Is it YOUR Season?

There is something to be said about waking up happy. These past few weeks have given me a roller coaster of emotions that trend upward to pure joy. It has been years since I felt joy and it has been this consistent. We cannot confuse happiness with joy as happiness is but a fleeting moment and emotion while joy resonates in your soul.

After my dance with grief, I made a commitment to stay on a healing path and continue self-care. So far, I have been faithful in that commitment. That led me to open up with others and share what I had gone through and was still processing. The community that was then built around these shared experiences started to expand and healing was trickling out like a wave in the ocean.

I don’t talk much about work because it is just that, work. This week however I was able to attend a Woman’s Conference led by some immensely powerful, trailblazing women who are doing their part to make this world a better place. The invaluable information I was able to pick up will help me not only today, but in the years to come on my own personal journey.

So, I asked myself. Is this MY season? If you are one that attends church or has some spiritual connection, you would know what I am saying. Our Pastoral leaders speak of seasons as our times to be blessed by God and to be patient, faithful, obedient, and committed. I have been all of that as humanly (I am flawed) as possible. Not days, not weeks, not months but years. The greatness of God and his favor has always been evident in my life. I’ve had ups and downs however I can say with all confidence, life is surprisingly good for me.

What makes this time so different than the others is the JOY that I feel. Attacks are coming. Roadblocks are being put up in my way as I navigate into areas that I had never thought I would be in. Each and EVERY time however, there is a shift and I get through it as if it were never there. My name is in rooms before I get there and there is a definite buzz happening about who I am, what I am doing and what will happen next.

The crazy part is I have always focused my energies on being in the background. I wanted to be the organizer and financier. Let someone else be the face and the voice. In less than 12 months, both personally and professionally, that has changed.

Social injustices have made me scream louder. Our disregard for our neighbors has pushed me to step up more and advocate and engage so no one gets left behind. Yes, we are all hurting in our own ways, but we are truly stronger together. It costs us nothing to check in but our time.  I don’t want to be the only success story if the people around me aren’t successful as well. So, I pull people up.

The only “I” statements I have these days are those where I take accountability for my actions. Otherwise, I want it to be about we, us, and ours. In it being “my” season, the opportunity to help others and share the goodness that is being bestowed upon me is available. “My” season is about expansion that serves the community around me. When I succeed, we succeed.

So, is it MY season? Time will tell. The opportunities that have been presented and the direction that has been Holy Spirit led will prayerfully continue.  I have watched in AMAZEMENT at the awesomeness of my heavenly father and being 48 years old, surviving what I have survived, it never gets old!

The JOY that I feel is a feeling I want to continue. Even when the attacks happen, or the roadblocks appear, I still feel it. It’s like I know I have a secret weapon and no matter what, I will prevail. I will continue doing what I am doing because I seem to be on the right track.

“He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless” Proverbs 2:7

I wish you joy and health and an amazing day!

Until next time, be safe!