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There was a time when none of us existed

and there will be a time when all of us will cease to be.

All beings have their appointed cycle of seasons and vicissitudes,

as the sun, wind, and water.

Ecclesiastes 1:5-7

We can look to the trees to sway in time

with life's rhythm.

Nothing is before or after

its prescribed time. 

 God has, perfectly, placed each season in sequence.

 Spring is not intrinsically a better season than winter,

nor is summer better than spring. 

Each season plays its essential part

in the unfolding of the life cycle.

Winter is a fallow, quiet time in which

the previous growth comes to an end

and the possibility of new growth is created.

It is the ultimate transitional period. 

Unless the creative work of winter is done

and the seeds take root, nothing further can grow.

Spring is a time of blossoming,

when the fruits of the winter's labor begin to be realized.

The blossoms will not appear

unless the seeds have been nourished,

and the blossoms in turn make way

for the blooming of flowers.

  So too with our developmental periods. 

The sequence of each season follows

God's prescribed course. 

 When facing a difficult time of transition or loss... trust God's perfect timing.

 

 

 

  A Season -

 

A certain time appointed by God for its being and continuance, 

 

 

The Nature of  Life Under Heaven 

  

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 stones,

 

 

 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.

 

Hate and war are inevitable results

of living in a corrupt, sinful world.

All beings have their appointed cycle of seasons and vicissitudes,

as the sun, wind, and water.

Ecclesiastes 1:5-7 

 If you have had someone close to you die...

you no doubt felt like they left too soon.

There never seems to be a "Best" time to die,

to go to war, or to cry. 

Yet, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 speaks deeply to us because,

while our emotions may not easily adapt to it,

our minds know that there is a season for all things.

And while the "Why?" may escape us...

the rhythm of life and death

is as dependable as the rising and setting of the sun. 

With God in the forefront

we can walk victoriously into our season.