Forgotten Seasons
The seasons most forgotten are those seasons spent in prayer
When God is always waiting by His grace to meet us there
And pulls us through each travesty we thought was ours alone
Not knowing He was always there to make that time His own
To spend with us together hand in hand and side by side
Dispensing of our frailty to put His strength inside
To make of us His channels through which other folks might see
The miracle of grace through faith He lives in you and me
But sadly we so often lose the sight of all He's done
In working those great miracles that make us two as one
Until another season when we're pressed to Him in need
And take the time to set aside the world so we can read
His Word for that encouragement neglected oft before
But now seems so important as we need His presence more
To be to us the Living Bread we choose to feed upon
The Rod the Staff the Shepherd's arms on which we can lean on
That heals us of our brokenness relieves us of our pain
That gives to us the promise that we'll soon be whole again
If not now in the present very soon at Christ's return
To bring to us eternally that Life for which we yearn
Where one with Him forever we'll remember how He came
Into the darkness of our past to glorify His name
As He would bring surrender to our hearts to trust in Him
To be a light to others as He lived through us for them
To see His endless patience as His mercy helped us be
A glimmer of the beauty that is His divinity
That worked in us the miracle we could not find alone
The miracle of Godliness He brought us on His own
While living in that season where we needed Him the most
Not realizing we were testimony to the host
Of all who watched and listened to what we professed to be
To see if that reality was there in you and me
So don't forget those seasons make them part of you each day
Don't let your busy schedule take the thoughts of them away
But relish them each moment as your special time with God
And you'll find without measure they will bless the path you trod
Ecclesiastes 3:1-14; Deuteronomy 8:2
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