Michael & Stormie Omartian’s song ‘Seasons of the Soul’ has much spiritual wisdom in it. It’s unusual for a modern song in lasting almost seven minutes, with an instrumental introduction lasting 2 minutes 10 seconds.Maybe even the format of the song teaches us the need for patience! Its truths, however, remind us that ‘it’s not forever, just a season of the soul.’
“Whenever Summer dreams start to fade and lose their light,
And when the Spring in your heart seems so cold, it can’t be right,
And you feel like you’ve lost control,
And the valleys seem so low,
Well, it’s not forever, just a season of the soul.
If you could step away just to see how far you’ve gone,
If you would take the time just to be what you’ve become,
You could have the time to grow,
There would be a chance to know,
That it’s not forever, just a season of the soul.
Oh, it’s the season of the soul
It’s the season of the soul,
It’s the season of the soul,
It’s the season.
Walking alone in the desert at night, searching for the rain,
How can this happen to me? It’s not right, when Jesus is my friend.
Everything was going fine,
I was standing on the line,
Where did I go wrong?
Suddenly the sky was grey,
Looking like it was gonna stay,
Far too long.
Up on a mountain I heard His sigh, like an angel’s call,
If you don’t rest when the Winter is here, what will you bear in the Fall?
A time to cry, a time to sing,
There’s a time for everything,
Nothing lasts that long.
Don’t look at what you see,
And just keep your eyes on Me,
I won’t let you go wrong.
So when you look for the voice that you’ve known, and no one’s there,
And when it seems the caretaker’s heart just doesn’t care,
It’s the seasons of the soul,
It’s the seasons of the soul,
Well, it’s not forever – It’s the seasons of the soul.” (‘Seasons Of The Soul’, Michael & Stormie Omartian)
