.
Some are productive while others seem reckless,
cavalier, and destructive;
some enliven and arouse peace
and others bring pain, discomfort, and
trouble, but all of them are necessary for us
to learn, grow, and evolve as spiritual beings.
All forms of life on earth, including our bodies,
respond rhythmically to the natural cycles
of the sun, moon, and seasons.
Natural rhythms and movements will flow
through as we mature.
God knows that for the full and balanced
evolution of our character, the seasons are
imperative.
God uses the seasons
to work out His character in us
and bring us to maturity.
When we think in terms of music, rhythm is the
strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or
sound. So, then, Life's Rhythm is the strong, regular,
repeated pattern by which people do life.
Not all seasons are going to be harmonious
and serene. We must not abhor our season,
but we must embrace it regardless of how
arduous a particular season may be…
the seasons are necessary!
God knows that for the full and balanced
evolution of our character, the seasons are
imperative. God uses the seasons to work
out His character in us and bring us to
maturity.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 represents all the seasons and the
important changes of our lives. Some are joyful times,
others sorrowful; some are creative and fruitful while
others seem useless and wasteful; some inspire love
and peace and others bring heartbreak and pain.
We should remember that every new beginning
imposes an ending... sometimes even a death.
Each respective season is necessary for us to
learn, grow, and evolve as spiritual beings. These
experiences are not calculated or premeditated.
If we look closely enough, each experience
brings into view a loving, divine purpose that
we can learn to trust.
"For everything there is a season, and a time
for every purpose under heaven."
Ecclesiastes 3:1
When nothing seems to make sense, if we find
God’s presence in life, that’s when real meaning
and satisfaction will emerge. Life without God
is hopeless, but a life lived for God and in
acknowledgement of his divine presence is one
marked by fruitfulness and significance.
The seasons of joys and the seasons of hardships,
the high and the low seasons, the valleys of despair
and the peaks of honor. This is the ebb and flow of
life that we can anticipate, and when we keep God at
the center, we can flourish when we live in rhythm
with creation and with God. Purpose will emerge
and refining of our hearts will take place.
In creation, we are constantly experiencing
life's rhythm... God’s rhythmic imprint.
We will get over our sorrows. We will get out
of the valley. We will go through hardships. And
whatever season of life we find ourselves in, it
will have a beginning and it will have an end.
We will enter new seasons, too. Ones that bring
relief, hope, or a deeper sense of faith.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 affirms two important reminders:
The things we go through in life are not in vain,
and our situations will not last forever.
There are obvious rhythms of the climate. The tides
ebb and flow. Seasons and people change. Night
inevitably follows day and vice versa. Birds migrate
and return. "Everything that happens in this
world happens at the time God chooses."
When Scripture declares that for everything there
is a season, this means that the various circumstances
we go through in life are not by incident, but
orchestrated or allowed by God with great purpose
and intentionality.
Our circumstances will change and that is something
we can come to expect in life. Whatever God takes
us through has purpose... perhaps to deepen our faith
or to help us achieve breakthrough in an area of life.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to
every purpose under the heaven.
– Ecclesiastes 3:1
Part of God’s great design to this earth is seasons.
We experience wet and dry seasons, the typical
four seasons of winter, spring, summer, and fall,
and there are planting seasons and harvesting
seasons. We see creation moving through
seasons each year, and we ourselves live
through seasons, as well.
"There's an opportune time to do things, a
right time for everything on the earth."
In these seasons we learn to depend on and
come to expect things. So, too, we find in
the Bible that our lives go through seasons.
We all, at some point will experience seasons
of sadness, loss, joy, newness, and growth.
All of these life seasons are intentional and
God’s influence in them should be
acknowledged and counted on.
"Everything has its own time, and there is a
specific time for every activity under heaven"
The flow of life is a process of change.
We must learn to accept the process and
go with it. There's no stopping it anyway.
With God, we are always responding to
something He is doing.
Creation is rhythmic.
In every part of creation we can find rhythm,
pulses, and beats.
Our vitality, joy, and peak quality of being
are more likely to be garnered...
by the kind of life rhythm we are by natural character
or ability aligned to.
Natural rhythms and movements
will flow through as we mature.
Each activity and habit we engage in...
each relationship and each responsibility...
are “moments” that are the beats of life.
All beings have their appointed cycle of seasons
and changes of circumstances or fortune,
just as the sun, wind, and water.
ordered by a powerful, wise, and gracious Providence.
We can look to the trees to sway in time...
with life's rhythm.
In our spiritual seasons,
we will notice changes in every
element of our life.
Every person goes through
natural and spiritual seasons.
Seasons dictate to us how we dress and
what activities we engage in.
Seasons have a lot to do with
our moods and our attitude.
Each season brings with it
its own potential dangers, and beauty.
Seasons affect every aspect of our lives!
Our actions, during each season,
and the timing of our actions
are important to God.
“He has made everything beautiful
in its time”
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Nothing is before or after
its prescribed time.
God is so orderly that He divided
the year into four quarters
and we know those times as:
Winter, Spring, Summer
and Fall.
God has, perfectly, placed each season in sequence.
Spring is not intrinsically a better season than winter,
nor is summer better than spring.
Each season plays its essential part
in the unfolding of the life cycle.
WINTER is the season with limited sunlight,
the shortest days, and the coldest weather.
Most trees are barren,
and the flowers have withered and died.
Winter is a fallow, quiet time in which
the previous growth comes to an end
and the possibility of new growth is created.
Winter is the time for evolution,
brainstorming, formulating,
and doing the necessary groundwork
for the approaching season.
It is the ultimate transitional period.
The cold of winter can cause us to
retreat within ourselves
for rest, renewal, and creativity.
Unless the creative work of winter is done
and the seeds take root, nothing further can grow.
Spring is the arrival of new life.
Spring brings new leaves and blossoms on the trees.
Spring is the time to break up fallow ground.
It is time to plant and implement the lessons/instructions
extracted from our winter experience.
Spring is also a time of blossoming,
when the fruits of the winter's labor
begin to be realized.
The blossoms will not appear
unless the seeds have been nourished,
and the blossoms in turn make way
for the blooming of flowers.
Summer marks the warmest time of year
with the longest days.
Summer is a time of spiritual development,
fruit bearing, and flowers in full bloom!
Summer is the time to water what has been planted.
It is also time to clear out the weeds.
Summer is the time to pause and reflect.
It is a time to plow up and cultivate the soil.
Fall is a time of maturity, fruition, and reaping.
Fall is the time of harvest.
Fall is the time when you will see evidence
of your hard work.
So too with our
developmental periods.
The sequence of each season follows
God's prescribed course.
The proper activity at the right time,
brings about God’s purposes,
and it is a beautiful rhythmic part
of God’s overall plan.
All of the seasons are necessary for us
to learn, grow, and evolve as spiritual beings.
When facing a difficult time of transition or loss...
may we trust God's perfectly Divine timing.
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity
under heaven.
Nothing in life is static for long.
Each major transition in our lives has a divine purpose.
Those transitional storms are necessary
to clear the atmosphere of old ways of thinking
that may be keeping us from fully experiencing
the next seasons of our lives.
God has a reason and a season
for all things.
There never seems to be a "Best" time to die,
to go to war, or to cry.
Yet, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 speaks deeply to us because,
while our emotions may not easily adapt to it,
there is a season for all things.
There are certain times appointed by God
for our being and continuance,
which no human wit or providence can alter.
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and a time to die.
There was a time when none of us existed
and there will be a time when all of us will cease to be.
There is a time to plant
and a time to uproot,
a time to kill
and a time to heal,
a time to tear down
and a time to build,
a time to weep
and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn
and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones
and a time to gather stones,
a time to embrace
and a time to refrain,
a time to search
and a time to give up,
a time to keep
and a time to throw away,
a time to tear
and a time to mend,
a time to be silent
and a time to speak,
a time to love
a time to hate,
a time for war
and a time for peace.
The realities of life surround us all.
And while the "Why" may escape us...
the rhythm of life and death
is as dependable
as the rising and setting of the sun.
Various things in life are certain to happen.
These events are not random
neither are they under human control.
Recognizing the seasons
will help us cope with life's
inevitable difficulties.
May we see the hand of God,
feel the hand of God
and recognize the gift of God
in each season.
With an awareness and appreciation
for the season we are in
we will be able to
step into new spiritual truths
with a greater ability
to flow in the power of God.
God is doing a unique work in us
in each season.
Each season is preparation
for the next season to come,
and each season is a part of
what needs to be accomplished
in our lives.
Staying connected to God
in each season is key.
This allows us to grow and produce,
in due season,
the choicest fruit of righteousness
God desires.
May we live in rhythm
with our current life stage realizing...
no matter how we view the season
we can claim...
Romans 8:28:
"And we know that God causes everything
to work together for the good
of those who love God
and are called according
to God's purpose for them."
God has specific purposes
for each season of our lives.
As we learn to recognize
and embrace the season we are in...
we will better understand
God's purpose for our lives.
May we develop our rhythm with God
so that we may walk victoriously...
into each season.
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