Season of Change: Seasons of Grace, #3

By Patricia M. Robertson

The season of Lent challenges us to consciously enter into a process of changing, to let go of selfish attitudes . . . and to grow closer to God!

All of life is change and transition. Yet, because change entails an ending and a loss even in the most joyful events, many people find themselves uncomfortable with it.

When change confronts us, these meditations can help. Robertson focuses on events that tie our lives together and often acts as barriers between us and our growth. She looks at issues such as moving, clinging to old practices, getting cold feet, and uneasiness. She also helps us take time out to check our progress and assess where we are headed.

Blending real-life vignettes with biblical quotations, Patricia M. Robertson provides brief reflections that focus on change and transition--the steppingstones to personal spiritual growth. These meditations can help you fully immerse yourself in the Lenten spirit. During the rest of the year, the insights and attitudes developed during the Lenten season can provide encouragement and comfort when you are experiencing conflicting emotions that accompany change.

Simple, yet moving, these meditations can help us follow Jesus more completely through and beyond the season of Lent.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patricia M. Robertson
• Release date: Jan 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386929673

Patricia M. Robertson

Patricia M. Robertson is the author of fiction and non-fiction books as well as numerous articles all related to spirituality of the everyday. In her thirty-five years of ministry she has walked alongside many families amidst the crises that are part of life, helping them to regain their balance. She currently resides in Jackson, Michigan where she continues to unlock the extraordinary out of the ordinary..

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Season of Change

Introduction

Ash Wednesday

Moving

Graduation

Cold Feet

The New License

Why Fear

Grasping and Whining

Sand

The Riddle of the Sphinx

Crosses

Dis-ease

Birthing Ground

Master Surgeon

Patrick, March 17

Unfinished Business

Joseph, March 19

Return to Me

Promotion

Clinging

Out of the Frying Pan

Time Out

Neutral Zone

Fertile Ground

Coming Home

From Cross to Resurrection

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Note to the Reader

About the Author

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SEASON OF CHANGE

Introduction

Evidence of change surrounds us: the seasons progress; garden flowers bud, bloom and decay; animals are born, grow old, and die; babies scoot, crawl, toddle, and then run to explore the world. Transition is a natural part of everyday life; yet we fear it, resist it. Despite our experience with change and transition, we still aren’t very good at maneuvering these muddy waters.

Transition entails some ending and some loss. Loss is part of the experience of change. Even in the most joyfully anticipated events–a marriage, the birth of a child, the purchase of your dream home, getting the job you longed for–someone or something gets left behind. In the most agonizing and hurtful losses–the death of a loved one, a divorce, losing a job, a friend’s betrayal–new life and growth await once you get through the pain.

Life is change. Some changes are thrust suddenly upon us; others come more gently, but come they do. Out of the muddy waters of mixed