You won’t get this season back.
This time. These people. These opportunities.
This stretch of life—right here, right now—is passing. The calendar won’t hit pause. The leaves will fall and the temperature will drop. But what will rise in you during this season?
This is your chance. Your chance to open your heart to Jesus in a new way. Your chance to learn—not to earn credit, but to be changed. Your chance to read Pause with Jesus and really pause with Him.
Not rush through the stories. Not check off the reading list. But enter the pages. Be with Him in the dust and the crowds and the quiet places. Let the Word read you while you read the Word.
This is your chance to let spiritual formation actually form you. Don’t miss this moment.
Fall in northeast Georgia brings the changing colors of leaves, cool breezes through campus walkways, bonfires, football games, and homecoming plans.
But beneath those visible shifts, God’s Spirit is moving too.
This is your chance to shift with Him. To change—not in outward decorations, but in inward devotion.
To invest in practices that shape your soul:
· Sit in silence and just be still.
· Reflect on one phrase from the words of Jesus until it sinks deeper.
· Journal your real questions—not just the ones you think you’re supposed to have.
· Pray like someone is actually listening—because He is!
This is your chance to let this fall be the one you remember, a different kind of autumn. Not just for the music or the moments or the midterms.
But for the way something shifted inside you.
The way Jesus became more than a subject to study. The way spiritual formation became more than a class. The way you started to feel like you weren’t just surviving school—you were becoming someone new.
Today matters. You’ll never have this exact day again. You’ll never walk this exact path again with these exact people.
Let’s not live with missed opportunities. Let’s make memories—spiritually significant ones.
Let’s choose to pause with Jesus.
To notice His presence.
To listen closely.
To be honest.
To be changed.
So, go ahead. Take your chance.
Open the book.
Open your heart.
Walk through the woods with wonder.
Sit in the stillness with expectation.
Pray like this moment is sacred—because it is!
This is your chance.
Don’t miss it.
I love that I have been learning to move slower in this season. It is very refreshing. This ife really does move so fast, and I am so thankful that I get to take every moment in. I am really choosing to focus on Jesus and my community right now. Focusing on forming my spiritual disciplines has been so beneficial to my life.
Reading this reminded me that we only get so much time in college, to make memories and meet new people. When I came to Emmanuel I never expected it to have an impact like it has on me, not just in my life but specifically spiritually. I have always considered myself a Christian man but never fully committed to the life of becoming a Christian. Since I have been here, it has been so impactful, the people I’ve met have changed my life. I never knew how great the lord was, and as I am still in my journey with the lord, I am more grateful then ever that I can say I am a Christian man now. I’m not perfect and I have made a lot of mistakes but the lord has taught me that my past does not determine who I become.
As a senior in college, this is a very prevalent thought in my mind. I love the summer, but nothing beats fall weather. I love the comfort of the season I am in, the season I am used to. But nothing will beat entering a new season that God has already planned out for me. What a great reminder that we don’t get this time back, we don’t get to hit pause. So let’s take advantage of our time and remember that if the schedule can’t pause, we can.
This was very refreshing to my soul to really think about the truth that we do not get this moment in time back, its happening and will pass, whether we want it to or not. But, we do get the choice to make each moment worth while. To learn, grow, and be filled with joy from each moment of life from the simplest of things to the serious. We cannot control how the time passes, but we can control how we use that time. The older I get the more real this idea becomes. It is often overwhelming to think about at first, but, once you can get past it, it can change your whole outlook on life. Just like how you mentioned making this season a season to remember.
The way my life is now, I love it. The joy I have is amazing, and understanding that God is with us all the time is amazing. The other day in class we walked around the campus, and it made me have a clear mind about myself and others. I told myself to let everything go and just have an empty and free mind, and now I feel free. I don’t stress about things, and I just let God handle them because he’s the one that can fix anything. Now I practice spiritual discipline. with myself holding myself accountable, making sure I keep going and not giving up.
During this season of my life all of this is so important. It is evident that this is my season with God where I’m focused on Him without any distractions from people. Seeing His timing play out and all of the good things He has ahead brings such a sense of peace and comfort. This season I will take to focus on Him and grow in Him.
Silence is so rewarding, being able to stop everything for a period of time to allow the mind to rest and the body to slowly pause. My silence time was refreshing but also challenging. I had to constantly remind myself to not think thoughts about what’s coming, what’s next, what has happened. I had to mostly keep my eyes open and fixate on one spot or location of where I was to focus my mind on the silence. I prayed for the Lord to help me with my focus, with my attention span and to understand what he wanted me to receive from the time of silence. I felt challenged to press in and embrace the time and to be present in the moment. But I feel like I leaned a good discipline practice that I am going to try to start slowly incorporating once a week to find time and get silent.
This was such a great way to look at the change of season. While reading this, I was reminded of how my life is in a change of season as well. Entering into my 20s, becoming a woman of God, devoting my life to Him, and loving others clearly through his compassion. The season changes and time goes by, but God always remains constant. I think that it is so important this season to take notice of Him, to rest with Him, and see what we can learn from Him. Fall has a certain type of solitude. It seems almost that as the leaves fall, the time slows down. It helps me to take notice of what God not only does for me, but for the environment around me. I am beyond ready for this season of stillness with Him, and the ability to really dwell in His presence.
Where I am in life, I love it. I made a promise to God that I will have my season with him this year and grow close to him. I realized that the season with him isn’t just for a year or a few months its for the rest of my life. Everyday should be a season with him. He wants us to have time for him everyday. I have to make God my number one thing in life. A year ago I was running away from him and wasn’t trying to get with him. but now everyday when I wake up I pray, read the word and have my time with him. no matter if im busy or not I still make time for me to be with him and pray.
As a senior, I have been constantly thinking about how life moves on fast. This blog reminds us that our lives do not stop and that we need to enjoy every single moment because every single season of our lives is unique. With assignments, classes, practices, and other personal worries, we can get distant to God and miss what He want us to learn. This blog encouraged me to be more intentional in every aspect of my life
It is so easy to rush things by and just look forward to all of the good big things coming, but you grow in all the small moments too. Jesus is reaching out and seeking us every day, longing for a relationship with us always. He isn’t just a subject to study or a person of the past. Sometimes by moving too fast we miss what he has for us. The lessons he wants to teach us, the things he wants to show us. We always have a chance and he will always accept us with open arms no matter the time or season of life we are in.
This reminded how valuable our time is. It reminded me how important it is to act on things now not later. This can apply to opportunities, faith, etc. When change comes, we can focus our eyes on God. We can trust that he will guide and comfort us in times of change.
I truly feel like I have become someone new since coming to Emmanuel. I’ve had friends from home point out to me that I act differently. I even talk a little differently. My mindset has shifted tremendously. I have so many great days ahead of me. And this day is great too. It is a little bittersweet knowing that I won’t have this day back, but there are so many great things to come that God has in store.
I really liked this blog. The reminder that this is your chance to open my heart to Jesus in a new way was really powerful because it shifts my focus from just going through the motions to actually being transformed. Also the idea of learning not to earn credit but to be changed really stands out to me, since it challenges me to approach my faith more personally and honestly. I also like the part about journaling real questions, because it encourages honesty instead of pretending to have everything figured out. That makes spiritual growth feel more real and meaningful, and not forced or superficial.
I really loved this blog. I realized that I really need to stop taking things for granted and start taking in everything everyday. I should enjoy the moment and dont let it go to waste.
I really enjoyed this blog. I feel like I was able to connect to this blog more than some of the others. I believe that every opportunity is a different way I cloud shift my focus or become more aware of how to incorporate God and his ideals into my life. I feel as if Ive matured in a way since coming to EU and being surrounded by people who want me to be better and live a faithful life style.
I really enjoyed reading this blog. It made this season feel so important because I feel like I can get so focused on the next phases of my life, that I don’t stop and pause and see that moment matters as well. The reminder that I won’t get this exact season back really makes me want to be more present, not just in what I’m doing, but in how I’m growing my faith and spiritual life. It’s easy to go through the motions, even with things like praying and reading Scriptures, but this blog challenges me to actually slow down and let this all mean something.
What stood out to me is the idea of not just learning about Christ, but really being with Him. Instead of treating faith like a checklist, it should become something real and personal. I feel like this connects to my life because I don’t want to look back on this season and feel like I missed it spiritually. I want to be more than just academic stress and trying to meet deadlines. I want to remember how much closer I grew to God in this season. This looks like being more intentional, just taking even a few minutes to be still and just surround myself in prayer and focusing on the Lord. I don’t want to just get through this season, I want to be changed by it and be reformed.
I enjoyed how reading this and putting a a reminder on when praying you have to put into detail. And remember that your prayers are going to be answered, not in the way you want.But in the way you need and trusting that there is a perfect plan for your prayers and for you. Especially when things do not go our way, having faith will always save us.
I love this. It is a good reminder to just enjoy the moment you’re in because you will never get the chance to be in it again. This is also a good remedy to just slow down and don’t try and rush through life.
This made me realize this season is temporary and I won’t get it back, so it makes me think about how I’m using my time instead of just going through the motions. Spiritual formation is supposed to change me, not just be something for a grade and it pushes me to slow down and be a little more intentional with things like silence and prayer instead of rushing through them.
I love how you said that it’s the time “To invest in practices that shape your soul”, because it is. This time is such a busy season, but it’s also a season where we’re surrounded by Christ-minded individuals every day. It’s where you get the opportunities to have conversations with people you wouldn’t necessarily get anywhere else, so it’s the best time to learn about Jesus because it’s one of the only times where we will be completely surrounded by people who could help answer questions you have and help you strengthen your relationship with Christ. It’s a good reminder to make sure I’m being intentional about this time I’ve been given.
Reading this made me think about how we all need to be present and appreciate every moment. Especially since we never when something in our lives can change or be taken away. Being able to appreciate things in your life while they are there is really important.
This honestly makes me want to slow down a little. It’s so easy to just rush through everything, classes, assignments, life and not actually take anything in. I like the idea of not just “getting through” this season but actually letting it change me. The reminder that I won’t get this time back kinda hits, especially with how fast everything moves. It makes me want to be more intentional and actually take a second to pause instead