I love Instagram. I asked my online women tribe for foundation recommendations and I was sent lots of favourites, but one foundation came up with resounding reviews. So on our last visit to South Africa I was very excited to try the Sorbet Bare Faced Foundation and it really is as amazing as everyone promised!
It got me thinking. For 10 years I used the same BB Cream/ Foundation. But my skin hasn’t been the same over the last 10 years. Especially in the last year or 2 I’ve seen visible changes in my skin, ( partly due to turning 30) but the changes also have something to do with living in a completely new climate.
Seasonal changes do have an impact on your skin.
My skin feels drier from the windy and colder temperatures, I’ve had some unusual eczema flare ups and generally my skin sees far less sunshine with only 6-7 hours of daylight in the Winter.
I didn’t notice right away, it took time and 2 seasons of Winter for me to come to the party and realise that in different seasons I need to care for my skin in different ways. I had to get to know what my skin needs in this Irish climate to flourish.
Shaking up my skin care routine has been really good for my skin.
Like my skin, other parts of me have also had to adjust to our new climate too. The way I connect with loved ones long distance, the way I socialise, the way I dress, the way I grocery shop, the work I do, the way I show up as a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend.
The way I connect to God.
In the ebbs and flow of life, it is easy to allow my relationship with God to stagnate, to feel like I am going through the motions and “just doing what I have always done”. But my relationship with God isn’t the same in every season. In the last decade there has been pruning, stretching and maturing. I was so on fire for the Lord in the lead up to our move to Dublin, I felt spiritually so hydrated by the wells of His Living Water, and I needed Him desperately to take this leap of faith.
But it has been 2 years now, and I cannot just rely on these “past wells”.
God Himself has remained the same, and my need for connection, belonging and identity has remained the same since these are core to all of us, but the way I meet these needs now in the season I am in now, is different. And God’s well will never dry up, but the way I pursue Him does look different in this season.
I've had a similar conversation with a friend about love languages - she shared how hers and her husband's love languages have changed since having children. Their love is never a question, but the way they pursue one another and the way they need to be shown love has changed in this season. God's love for me is a sure thing but the way I connect with Him and pursue Him looks different in different seasons.
In this season, when I look to drink from God's well, I am needing to release the lever further into the well, so that I can go deeper with Him.
We have a quarter of 2023 left, and September also happens to be the start of a new academic year in Europe so it feels like a good check in point - how can you better care for your skin & your soul?
Have you been relying on being nourished by “past wells?”
God is the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Do you need to release the lever into the well more so you can dip in deeper into His Living Water?
What does your skin & your soul need to feel more nourished in this season?
**On a side note, I also highly recommend trying the Sorbet Bare Faced Foundation. I mix two tones to get the perfect shade (Clay & Cashew) and also because we are going into Winter and I will not be tanned for very much longer so it is good to have a lighter shade for Autumn/Winter than I wear in Spring/Summer.
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