THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING....

 

THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING AND A SEASON FOR EVERYTHING UNDER HEAVEN....

 

Fall... it so renews my soul.  I will be the first to tell you I am not a summer-time girl. Fall marks the start of the season that I feel so alive.  The colors that God paints the trees are beyond words, the leaves that cover the ground and gently blow in the wind.  The smell of baked apples, the taste of pumpkin pie, a time families share turkey and dressing together, and thier many blessings.

 

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.........one of my favorite passages in the Bible.  I have been reading and re-reading this passage.  It is like comfort food for the soul. When life happens, it seems like this passage pops into my head. It just amazes me how something that was written hundreds of years ago still applies to life today.

 

A time to be born and a time to die

A time to plant and a time to uproot

A time to kill and a time to heal

A time to tear down and a time to build

A time to weep and a time to laugh

A time to mourn and a time to dance

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them

A time to embrace and a time to refrain

A time to search and a time to give up

A time to keep and a time to throw away

A time to tear and a time to mend

A time to be silent and a time to speak

A time to love and a time to hate

A time for war and a time for peace

 

 

Over the past four years, life has taken some major turns for me, yet no matter what is taking place this passage in Ecclesiates reminds me and gives me comfort, to know that  there is a time for everything.  It reminds me that  there is a time to be born and a time to die as hard as that is to say. i love when it is time to plant...soothes my soul. One of my favoirites is there is a time to cry yet a time to laugh, and there's nothing better than laughing! A time to be silent, which I am more often than not, and a time to speak which for me, i try to do that very carefully, because I know from experience that once it has been said, you can never take that back. A time to love which is extremely important to me and a time to hate. 

 

Time is a companion that goes with me on a journey.  It reminds me to cherish each moment, because it will never come again.  What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived.

 

Over the past few weeks, tears have come followed by laughter.  Thoughts of mourning followed by rejoicing that occured.  A time when silence was the best, then when speaking was a blessing.

 

Seasons come and seasons go, but one thing is for sure that if you are in a hard season, an easier one is on the way.  Just remember there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven.

 

Because of his amazing grace.......