Winds in the East...mist coming in...like something is brewin'...about to begin. I can't put me finger on what lies in store. I feel what's to happen all happened before. - (Burt just before Mary Poppins blows into town.)
The winds of change are dominating the weather. The morning breezes stretch as the birds sing and flutter from one perch to another. They are building their exposed nests on barren branches. They know the shelter of leaves is not far behind.
No two days are the same. The changes of spring are in the air showing themselves new and fresh every morning. Every moment of every day is filled with change.
I, too, anticipate the new life on the trees, the green grass, budding flowers, and warmer days. I've seen it happen every year. It is on faith, however, that I believe what I cannot see. The change is happening now. Life is steeping in the places that still look dead. It is all happening, unobservable to my eyes, under the watchful eye of the Creator, who never grows weary or tired.
By design people are proficient in sensory adaptation. For example: the aroma of the roast in the crock pot becomes all but undetectable to the cook who stays with it. But go outside for a short time and return. You'll get a great dose of what you've been missing. You are probably largely unaware of the watch on your wrist or the floor under your feet, until you focus on it.
These examples of sensory adaptation demonstrate that we generally need change to take notice. We tend to take in the world around us in ways that are most useful for survival and effective functioning.
It is change that captures our attention. Change makes us take notice and change is inevitable. And so it is with the seasons of my soul. Thankfully, I can rely on God for rest when I am weary. Also I can count on Him to stir me, lest I should become too complacent. Life is a journey of the soul towards Him. On the way we are promised enough grace for the day, strength for the task at hand, tests, trials, temptations, and rest. Change is inevitable. God knows how to get my attention for His purposes.
Sometimes it blows over me like a breath of fresh air and revives me. Other times change is forced upon me like a 60 mile per hour gust that takes my breath away and puts me too my knees in prayer.
I strive to remember that the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep will equip me with everything good for doing his will. (Hebrews 13:20-21)
Psalm 135:6-7
6 The LORD does whatever pleases him,
in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and all their depths.
7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
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