Bible

[plugger]

I'll put the Bible side note 1st.....God has built certain rhythms into His world. The steady repetition of the seasons provides a comfortable, workable cadence to life. Yet each season (time of life) will pass.

Time cannot be stored, stopped, or slowed. Because there is a time limit to everything in this life, each experience is a gift that we have been entrusted with and must not waste. The time we have is our gift from God and, like money, it should be managed wisely, not just spent. So we must be always mindful of that, whatever this moment, This too shall pass. For every birth, there is a death; whenever, someone is crying, someone is celebrating, and in each season of life, whatever purpose God intends is the purpose we must live.
In this poem, Solomon shows the influence of time on our bodies, (3:1-3) our souls, (3: 4-5), and our spirits,(3:6-8), and shows God's sovereignty in every aspect of human existence. A god who only loves but is not in control is not a god worth worshiping. We have a God who is both---a God with a plan and a God who is good.

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8:
To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
2 A time [a]to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
4 A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
7 A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
8 A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.