The changing of seasons reminds me that God never intended
everything to remain the same. The leaves change color.
They fall. What once looked alive becomes bare.
And for a season, everything seems dormant.
But dormant doesn’t mean dead.

Sometimes what we see happening in the natural is a
beautiful picture of what God is doing in the spiritual.
There are seasons when friendships are challenged.
Connections shift. Relationships change. Doors close.
Situations that once fit comfortably suddenly don’t anymore.
Our (My) first instinct can be to hold on.
But sometimes change isn’t evidence that something
has gone wrong – it’s evidence that a new season is beginning.
We cannot keep trying to carry what once was into what God is causing to become.
Jesus said: “Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins…” — Matthew 9:17

New wine requires new wineskins.
Sometimes God has to stretch us, reposition us, change our relationships,
challenge our thinking, and even allow certain things to fall
away because where He is taking us requires something different from us.
A tree doesn’t chase the leaves God allowed it to release. It lets them fall.
And when the appointed season comes, new life appears.
Maybe the uncomfortable shifting you’re experiencing isn’t something to fear.
Maybe God is making room.
Making room for new growth.
New relationships.
New assignments.
New revelation.
New capacity.
There is a time to hold on - and there is a time to release. Let the leaves fall.

If you’re in a similar season…Trust Him.
God already knows what He’s preparing to bring forth.

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In His Love, Chaplain Rachel DuPhily