T I M E

     This time last year was rough. Death, sickness, relationships, etc. all amounted to a lot of emotionally draining, hard days.

     I've been thinking back on all of that, and I'm honestly kind of amazed at how God uses time to heal things. It's got me thinking about not just Grandmother's death, but all of the other painful things in life that at one point were so excruciating, and now are only memories. I'm really thankful for time. I know there are a lot of things you'll never get over completely, but boy, does time help. 

     Last August was spent in grief and being brain-dead tired and learning to change schedules and lifestyles and have a new normal. In those kinds of seasons you're not sure things will ever be pleasant or back to normal again. But, in time, it's okay. You learn how to do things differently and think about things differently, and it's not the worst thing in the world. In fact, the change is something to be grateful for, because it was God's will, after all. 

     It's encouraging to know that whatever may be hard now will probably be a thing of the past some day. It's in the grieving/learning/changing seasons that God really gets our attention. I think if we could see the big picture, we wouldn't be so scared of hard times. We'd welcome them, knowing that through them God reveals Himself and awakens us from spiritual complacency. 

     It's a wonderful thing to look back and see that there has been change. He is the potter and we are the clay. He is molding us, in His time.