A Time For Everything

What is your perfect day?

Mine is 70 degrees and sunny, with a nice breeze and flowers in bloom. But if every day were perfectly 70 degrees and sunny, I would begin to expect it—and I would no longer appreciate it.

Where I live, we experience many seasons. We have spring, with its perfect days; summer, which grows hotter; fall, when the leaves become vibrant and beautiful; and winter, when it is chilly yet covered in pure, gorgeous snow.

Life works much the same way. Life has many seasons. There are seasons of great joy, seasons of sorrow, and many seasons in between. Each of these seasons has meaning and purpose, shaping and molding us into the people God calls us to be.

The book of Ecclesiastes reminds us of this truth:

A Time for Everything – Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

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,