When you consider your current season, you may see it a lot like tending a garden. Are you restlessly waiting for new life to burst up through the soil, gradually growing into healthy strong plants?
Living in our seasons requires us to learn lessons in patience. Sometimes we think of patience as a virtue we need in dealing with difficult people or circumstances. And that’s true.
But the Bible also tells us that we need to wait with patience on the Lord (Psalm 37:7). As our seasons pass and we grow weary of the responsibilities and requirements they entail, we become anxious to move on. We can’t see any reasons to remain in our present season except for one small detail: He hasn’t yet told us to move into the next one. Remember that our seasons are all about getting us to fulfill our purpose.
An excerpt from the new Seasons of a Woman’s Life Bible Study. Sign up to receive it FREE at: loisevans.org/seasons.
Why We Do What We Do
"My name is Caleb, and I'm from Baytown, TX. I gave my life to the Lord about 15 years ago when Dr. Tony did a revival here at Stallworth Stadium. My father is an ordained minister and has served in youth ministry all around the Baytown area for the last 30 years.
On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018, my father went to a cardiologist for a stress test and had a heart attack. Luckily, he was in front of medical professionals, and they were able to get him to a hospital. They told us that he had to have open heart surgery and a quintuple bypass on Thursday, June 20th, which ran lots of risks for complications due to him being on blood thinners. But they had to move fast.
Before the surgery, several men from our church came by to visit. My father's Sunday school teacher told me to download the Tony Evans app on my father's iPad so that he could listen to the sermons during his recovery. I downloaded the app and started exploring so that I could learn how to work it and teach him how to use it. Here is where things get amazing. As I scrolled back to the sermon that was on 6/19/18 (the day of his heart attack), the title of the sermon was 'Increasing the Flow of Grace,' and the description read, 'Removing the blockages and speeding up the current.' The whole message spoke about blood flow and related it to grace. That was God speaking.
The surgery went very smoothly. His recovery is going extremely well. The amount of prayer has been so overwhelming. God is GREAT!!"
—Caleb
