A Season

We hear it on numerous occasions, "to everything there is a season."

Sometimes we say, "hello" and this is generally followed by that dreaded, "good-bye."

Sometimes we go through fertile and vibrant seasons and other times those days seem like a distant memory.

Sometimes we mourn what has been lost and other times we celebrate all we have been given.

Like everyone else I have gone through seasons in my life. On occasion, I am happy when a particular season has come to an end, but other times, I feel regret when others are merely a memory.

This pertains to my writing.

Writing scripts is one of my favorite projects. I especially enjoy taking books and molding their incredible stories into something that can be told on stage.

In the past, I have been able to do that because I have been part of youth drama groups. But now, that door is closed and I do not have the opportunity or outlet to write scripts that will be performed at this time.

And I miss it.

I miss the excitement of opening the book and figuring out how the words in front of me could spring to life and become movement, voices and scenery before my eyes.

I miss working with the kids, translating my vision to them and witnessing week after week seeing the story come together through their hard work.

The time for this season has ended. Will I ever be given the chance to do it again? I don't know.

What I do know is the promise in Scripture when it says, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1).

While I was reading Ecclesiastes 3 this week the verse 6 spoke it me, "A time to gain and a time to lose."

I gained so much through script writing and sharing my passion for drama with kids and now I have lost it.

However, I did not lose what I gained through that experience.

Writing and producing scripts turned me into a better writer. I learned patience and endurance. I learned organizational and teaching skills.

Yes, the Bible teaches us that things begin and come to an end, but the lessons learned during that season is never for nothing. Every purpose under heaven is meant to grow, stretch and teach us and we do not lose these personal gains once the season is over.

I don't know if I will ever pick up a book again with the purpose of turning it into a script.

And that's okay.

I am grateful for the season I was given.