Seasons. (His Love Letter.)

God works in mysterious ways. We’ve all heard that said before. Trust me, if you told me that a few days ago, I’d believe it, but at the same time I’d probably roll my eyes because I’ve heard that so many times throughout my life. Tonight was the first night I have ever talked to God. Don’t get me wrong, I have asked God to work in my life countless times, and he has blessed me in that manner, but never have I just talked to God about my life and how much I love him. I found that God talks back if you’ll let him. Many people don’t give God a chance to tell them anything. Here’s an example of a typical prayer to God based on what I’ve experienced through myself as well through other Christians:

“Dear God, Thank you for this day, Please help me with blankity blank blank. Amen.”

While God did tell us to come to him with our troubles through the Bible, he also wants us to listen to him. Now whats wrong with the prayer above? I didn’t see ANYTHING in it that asked something to the effect of:

“God what do you think I should do in my life?”

Notice the question mark at the end of the prayer? Well, questions are meant to be answered as we all know, so how come no one ever waits for God to answer? Everyone seems to assume God does it, no further questions asked, end of discussion. I think that what God loves the most is talking back to us. And I fully believe if God’s voice was audible, he would have to say over and over:

“Excuse me… I’m trying to talk to you.“

Give God a chance to talk, you and I let our friends and family talk back, why not let our Eternal Father have a say in things? Anyways, this Blog was titled “Seasons. (His Love Letter.)” for a reason. My reason for titling it as such is because of a passage of scripture God lead me to. I can’t make this up, if I’m lying I’m dying. I prayed to God to show me why Someone very very close to me has problems at Home, and God put in my head the words:

“Ecclesiastes 3:1-8“

I don’t think God told me the entire verse for a reason, He wanted me to look it up instead. I think a hands-on experience dominates an Ears-on experience any day. God could have told me the entire scripture, but I think he wanted to set an example for me. Anyways, these verses are as follows:

1-For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

2-A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

3-A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4-A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5-A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6-A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7-A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8-A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

What this told me is that no matter how much good there is in life, there will always have to be the bad, there is a time and place for every thing, and there are reasons why that person that means so much to me has these issues at home, God’s plan may not have been revealed in that situation, but based on the scripture above, it will be some day. And I have faith that God will put his word in on that situation. This is why I added in to the Blog title that it is a love letter. He loves us so much that he gives us a plan to protect us, so we don’t have to our selves. That’s how I know my God exists, the air that I breathe is his, and he gives it to me; the water I drink is his, and he lets me drink; the food is his, and he lets me consume it. That’s my God, That’s my Eternal Father. That’s all that I need.

Thanks for reading,
Hayden Leitzke