Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
There is a time for everything,
a season for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to rebuild.
A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to search and a time to lose.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak up.
A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace. NLT
I am feeling a bit uneasy today. It is mind boggling how fast time goes. The summer is coming to an end (where did it go?). Kids are preparing to go back to school. Football season is on the way, and the leaves will be changing and falling before you know it. Like it or not seasons change. Seasons come and go.
I had the thought today that my oldest daughter only has 5 more summer breaks and she will be out of school! That puts things into perspective. I can remember the day she was born like yesterday. How fast time flies! Whether I like it or not my kids are growing older, I can do nothing to stop it.
Change is a paradoxical experience. Change is always experienced in a two-fold way by people. Depending upon the experience, change is experienced as loss by some and as exciting to others. The same thing that is experienced as exciting to some is embraced as loss to others.
I guess the best thing we can do is to embrace change as a reality of life. Embrace it as an adventure to live through and allow it to point us to the hope we have in an eternal God who thankfully never changes.
