In Its Time
“He has made everything beautiful in its time…” Ecclesiastes 3:11
It’s so easy to get caught in the waiting room of life—waiting for the next big thing
When we were kids, we couldn’t wait to be teens; when we were finally teenagers, we couldn’t wait for high school, then college, then to be done with college. We couldn’t wait to move out and live on our own, then be in a great relationship. If we are in a relationship, we are ready to be engaged and then married. The next step of course is to get a pet and then get pregnant. Once we have kids, we can’t wait until they sleep through the night, or don’t have to be carried, or can get dressed on their own, or pick up after themselves. And so the cycle continues.
It’s so very easy to get caught up in the inconvenience and the discomfort in our current season
We oftentimes miss the beauty right in front of our very eyes. There is beauty in eating cereal in your pjs on the couch at 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday. There is beauty in having a quiet spaghetti dinner with your husband. There is beauty in a messy house filled with laundry and evidence of children playing everywhere. There is beauty in everything, especially when it has been graced with God’s perfect timing.
There are plenty of days that I miss that beauty
I’m frustrated when I wake up in the middle of the night because one of my children had an accident and another refuses to sleep. I struggle with juggling the stress of my career, being a mother and wife and having some semblance of a social life. I have battled comparison, jealousy, self-doubt and depression because I have lost sight of the beautiful season I am currently in.
“He has made everything beautiful in its time…”
The season I am in is absolutely beautiful
’Tis the Season of being a mother. ’Tis the Season of late nights, dirty diapers and runny noses. The season of cuddles, kisses and my toddler’s artwork created just for me. ’Tis the Season of being a wife. ’Tis the Season of putting down toilet seats, date nights, movies in bed once the kids finally go to sleep, and letting him load the dishwasher however we pleases. I will search for and appreciate that beauty each and every day, because it is truly a gift.