A New Season

My favorite season of the year is upon us - Spring! I love the cool mornings and warm afternoons. The later sunsets. Temps that are ideal - no need to run the heat or the air. I'm one the of lucky non-allergy sufferers, so I even enjoy everything that is blooming.



I enjoyed an 11 mile run this morning and thought of Ecclesiastes chapter 3:

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which 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 together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, 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.

So many times we stop with verse 8, especially when we are in an unpleasant season. But verse 11 gives us the conclusion of the matter:

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time...

Whatever your season, remember that God is at work, making it beautiful in His time.