The Weaving Seasons of Life

I just read a very wise statement.  It comes from a friend Brittany Cavanaugh's  blog. http://brittanycavanaugh.blogspot.com/   A remarkable gentleman told her this.  "I often think of life like a weave. You've got strings going up, and strings going in and out sideways. Without these strings going sideways, the weave would be nothing but a plain old mop. Life is the same way. You have the regularity, comfort, and all things good in the strings that are going up and down. The unfamiliar, challenging, and disheartening are those going in and out of those other strings. Looking at them as an entire weave, you see life in itself. It's about taking the good and walking strongly through the bad." 

What a good reminder of one of the wonderful truths of life.  I recently went through a tough season of life.  During it I couldn't see the other side.  I was tired, disheartened, and altogether dejected.  Often my prayers included the question "God will this season ever end, or is this what the rest of my life will consist of?”.  I am glad to say that the season, as all seasons do, passed.  Now I am in what I would label the "spring" of my life.  The enjoyment is made so much fuller by the awareness of pain.  The challenges I faced have deepened my faith and my perseverance.  I have found a new level of peace that comes when you face very painful situations and survive them.  All of this is providing the weave of my life, a beautiful tapestry, strengthened by the juxtaposition of pain and pleasure.

For now I will enjoy each day as it comes knowing that no season lasts forever.  Nor would I want it to, life truly is beautiful just as it is.