By Olubunmi Adebayo
*It is important we know that life is in stages : learning, earning, returning stages.*
*Yes, life is in phases : today you are born, tomorrow you grow up into childhood, the next day into adulthood and on and on.*
*Life can also be in seasons : just like the seasons of the year – the dry season, the rainy season, and the in-between seasons.*
*Life can be in chapters : you read some chapters of a book and feel it should never end, while you read others, and you want it to end quickly.*
*Just as the Word of God puts it in :*
*Eccle 3:*
*1]To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:*
*2]A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;*
*3]A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;*
*4]A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance….*
*Every phase trades something for something else. Youth trades wisdom for energy. Midlife trades time for resources. Old age trades physical strength for perspective.*
*Whichever lens of life you may want to use — physical ages, personal growth, spiritual development, change is the critical dimension of these stages.*
*I may not know what season of life you are presently in, but one thing is sure, one season and time do not make up the entire life cycle and time span of a man.*
*In real life, it could be wet and windy in the morning, and by evening time, it could be dry and calm.*
*In conclusion, don’t think what you are experiencing today is necessarily the end of life.*
*If what you are going through today is NOT necessarily what you want, have it at the back of your mind that it is just a season, a phase, a chapter, which will change soon. Therefore, turn to God, the Changer of all seasons and times. And you will be surprised what He as The Almighty God, The Creator of Heaven and Earth can do with your life.*
*Shalom 🙏*
©️ Olubunmi S Adebayo.
