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Seasons of Change

by Karmen |

in this life
Seasons of change
are in inevitable

they come and go
as faithfully 
as the natural seasons


some changes
we embrace
others make us cry

seasons of life 
have weighed
particularly heavy on my heart
the last few days 
(most assuredly onset by my hormonal changes)

and still
this morning
affirmed 
through the sobering message
at church
reminding me
that unfortunately
NONE of us are getting any younger
and there are MANY
IMPORTANT lessons 
yet
to be learned from through
Old Testament poetry and
wise, King Solomon 

Ecclesiastes 1:21
“Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator.  
Honor him in your youth before you grow old and no longer enjoy living.”

I will be the FIRST to admit
that I have 
too often 
allowed 
the excitement of life 
DISTRACT me from 
my PURPOSE
which is FIRST and FOREMOST 
to GLORIFY HIM

 surely I’m not alone..?

if you will allow me 
to challenge you with 
the same message 
that challenged me 

How often 
in your youth 
have you allowed 
the PLEASURES of life
or the STUFF of this world
or your WORK 
or SOMEONE
DISTRACT you from your purpose?

we get so caught up 
in the RAT RACE
that we FORGET

WE ARE ON THE CLOCK!

HIS CLOCK.

and it’s an humbling
sobering TRUTH
I believe
now more
than ever

“Vanity of vanities……All is vanity.”

so this week
as we start each new day

let’s remember 

WHY WE ARE HERE….

let’s GIVE HIM
OUR BEST
and HONOR HIM
each day with 
our attitude
and MORE IMPORTANTLY
with 
our actions
and  

“…Let NOT advancing years cause you to settle for less than His best.” 

but instead let us
live with the mindset

“Why shouldn’t a warrior’s 
LAST VICTORY BE HIS GREATEST? “-Vance Havner 


















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  1. Bernadette Veenstra says

    October 16, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Beautiful post and a good reminder-“we are on the clock-His clock.”
    Thanks for looking up my blog, and for leaving your link.=)

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