Day 15


 There is a time for everything,

And a season for every activity under the heavens:

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 from embracing,

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.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIVUK

This morning these verses were read to via a meditation that I start my day with, though I have read these verses and heard these words several times in my life, they were very powerful this morning. The ones that hit me hard were there was a time to search and a time to give up, a time to love and a time to hate.   Things change in time, people change, we change, I change, doesn’t make us wrong, but all has a season.  Doesn’t make the end wrong, or the dance coming out of mourning wrong or the tears that flow more freely now.   We change and that is the seasons of life.  Once this is accepted peace truly does come.  You cannot force someone in the search to give it up or the one who has gave it up to start searching again.  It all has a time and purpose if it is lead, orchestrated by the One that loves us most. 


 

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