Yesterday we started thinking about time and the statement in Ecclesiastes 3 that "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven."
The writer then goes on to enumerate all of those activities:
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."
Couple this plan of God's with the Psalmist's words: "But I trust in you, O Lord; I say 'You are my God.' My times are in your hands…." (Psalm 31:14-15a) and there comes a sense of a bigger picture … a rhythm to life that ebbs and flows and that, no matter what happens, God is present.
Connection: Start each day this week with the thought, "You are my God. My times are in your hands." Repeat as stresses build at work and at home.
Prayer: Dear Lord, Help me to entrust my times to you. Amen.
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