The last few weeks I have been making an observation. A lot of people who normally walk with their head held high, understanding this is but a “season” have been feeling pushed about. One of the hardest things about a time such is this, is you begin to take it personally. You begin to see it as you and no one else. It begins to unravel thinking about love and acceptance.It may well be a direct challenge to your belief schedule and all that you believe.

Early this morning I was praying for folks. And I heard the word “pangs”. Now the word pang is described as a “sudden sharp pain or painful emotion”. The pain is real. For some it is has actually caused physical pain and sickness. In others it has caused emotions to rise to the top. For some it has created a loss. Maybe a sudden loss of health or finances. It is easy to stand there and ask “why” but I encourage you to go “behind the scenes”, behind the curtain. Because if there is a “why” it is more about what lead up to this. “Things were going well and then out of the blue”. Surprise! There has been real loss. And real thoughts about “why can’t I beat this”. I long ago came to the conclusion that I have authority and I exercise it. But what happens when things don’t stop? Sickness and illness are easy to be assured it is evil. But what about the loss of money or a relationship?

While the “devil may be in the details” I am pretty sure God is in the picture. What if He chose to hold you back?

We begin to churn over the details, the “evidence”. But what if we come to a wrongful conclusion? Where might that lead us? It is absolutely critical we remember the higher truths. For instance God loves us no matter what. That He will never leave us nor forsake us. Because without a true grasp and understanding of the power of those statements you will make wrongful assumptions.

Here we are in the middle of emotional tizzy or upheaval. My question is can you believe this is a good thing? (I am not talking about sickness or death.) What if the pain, the pangs that you are encountering are the signs of a “birth”? The birth of something bigger than your now? The replication of a life lived? Often we hear the words “birth pangs” but what does that mean in the spirit? I just began to touch on some. And just as in the natural the birthing process is emotional and painful. There can be the dichotomy of “this is awesome” and “make it stop”.

I sense that as we get a bigger view of family, corporate gatherings and get togethers we are going to see more of this. Your pain may move into my life and vice versa. The desire to isolate may be higher, but sometimes moving away from the “pain” increases the pain. The pain just becomes different. (When on hurts another hurts.)

Let me give you some encouragement. That child that ran away is coming home. You may not even understand it or get it. They just show up and you are so fried you cannot hope lest you be hurt. Please stop. It is divine that they are coming home. That move is not just a move. That job change not just a job change. Those are signs of a coming “birth”.

You can begin to press into your problem, push into your pain. I sense the calm of the Lord. That giant in the land is not bigger than your promise of the land.

I also know that some of this has to do with the time of year. Shorter days, memories and family. I say this. Your days are becoming brighter. You may not see it now, but you will. Do not doubt. Do not fear. It is truly the season of the Lord.

The pain, the pangs but for a season. The results…a lifetime.