The Masterpiece Under Construction
- Melissa Saulnier
- Oct 28
- 2 min read
Here’s what I must understand, I am not the same person who entered the old season. The fire changed me. The pressure shaped me. The process refined me. I came out different, not damaged, but developed. Not diminished, but prepared.
God wasn’t torturing me in the old season. He was training me. He wasn’t punishing me. He was preparing me. Every difficulty had a purpose. Every delay was developing something. Every closed door was directing me. Every disappointment was detaching me from what I needed to release. Every loss was making room for something better.
The old season wasn’t the whole story, it was a chapter. An important chapter, but only one chapter. And the beauty of chapters is that they don’t exist in isolation. They build on each other. The character development in chapter two makes the plot progression in chapter five possible. The relationships established in chapter three become critical in chapter eight. The skills learned in chapter four enable the triumph in chapter ten.
I’m not meant to stay in any one chapter forever. But neither are you meant to skip chapters or dismiss their importance. Each chapter prepares you for the next, and what was forged in the fire of your old season is precisely what you’ll need for the assignment of your new one.
Carrying Forward What Matters
As you prepare to cross the threshold into your new season, take inventory. What did the old season forge in you? What character qualities were developed? What tools were placed in your hands? What understanding was burned into your soul?
Write it down. Name it. Acknowledge it. Thank God for it, yes, even for the painful parts, because you can now see that they weren’t wasted. They were working something in you that couldn’t be worked any other way.
But as you give thanks, remember, you’re not staying there. You’re not meant to build a monument to the old season. You’re meant to extract its treasure and carry it forward. You honor the past by applying its lessons to your future, not by attempting to recreate it.
The metal doesn’t long to return to the forge once it’s been shaped into a sword. It’s grateful for the fire because it understands what the fire made possible. Without the heat, it would still be brittle and useless. But the fire gave it strength, flexibility, and purpose. Now it’s ready to be wielded.
You’ve been forged. The old season accomplished its purpose. What it built in you was intentional, necessary, and perfectly calibrated for what’s ahead. The character is established. The tools are in your hand. The preparation is complete.
Now it’s time to step into what you were prepared for.
Melissa Saulnier
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