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The summer season usually brings lots of excitement about the fun that comes along with the warmer months of the year. Children are out of school, families and friends take vacations to new places, summer sports leagues are in full swing, and ministries fill the calendar with exciting programs.
The month of August, however, although still summer, transitions us into a shift from battling the dog days of summer to the anticipation of a new school year, the excitement of the start of fall sports, and the awareness that heat-filled days with 3-digit heat indices will soon give way to autumn's crisp, cool air. During this time, people begin to slow down and shift their focus toward the new season on the horizon.
During this transitional month, as you contemplate all of the things that need to be checked off of your to-do list, I encourage you to prayerfully consider the seasonal shift in your spiritual life. It can be quite difficult to slow down when we are accustomed to always moving at full speed. However, when we embrace the shift and yield to it, we give ourselves space to ask pertinent questions such as:
What things have come to a point of completion for me in the present season?
What do I need to leave behind in order to move forward?
How is God shifting me mentally and spiritually in preparation for my “next”?
How can I prepare my heart to receive what God has in store in this new season?
Slow down, yield to the changing season, and find some quiet time to ask God how you can be best prepared for the shift coming before you.
Peace,
Rev. Angéle Saunders Johnson
Executive Director
Disciples Women's Ministries
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…
Ecclesiastes 3:1
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