Goodbye Summer
- The Narrow Path
- Aug 29
- 2 min read
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NIV).
Labor Day weekend! It marks the unofficial end of summer. Most schools have been back in session for a few weeks, some just started, and others will begin next week. Labor Day marks a lot of things unofficially:
The end of wearing white pants (if you’re a fashionista).
Shorter days.
Cooler temperatures (for now).
Pools closing for the season.
Fall decorations popping up on porches everywhere.
The return of Friday Night Lights.
Summer is my favorite season, but more than anything, I love the changes that occur when we transition from one to another. I just wish I could have a little more control of what changes and what doesn’t. Does that sound familiar to you at all?
I love the crisp early mornings we’ve had this week, but I don’t love that when I look outside it’s dark by 9pm now.
I love that high school and college football has started back, but I don’t love that pool season is winding down.
I love that school has started back, but I don’t love that my nieces and nephews have returned to normal bedtime routines, and less flexible schedules.
Life is a lot like this, too. There are seasons we love, and seasons we hate. There are seasons we’re hopeful for, and others we
pray never come. There are certain parts we long for, and others we dread. We are reminded of this truth when we read Ecclesiastes 3:1:
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:”
I would encourage you to read through verses 1-8 this weekend, and be reminded that as we say goodbye to summer, may we cling to Jesus in the ever changing seasons of our lives.
Lean into the beauty of change, but with the parts that we don’t love, may we let our hope remain in Christ. He is the creator of all things good. He is in control. He knows what change is coming. With the weather, our schedules, and our activities. But most importantly in our hearts and lives. And I can’t think of better news than that.
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