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| Copyright Bruce A. Morrison |
Adjusting to new seasons seems to be a theme for me over the last several months. Adjusting to a new community, a new home, a new church family (that we love, by the way), a new church role, new schools, new hangouts, new friends... Seasons like this can leave you with a feeling of being a little unsettled at times. Have you ever experienced that?
I know that our church is experiencing a similar season of adjusting. New pastor, new worship leader, new school year where we've seen new faces join us while others that we love have graduated and moved into their own new seasons... My sense is that while the core of who we are as a church is solid and secure, God is still preparing us for a new thing.
Life with God is always one of change and growth because living things grow, and if we're alive through the Spirit of God, we should grow as well. Sometimes growth is easily evidenced through externals like the four inches that Maia grew between the beginning of May and the end of August. Sometimes that growth is harder to define and discern, but the ripples of growth are disturbing the surface waters enough to let us know somewhere, deep down, something is happening.
My prayer for us as a church is that in this season of adjusting, that we'll be seeking growth as we seek God. Growing in our own faith, growing in how we do what we do, and growing in who we are as a church are all hopes that I have for us all because living things grow.
