Many years ago a mentor taught me, “Life is like the changing seasons.” Seasons change and so does life. Seasons do not last, nor do the conditions and situations of life. We live in a constant state of change. We’re left with the choice to either hate and endure it, or savor and embrace it.

Today, we wake up to a new season. Summer 2025 is officially over. For some, that may be heartbreaking. For others, you may have been secretly enjoying pumpkin spice for weeks and you’re ready to go full gangbusters with your boots and sweaters. Hate it or love it, a new season is here.

I think what’s really hard for most is the reality of what follows fall. We all know since the beginning of time, after fall comes winter, and maybe you really don’t enjoy winter. And this focus on what’s coming next keeps you from enjoying the beauty of what’s here now. This is beautiful. This is special. Just stay here.

Isn’t that the secret to enjoying life … just enjoy here with what you have instead of stressing about what’s next.

Since the beginning of time there’s another truth, and that truth is, no season lasts forever. What always, always, always without fail follows winter? Spring. Then summer. Then fall. It’s the pattern of God’s creation and we’re here in the flow of it. Why fight it?

And this is the way of life. It’s continually changing. Ecclesiastes 3:1, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.” The season of life you’re in now will not last forever. The next season will come. Maybe the next season will be your favorite, or maybe it won’t. Regardless, it will pass and life will change again. The key is, savor and embrace everything there is to be loved about THIS season of your life before it changes and you can’t go back.

With that, welcome to Fall 2025. You will only ever get one of these in your lifetime. Decide now you’re going to live the days of this season fully.

But today is monumental in another way as well. It’s the beginning of the final countdown. Que the 80’s music, “It’s the final countdown, ba-da-dah, ba-da-du-dut-dum”. Today is the beginning of the final 100 days of the year. It’s all come down to this. 100 days.

Remember when 2025 was fresh and new and filled with hope and promise? Remember when, in the cold winter you imagined the changes you could make and the life you could be living in the span of this one year? Now, there are only 100 days left.

100 numbered, limited, passing days. Numbered. Limited. Passing.

Moses prayed in Psalm 90:12, “Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.” Imagine where Moses was as he was praying this prayer. Imagine what he was doing. He was leading the Israelites through the wilderness to their Promised Land. The journey was hard and the people became impatient and ungrateful. Soon complaining filled their camp. Conversations were filled with everything they had lost, all they were tired of, and details of what they didn’t want. Days all started running together. Every day, they ate the same thing in the wilderness. Every day, they did the same thing in their wilderness. And every day, they hated it more.

They weren’t getting where they wanted to go. They felt stuck. And this is where Moses prays, “Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.” He didn’t pray, “Make this season go by faster God, we don’t like it.” He didn’t pray, “Get us out of this by tomorrow.” He didn’t pray, “Let us sleep our way through this until we get to the good part.” No, he asked for God to teach them how to live today the best they could, knowing it wouldn’t last forever.

This is my prayer over us today as we begin the final 100 days of this year. Lord, teach us to live these final 100 days of this year the way we should. Not to waste them or wish them away. Not to create ruts and get stuck in deep holes we try to dig our way out of come January. Not complaining or wishing things were different. No, Lord, teach us to take these 100 days and live them in a way that is pleasing to you and honors the gift of time you have given us. It won’t last forever.

Numbered. Limited. Passing.

I believe what God is asking of his girls is to reengage with passion. Instead of settling in for the last part of the year as if it’s almost over, to gear up and show up as if it’s finally their time. This is your time to live – live right – live well – just as God is showing you.

Does that mean you will slay every goal, lose that 50 pounds, dig your way out of debt and fix those broken relationships in the next 100 days? Yeah, probably not. It actually means something even bigger and better than that. It means you can learn to live in PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALMIGHTY.

1 Corinthians 1:9 says, “God is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” This is the invitation for you in these final 100 days of 2025 – a divine partnership.

No, you couldn’t do this on your own. Your way didn’t work. You’re not where you wanted to be by this time. But now you get to grab the hand of Jesus and work in partnership with the one who is always faithful to do exactly what he says he will do.

And do you know what God says he will do? He says he will do A NEW THING! Isaiah 43: 18-19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

Do you know who God said this to? He said this to Moses. Moses, as he’s in the wilderness. Moses, as he’s surrounded by complaining, whining, tired people who just wanted it to be over. He says, “Look, I’m doing a new thing! I’m making a way!”

What if God wants to do a new thing in you, through you and for you in these final 100 days of the year? Would you partner with him for that? Or would you focus on everything that hasn’t worked so far and just count yourself out? Sadly, that’s what most will do.

What if God wants to make a way where there has been no way before? Would you show up and look for it?

God is looking to partner with the ones who will dare to get up again, dust themselves off and be all-in for the new thing God is doing right here in the wilderness of all that hasn’t been working for you.

Does it mean instant success? No. Here’s what it means – it means living like today matters. It means gaining a different perspective on the journey. It means growing and becoming more in this season. More like the girl you were created to be. More like the life you were designed to live.

100 days. What could happen in these final 100 days if you truly partnered with God as he’s doing a new thing, and you lived each day like it mattered?

There’s only one way to find out. Take his hand and let him guide you in your next step as you commit to living this day the absolute best you can.

Re-engage your passion. Fan the flame to the desires of your heart. This isn’t over. The final countdown is playing – it’s go time!

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