The Seasons of Our Lives

I was visiting with a friend the other day, and after explaining my current situation to her, she told me that it sounded like I was living in Limbo. Without being 100% certain of what or where that was, I found myself somewhat bewildered, so I decided to take a few minutes and try and make sense of what she had said.
After searching out the word on my iPad, and reading all the information about the word that I could find, I discovered some interesting thoughts and was also able to rule a few things out.

I am not existing in some fictional place located between heaven and hell where the souls of the unbaptized are trapped. That's very depressing and it's not even Biblical. If there were such a place it would be called Hades or Sheol, not Limbo. 

As I pressed on I discovered that there is also an XBOX game by the same name, which I have personally chosen to know nothing about, and I’m fairly certain there’s no dancing that includes bending backward under a pole going on anywhere near me.

When I had exhausted all of the information my search engine provided, I consulted Merriam-Webster where I learned that Limbo can be a place or state of restraint or confinement, a place or state of neglect or oblivion. 

Hmmm...that didn’t sound right either.  I am never restrained, and although due to circumstances, I may feel confined from time to time, I am certainly not neglected in the sense one would imagine. I have a warm, place to dwell, a plethora of things to eat and drink, books to read, electronics to entertain me, and windows to look out of. I am very thankful for the knowledge that God is good and in another four to six weeks or so Old Man Winter will clear on out leaving us with the promise of Spring.

I finally found something of interest in The Collins Dictionary, a book I was not familiar with. Collins defines Limbo as being caught between two places, uncertain of what will happen next. Although that is a much closer definition of my situation, I chose to press in. The Cambridge Dictionary was next on the list, they defined Limbo as ‘An uncertain situation that you cannot control and of which there is no progress or improvement’.      Ahhh, that is perfect, it hit the nail on the head.

Yet, I continued to read and seek information. I sought out a Biblical definition and discovered that the root of the word, Limbo, is the edge or hem on a garment, so the word itself tells us that Limbo is someplace that borders very close to another. A very broad definition is ‘a zone that exists between two definite places.’

Merriam-Webster concluded their definitions with this: An intermediate transitional place or state. 
I suppose for some that would mean, a place of uncertainty, yet for me, and also for you, if you are one in Christ and awaiting something new, it means a new season and yet another reason to be patient.

Now that's exciting! 


“Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.” ‭‭John‬ ‭8:12‬ ‭MSG‬‬