Life is full of change. Some changes are big. Others are small. Some are welcome. Others less so.
Because change usually means saying goodbye to something, it can often be difficult. Below is a prayer that acknowledges both the sadness that changing life seasons can bring as well as the excitement for what lays ahead. May this prayer give voice to the changes you face, whatever that change looks like. And let it point your gaze to our God who never changes.
A Prayer for Seasons of Change
Lord,
My life is a record of your faithfulness to me; of seasons of joy for which I give You thanks,
and seasons of trial through which You did not leave my side; of days filled with Your many provisions, and small moments whose significance I could not understand at the time.
Every good thing in my life, big or small, has come from Your hand.
As I approach this new season of life, my heart is heavy. I grieve the thought of leaving behind a season I have loved with its familiar comforts, one that has brought such joy and comfort to me. This season’s end has heightened my sense of so many joys that I was either not aware of or had not fully appreciated. And this only serves to make this change more difficult.
But as I reflect on everything that is changing, help me to be mindful of what never does. You do not change (Malachi 3:6, James 1:17). Lord Jesus, You are the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Whether I am lying down in green pastures or going through the darkest valley, the one constant in my life is Your presence (Psalm 23) and Your fierce commitment to my good (Jeremiah 32:40).
May I cling to these constants as I enter a new season filled with unknowns. Let the memories of Your past mercies give me hope for mercies still to come, of warm memories that have yet to be made. Help me remember that You—the God whose gifts made the previous season so hard to leave—are the same God who continues to give good gifts.
Above all, as seasons change, help me to find my greatest satisfaction in the gift of Your presence, a gift made possible because of Jesus’s work on my behalf. Let Your nearness be my joy in both seasons of joy and seasons of trial.
Finally, Lord, let the ache of passing seasons increase my longing for my new, permanent home to come: a new earth in which righteousness dwells, free of sin, pain, and death. A home in which I will dwell with You forever.
Amen.
