Seasons

I am loving the weather we've been having here lately. I actually laid out in the sun on Saturday and Sunday and got burned! Craziness.. but it's going to turn cold again this weekend. YUCK! I am so ready for spring. This winter has been a really cold one, obviously.. with the huge snow we had last week. I think I have discovered that I am a spring lover. I don't like summer all that much because it is just too hot and fall is ok but not my favorite and after the winter we had, I'm pretty sure I hate winter! So,I have really been holding out for spring.
Something that I have learned from life recently is that our lives have seasons too. Our spiritual life has seasons and our life in general has seasons. This past Sunday, we announced to the youth and their parents that our "season" of helping with the youth was ending. We resigned and will be finished at the end of April with our committment. It was a really tough decision for us but it was the right one. With Corey's work schedule being about 60 hours a week and my working full time and going to school at night, our family time has really suffered. So, after praying about it for a while, we felt a peace in knowing the Lord had released us from this season of service in our life. While we were sad at the thought of not spending that time with the kids, we were excited at the thought of having more time for each other again. It's something we've really missed and we're just thankful that the Lord used this season of service to teach us so much.
I'm thankful that the Lord gives us different seasons in our life. It keeps things exciting and interesting.. and we're looking forward to our season of rest now.
Thank you Lord for knowing when it's time for rest for us.