Fall is truely not my holiday. I like when the leaves change, the cool breezes blow in....and bring pollen from the north and make my allergies go crazy! LOL This is truely the favorite holiday of a counter partner, Coach K! As I pondered on what I was going to blog on today, after a conversation with an "ol friend" yesterday, I was reminded that there are adversities that we go through, we certainly don't deserve, however, there comes a time in our adversity when we realize it truely has come to a balanced place of life where it is OK for us to realize, we just might be in the "Harvest" time. A time of reaping all that we have sown.......seeds of faithfulness when we didn't feel like being that, merciful when maybe there really wasn't enough mercy to extend anymore, love when maybe the love felt like it had ran out........faith, can't even go there.......and HOPE? When it seems like all hope is lost, you emerge out of your muck something much stronger then you ever thought you could be. I don't beleive I have ever looked at "harvest time" in this manner, but for some reason the inspiration of my blog reminded me yesterday, that maybe the adversity we don't "DESERVE" however, if you work hard at SEED TIME......THEN MAYBE EVERYONE DESERVES HARVEST TIME.
As I seached photos online to epict this time of year, as to not steal the glorious thunder of the FALL season from Coach K, I thought, just maybe I do deserve the harvest of the planting and seed time this past 10 months. I have learned so much these past 10 months about myself, how others see me, how I see my family, how I need to accept certain things and ways in my life that they just are. I would have loved to fix everything for everyone, however, a lifetime of trying to attempt the change, never works, only when I need to change me does it work. So, as my most favorite time of the year approaches, rather quickly I might add, I am going to embrace every day of the Harvest time. It seems amazing that a year has flown by, and for a while thought it left me behind, however in my reflection, its the contrary, it has not left me behind.......as I came up for air, I saw the fruit this time, the bountiful harvest of all that I had planted. Well I am exaggerating, it is not really bountiful, but it will be.....and that is my optimism talking!
The abundance of wisdom once said there are seasons for everything under the sun. A time to be born, a time to die, time for laughter a time for tears, a time to mourn a time to dance, a time to tear a time to mend, a time to plant and there truely is a time for harvest. It was not footloose or the beatles either! I am going to accept that this is my time for all the positive things, Dance, Mend, Plant, Keep, Love, Leace, Build and just plain ol' LIVE!!!!! (Eccloesiastes 3)
Bloggers/Readers I hope that this Fall season you find your bountiful harvest. Where ever it is coming from, it doesn't matter, we all deserve to partake in the bountiful fruit of our labors of planting time. Enjoy your harvest time......and always remembering that adversity is never easy, but it builds such character and vision that when you are on the other side, you will be able to see the abundance of your fruits waiting for you. Enjoy all that God has for you.......in the place you are at today. Until next time everyone! Happy Blogging/Reading!
