Have you ever met someone newly who appear as someone you have known all along? A new friend could sometimes look like an old wine. It seems like you have known each other elsewhere before this day. It is as if you both parted ways when the world began only to reconnect today? It happened to be so smooth a conversation like the grease of jelly on the baby’s hair. Encountering an acquaintance is usually a stroke of luck to some people, a sheer coincidence to others, and a timely blend of values to another. Seasons are usually like that:A mere acquaintance!
So how does understanding seasons concern you? I am sure you are impatient to find out. One of the indications of changed seasons is that things begin to happen that has never happened like that before. You meet new people. You reconnect with old friends. You change your address, you got a new job. You change your location. You got married. You have this new born. You graduated from school. You started a new program...We can see that these are events that happens to us almost often? The moral behind this is that we have been going in and out of seasons unknowingly. We have entered, exit and re-entered our seasons without knowing them or realizing so.
Some other indications of a changed seasons are in terms of those unexpected happenings that we may have experienced. You hooked up with strangers. They became so pleasant than your sibling... Some times, in the process of time, certain doors begin to open that were formerly shut. First you hear the creak, then the snap of the lock. Then the door turns on the hinge. And lo, an opportunity is awaiting you out there. As it is, you heard the rusty sounds of the hinges in the turnings of the door. The gate swinged open of its own accord. And you walked through. There was no security watching. Somehow the window blinds slowly lifts. The silk revealed a face. At the other side of the curtain, someone peeped. Then a smile came through. It was at such a time when it is usually hard to find someone at home.
A quick short break outside led to a long conversation. Events began unfolding. The doors kept opening wider and wider. They won’t just stop opening until the dots are connected. As the dots began connecting, you began networking. The people you were wondering how you will ever meet happens to be looking for you. Eventually you met one another; they said: “What a coincidence. Yes, this is it! We have been looking for you”. Somebody asked: “Haven’t we met before?” I think I remember you from somewhere. Another said: It’s a pleasure to meet you. You have made our day.” And they invite you into their new team. The other side concurred to your proposal, accepting it for the project. Things began to happen without sweats. You are networked with ease with someone you never expect to meet. There is another opportunity awaiting you elsewhere.
On the other hand, it may not read like this for another. There were deadlines that they have missed. The scholarship ended yesterday before they got there. They did not shortlist them for the batch. The vacancy got filled up just this morning. Their job interview went awry. They screwed up their numbers. The panels were biased when it got to their turn. The managers were looking for something they did not have. The queue got disorganized when it was about time for them to get there. They closed the mall by the time they got there. They were told that the admission just closed for this year yesterday. Someone lost their file in the process. The office is locked for the day. They misdirected their application. Someone misplaced their package. Someone was careless in handling their case until there was a complication.
Were you misunderstood over a small matter? Did you arrive late again due to traffic? Were you indeed told you had to come back next month? Were you misinformed that it was happening that season when it was not? Did you risk it all to get here yet you did not get it? What happened to you after all your trials. Was the door closing on you gradually. Were the windows shut at you? When the windows closed. When the doors shut. When the birds roost in the trees. When the Crows climbed up for the night into trees. When its light out when you are still out in the search. It is time to pray. Take your hands of the wheels. Stop struggling with the maker. The night is here. the lights may be out. It is not a farewell.It is only a good night.
