For Everything There is a Season...

There is a time for everything. Good, bad, beautiful, and ugly. That’s life. God makes and allows things to happen for reasons, to accomplish His will. We want everything to be Rosie and perfect, and when it’s not, we complain and gripe. We tend to see God as more of a “bubble burster” than a loving, caring father. The problem lies not with God, but with us. We deny His sovereignty, yet we want to step into His role as Lord of all. We must understand this concept. Life is all about change. The sinfulness of man will always sprout its ugly head, causing us to question God’s goodness. When will we get it? When will we understand that things happen for time periods, and then no more? Everything has an expiration date. They are blessings and blessings in disguise. We have for a short while, and we are blessed. It’s taken away (we feel betrayed), but we still are blessed. When will we comprehend that we should appreciate the Giver of those gifts more than the gifts themselves? God knows what He’s doing. It’s us humans that don’t. Just because our lack of appreciation for things or people does not give us reason to blame God for allowing it it/them to be taken away. We are not God, and should stop trying to take over His role. Everything has a timeframe to it. Everything decays. What was once brand new is no longer brand new only after a few days. We need to adopt the concept of real estate. We need to “appreciate” over time. That way when the time comes to let go, we see it as a gift, enjoyed it while we could, and look forward to the next gift, our Giver has for us. There are reasons for everything, and a timeframe for everything as well. God is the only One Who knows, so our only response is to see it as a temporary gift, use it with gratitude, and trust Him in the process. He wrote the story, it’s HIStory. David knew this. He taught his son, Solomon, this. Unfortunately, Solomon lost his way. He only came back at the end of his life. I’ve always said, “life is too short, and too simple, to make it too complicated”. It’s real easy to forget what’s important, so don’t. Trust Him, and act accordingly.

1 For everything there is a season,a time for every activity under heaven.2 A time to be born and a time to die.A time to plant and a time to harvest.3 A time to kill and a time to heal.A time to tear down and a time to build up.4 A time to cry and a time to laugh.A time to grieve and a time to dance.5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.A time to embrace and a time to turn away.6 A time to search and a time to quit searching.A time to keep and a time to throw away.7 A time to tear and a time to mend.A time to be quiet and a time to speak.8 A time to love and a time to hate.A time for war and a time for peace. 9 What do people really get for all their hard work? 10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all. 11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. 12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can. Ecclesiastes 3:1-12