Seasons

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Seasons are a big deal to us mothers. When a change of season came when our children were young, I remember how I dreaded all the work of getting out the next season’s clothes and putting away the clothes from the last season. I remember one time my surprise at having so many red hand-me-downs that I washed an entire load of just reds. When I think of refugee mothers with nothing to keep their babies warm, I am ashamed that I had so many clothes for our children that I thought it was a burden.

Now that those days are past, I’d love to be in the midst of those chores again–touching the little sweaters and overalls and dresses, folding them, putting them on the little hangers. Life is like that. It’s hard to appreciate the joy of what you have when responsibility is staring at you every day.

God is kind to give us seasons. Each one is so very good. In the short term, we enjoy fall outings to the apple orchard, hot chocolate on winter nights, spring walks through the woods, and summer fun in a fountain. In the long term, we experience the seasons of our childhoods, our early years of marriage, our children as babies, our children growing up, our elderly parents, and our grandchildren.

In the short term, we mothers serve our families through the seasons of the year . . .

. . . and in the long term through the seasons of their lives and ours.

I appreciate you mamas for being faithful through your seasons.

There is an appointed time for everything.
And there is a time for every matter under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

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