Seasons of the Lord

It's been said that there is a time and place for everything.  Not only is that good sense from a human perspective, but it's Biblical.  Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us that, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every activity under heaven."  (NLT)  And my own experience tells me that this is so.

A few years ago, I started writing a blog.  I didn't do it with my own name, but used this "pen name," which really exemplified what I saw as my character at the time.  So I wrote and I wrote.  Another blog spun off of it and soon a third blog.  I blogged several times a week, and often took on important, controversial, and sometimes theological issues to blog about. 

While I blogged, people that read my blogging seemed to like it.  I got many compliments.  One of the blogs that spun off actually was the product of people writing to me to get my perspective on their individual dilemmas.  I began to see that perhaps they like my thinking and were looking for an opportunity to have my thinking applied to their circumstance. 

But one day, it all came to  a screeching halt.  I still cannot explain it today.  But I clearly heard God telling me it was time to stop.  I didn't know why.  Frankly, it felt like I was at the "top of my game," and that fame and fortune (a la Huntington Post) were possibly just around the corner.  But God said, "Enough."  And I knew that I must obey Him.  Even if I didn't understand Him. 

Quite honestly, I haven't missed blogging.  Some days I look back at all I wrote and wonder how I found time for all of that writing.  Some days I also wonder why I didn't write books and get paid for such writing!  There are even days when I will be dealing with something and remember that I researched and then blogged about it a long time ago.  So I'll go to the search feature and look it up in my blog. 

Well, the seasons change.  I see now, as I mature, that God is in charge of all the seasons.  And I'm not just talking about the seasons of the weather.  Lately, I've sensed God telling me to get back into the blogging game.  Thoughts and ideas are stirring in my head again.  I can see it coming.  I begin to wonder if there's an external stimulus --- such as the political elections --- that could be stirring my thinking.  But wait ... my thinking isn't necessarily political.  Rather it's a voice of reason, intent on cutting through the rhetoric - to see practical application of Biblical principles in our everyday lives. 

So it would appear that this particular season of silence is longer than I may have thought. I'm never sure what will move me to blog.  In fact, I know that there are people who blog daily, or regularly.  I wonder if they always have something truly relevant to talk about.  Maybe it's just that some people are moved daily, or are so constantly moved that they never run out of fodder for their blogging. 

Me?  I'm not sure.  Like I said in the beginning, I'm not sure why I started blogging in the first place  It seemed to be something born of circumstance.  So it will be interesting to see where this goes now!